Visiting Scholars (2003-2005)

SPRING 2003

John Bryden (March 30-April 13), University of Aberdeen, Professor and Chair of Human Geography and co-director of the Arkelton Centre for Rural Development Research. Bryden's research focuses on rural development policies in OECD countries, and the politics and economics of EU enlargement, especially as they effect rural areas.
Seminar: "EU Rural Policies on the Eve of the Fourth Enlargement", April 11, 32 Warren, 2:30 pm

FALL 2003

Bill Pritchard (July 25-December 31, sabbatical in Department of Development Sociology), University of Sydney, Professor of Geography. Pritchard's research focuses on the global geography of the food and agro-industrial sectors.
Seminar: "The World Food System after Cancun: Reflections on Contemporary Agri-Politics", October 24, 2002, 32 Warren

Maruja Asis (September 28-October 11), Director of Research and Publications of the Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC), based in Manila, Philippines. She is a sociologist who has long been involved in migration studies in Asia, particularly on topics dealing with migration policies, unauthorized or irregular migration, and the relationship between migration on the one hand, and gender, family relations and social change on the other.
Seminar: "The Family in Southeast Asia in the Age of Migration", October 10, 32 Warren

David Barkin (November 1-14), Professor of Economics at the Xochimilco Campus of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in México City. He received his doctorate in economics from Yale University and was awarded the National Prize in Political Economics in 1979 for his analysis of inflation in Mexico. He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and of the National Research Council. In 1974, he was a founding member of the Ecodevelopment Center. His most recent books include: Wealth, Poverty and Sustainable Development and Innovaciones Mexicanas en el Manejo del Agua (Mexican Innovations in Water Management). He is interested in the process of unequal development that creates profound imbalances throughout society and promotes environmental degradation. His recent research focuses on the implementation of alternative strategies for the sustainable management of resources. Much of his work is conducted in collaboration with local communities and regional citizens groups.
Seminar: "Innovations in Water Management in an Era of Globalization", November 14, 32 Warren

2004

Bela Greskovits (September 5-18), Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Seminar: "The Political Economy of Transnational Industries in an Enlarged Europe", September 17, 401 Warren, 2:30 pm

Krzysztof Gorlach (September 30-October 13), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Seminar: "European Union Expansion: The Impacts of Integration on Social Relations and Social Movements in Rural Poland", October 8, 401 Warren, 2:30 pm

2005

Stephen Castles (September 18-26), Director, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University, UK
Seminar: "Migration as Social Transformation", September 23, 32 Warren, 2:30 pm
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Anthony Champion (October 10-22), Population Geography, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Seminar: "The Counter-urbanization Cascade", October 21, 32 Warren, 2:30 pm
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