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| Dr. Michael Odhiambo and his Supervisor Prof. Michael Bollig (front row,far left) and some members of his Reading Committee |
On the 1st of July 2015, Michael Odhiambo, post-doctoral researcher
working on the Receptor Approach at the School of Human Rights Research, successfully
defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology,
University of Cologne, Germany. We are very proud of Michael on achieving his doctorate cum laude.
Michael’s thesis entitled, Il Chamus versus the State: Vulnerability, Litigation and Resilience
Building in the Baringo Lowlands of Kenya. Within the context of resilience
in social-ecological systems (SES), the thesis looked at the role of several
legal actions by the Il Chamus community of the Baringo lowlands of Kenya in
providing social resilience. The thesis shows that the targets, outcomes and
social processes involved in the legal actions were crucial to the resilience
of the Il Chamus as a politically bounded SES. The thesis will be made
available online in due course.
Well done Michael!
Posted by Ingrid Roestenburg-Morgan
