POLLEN Nodes

As you can see from the map, at this stage POLLEN is still very Eurocentric. However, we want everyone to be aware that we welcome nodes from all over the world!

To start your own POLLEN node, please fill in your details on our open Google Sheets membership database, and email the POLLEN secretariat at politicalecologynetwork@gmail.com to request that your node is added to the website.

List of POLLEN initiators:

• Tor Benjaminsen; Connor Joseph Cavanagh (Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences);
• Hanne Svarstad (Oslo Metropolitan University);
• Bram Buscher; Rob Fletcher, Stasja Koot (Wageningen University);
• John Childs (Lancaster University);
• Ben Neimark (Queen Mary University of London);
• Isabelle Anguelovski; Giorgos Kallis (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona);
• Christos Zografos (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
• Salvatore Paolo De Rosa (Lund University);
• Amber Huff (Institute of Development Studies / University of Sussex);

Europe

Africa

Country	Institution	People
Kenya	Department of Development Studies, Tom Mboya University, Homabay	Collins Miruka
Kenya	Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya	Martin Marani
Kenya	School of Humanities and Social Sciences, United States International University-Africa	Josh Maiyo
Kenya	Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (DARE), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Robert Mbeche
Kenya	Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA)	Bryan P. Galligan, SJ
Malawi	Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Mzuzu University	Stanley Mvula
Senegal	Responsible Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI), CODESRIA	Melis Ece
South Africa	Human Sciences Research Council	Andreas Scheba
South Africa	Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)	Mafaniso Hara
South Africa	Poverty, Ecology and Climate Change Hub, University of KwaZulu-Nata	Adrian Nel
South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Michela Marcatelli
South Africa	Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Cape Town	Rachel Wynberg
South Africa	Environmental Humanities South Programme, University of Cape Town	Tafadzwa Mushonga
Tanzania	Faculty of Humanities and Education, St. John’s University of Tanzania	Emmanuel Mbennah, Faustin Maganga, Theodora Bali, Fadhili Bwagalilo
Tanzania	Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Dodoma	Mathew Bukhi Mabele, Thabit Jacob, John Ulumara, Faida Zacharia
Tanzania	Environmental Conservation Network, Sokoine University of Agriculture	Mbazi Marisa
Uganda	College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala	David Tumusiime
Uganda	Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development, Kampala	David Mwayafu

Asia

Country	Institution	People
China	School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University	Jun He
China	College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agriculture University	Usman Ashraf
China	Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong	Liu Xiaofeng
India	Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru	Nitin D. Rai
India	Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi	Kitdor W. Kharbuli, Jaya Mathur
India	School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University Delhi	Asmita Kabra
India	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru	Siddhant Nowlakha
India	The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi	Kavya Michael
India	In-Minds organization, Kashmir	Rohool Nissar Banka
Indonesia	Sociology Department and Center for Disaster, Mitigation, and Environmental Studies, Universitas Negeri Malang	Abdul Kodir
Indonesia	Dala Institute for Environment and Society	Rodd Myers
Indonesia	Tourism Studies Department, Universitas Gadjah Mada	Intan Purwandani
	Ronin Institute
Japan	Kyoto University	Julie Ann Delos Reyes
Japan	Graduate Program in Global Studies, Sophia University	Albrecht Arevalo
Levant Region	Independent	Mathilde Gingembre Taraf Abu Hamdan
Malaysia	Monash University, Malaysia Campus	Jiayen Lai
Nepal	Forum for Nature Protection	Madhu Thapa
Nepal	Himalayan Wilderness Awareness Nepal, Pokhara Valley	Bikash Adhikari
Philippines	Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines – Diliman	Ivan Harris Tanyag
Philippines	Department of Geography, University of the Philippines	Kristian Karlo Saguin
Singapore	Department of Geography, National University of Singapore	Miles Kenney-Lazar
Sri Lanka	University of Colombo, Department of Geography	Punniyarajah Kirishanthan
Taiwan	Department of Geography, National Taiwan University	Po-Yi Hung
Tajikistan	School of Arts and Sciences, University of Central Asia	Murodbek Laldjebaev
Thailand	Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University	Carl Middleton

North America

Country	Institution	People
Canada	Department of Geography/Nature-Culture-Politics Group, University of Guelph, Canada	Noella Gray, Roberta Hawkins, Kate Parizeau, Robin Roth, Jennifer Silver, Eric Nost
Canada	Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto	Zach Anderson
Canada	Department of Geography, York University, Toronto	Francis Massé
Canada	Indigenous, Environmental and Global Studies, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta	Makere Stewart-Harawira
Canada	Intermedia Research Studio, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta	Sourayan Mookerjea
Canada	Université du Québec en Outaoutais (UQO)	Vijay Kolinjivadi
Canada	Menno Simons College, Canadian Mennonite University & University of Winnipeg, Canada	Kirit Patel
Canada	International Development Studies Program, Saint Mary’s University	Kate Ervine
Canada	University of Toronto	Columba Gonzalez
Canada	Queen’s University	Diana Cordoba
Canada	McGill University	Melody Lynch
Canada	Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)	Nathan McClintock
Mexico	National Automous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Chiapas	Antonio Castellanos-Navarrete, Raul Anthony Olmedo Neri
Mexico	Institute of Anthropological Research, National Autonomus University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City	Paola Velasco Santos
USA	School of Architecture, University of Texas – Austin	Sarah Dooling
USA	Department of Geology & Geography,  West Virginia University	Bradley Wilson
USA	Environmental Studies, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	Peter Wilshusen
USA	Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina	Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
USA	Sustainable Development Department, Appalachian State University	Rebecca Witter
USA	Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University	Dana E. Powell
USA	Public Political Ecology Lab, University of Arizona	Tracey Osborne
USA	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Leah S. Horowitz
USA	Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles Center for Environmental Policy & Behavior, University of California Davis	Linda Esteli Mendez Barrientos
USA	Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Rina Ghose
USA	Center for Global Engagement, James Madison University	Jennifer Coffman, Case Watkins
USA	Department of Geography, University of Hawai’i at Manoa	Mary Mostafanezhad
USA	Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Mississippi	Marcos Mendoza
USA	Department of Anthropology, Stanford University	Nina Dewi Horstmann
USA	Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University	Max Ajl
USA	Departments of Geography, Environmental Studies, and Anthropology, Macalester College, Saint Paul	William Moseley, Eric Carter, Roopali Phadke, I-Chun Catherine Chang, Arjun Guneratne, Chris Wells
USA	Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Daniel Gallagher
USA	Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University	Noleen Chikowore
USA	David L. Boren College of International Studies, University of Oklahoma	Emma Colven
USA	Division of Liberal Arts, Graduate Program in Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies, Rhode Island School of Design	Damian White
USA	Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University	Ekin Kurtiç
USA	Department of Geography, Kansas State University	Audrey Joslin
USA	Vanderbilt University	Alex Korsunsky
USA	Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia	Emily Ramsey
USA	Anthropology Department, Western Washington University	Josh Fisher
USA	Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder	Phurwa D Gurung
USA	Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida	Atte Penttilä
USA	Department of Geography, University of Alabama	Jared Margulies
USA	University of Michigan	Bilal Butt
USA	Wagner College	Joshua Mullenite
USA	State of California Tahoe Conservancy and IUCN CEM Resilience Thematic Group	Dorian Fougères
USA	AmeriCorps Nez Perce Tribe	Alaina Doll
USA	State University of New York at Buffalo	Jordan Fox Besek
USA/India	Ronin Institute, The National Coalition of Independent Scholars	Aghaghia Rahimzadeh
USA	Geography Department, Syracuse University, New York	Manuela Ruiz Reyes
USA	Columbia University, New York	Paige West

Central and South America and the Caribbean

Country	Institution	People
Brazil	Brazilian Institute on Science and Technology Information / Research Centre on Environmental Geography and Political Ecology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	Liz Rejane Issberner, Marcelo Lopes de Souza
Brazil	Department of Geography, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro	Leandro Dias de Oliveira
Brazil	Rural Development Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	Pedro Vasconcelos Rocha
Brazil	State University of Montes Claros	Felisa Anaya
Colombia	Núcleo Int. de Pensamiento en Epistemología Ambiental (NIPEA), Open and Distance National University	Carlos Hugo Sierra, Nicolás Jiménez
Colombia	Universidad de los Andes, Interdisciplinary Center for Development Studies	Maria Cecilia Roa Garcia
Costa Rica	Department of Environment and Development, University for Peace	Jan Breitling
Costa Rica	Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos, Universidad de Costa Rica	Alonso Ramírez Cover, Andrés León Araya
Ecuador	Department of Political Science and International Studies, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito	Johannes M. Waldmüller
Peru	trAndeS, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP)	Teresa Bornschlegl
Peru	Geografía y Medio Ambiente, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú	Diego Espejo Ordonio
Trinidad and Tobago	Department of Geography, University of the West Indies	Levi Gahman
Venezuela	Laboratory of Political Ecology, Center for Science Studies. Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC)	Marhylda Victoria Rivero, Marx Jose Gomez-Liendo)

Oceania

Country	Institution	People
Australia	School of Social Science, University of Queensland	Kristen Lyons, James Boafo, Jillian Ash
Australia	School of Geography, University of Melbourne	Haripryia Rangan, Lisa Palmer, Lesley Head, Jane Dyson, Wolfram Dressler
Australia	School of Agriculture and Environment and School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia	Alicea Garcia, Karen Paiva Henrique, Alexander E Davis
Australia	Institute for Land, Water, and Society, Charles Sturt University	Jen Bond
Australia	Environmental Humanities Research Network, University of New England, NSW	Robyn Bartel
Australia	University of New South Wales	Govinda Paudel
Australia	Resources, Environment and Development group, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University	Sarah Milne, Keith Barney, Sango Mahanty, John McCarthy, Phuc To, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
Australia	Fisheries Social Science Group, University of Technology Sydney	Michael Fabinyi, Kate Barclay, Nick McClean
New Zealand	School of People Environment and Planning, Political Ecology Research Centre, Massey University	Trisia Farrelly, Sy Taffel, Nicholas Holm