Global Development and Politics
Among our particular areas of expertise are:
Development and Change
Globalization and structural change (Klak, Prytherch, Yeboah)
Sustainable development and tourism (Klak, Medley, Toops)
Transition and post-transition societies (Dahlman)
Political Ecologies/Nature and Societies
Human-resource relationships and local knowledges (Green, Klak, Medley, Toops)
Biodiversity & conservation in highly-modified landscapes (Klak, Medley)
Environmental analysis and human security (Dahlman, Medley, Green)
Critical Geographies
Critical politics and geopolitics (Dahlman, D'Arcus, Prytherch)
Race, gender and ethnicity (Dahlman, D;Arcus, Toops, Yeboah)
Anti-development and poverty (Klak, Yeboah)
Political and Cultural Worlds
Citizenship and Identity (Dahlman, D'Arcus, Yeboah)
Geographies of state power and territoriality (D'Arcus, Dahlman, Klak, Prytherch)
Nationalism and regionalism (Dahlman, Prytherch, Toops, Yeboah)
Recent thesis
Bernice Mulandi (2007), "Gaining Women's Views on Household Food Security in Wote Sublocation, Kenya" (Kim Medley, advisor)
Hong Chen (2006), "The Impact of Sports Events on Urban Development in Post-Mao China: A Case Study of Guangzhou" (Stanley Toops, advisor)
Carl Nim (2006), "The Political Ecology of Environmental Change and Tourist Development in Cozumel, Mexico" (Stanley Toops, advisor)
Billy Terry (2004), "WAIF-FM - A Case Study in Community Radio's Place in a Globalizing Mediascape" (Tom Klak, advisor)