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Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesDELTA - Volatile Waters and the Hydrosocial Anthropocene in Major River Deltas

PhD students hired

DELTA Project Irrawaddy Tana Parnaíba

The DELTA team is growing: from mid-June 2016 onwards, another three researchers will be working in the project.

With great pleasure we would like to announce three new colleagues joining the team of researchers.

Nora Horisberger, with a background in Ethnobiology (BSc Neuchatel 2013) and Environmental Anthropology (MA Paris 2015), will pursue a research project in the Parnaíba Delta, Brazil.

Benoit Ivars, who is holding degrees in business studies (BA Valence 2012), Economy and Society (MSc Lyon 2013), Development Studies (MSc Clermont-Ferrand 2014) and Environmental Anthropology (MSc Paris 2015), will conduct a research project in the Irrawaddy Delta in Burma/Myanmar.

Sandro Simon has studied History and German Literature (BA Basel 2011) as well as African Studies with a focus on Anthropology and Environment (MA Basel 2015) and will focus on a research project in the Tana Delta, Kenya.

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