Bram Büscher

I welcome applications on topics related to development, environmental politics, political ecology,  conservation, the politics of energy adn related topics. If you are interested, please send me a copy of your CV and a 6 page proposal reviewing the literature, stating your questions and outlining your methods.

So far, five of my former PhD’s have graduated:

1. Michela Marcatelli (2012 – 2017), Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University. Thesis title: Legitimizing Inequality. A Political Ecology of Water in the Waterberg, South Africa. https://www.iss.nl/en/news/successful-phd-defence-michela-marcatelli. Date of defence: 3 March 2017.
2. Alonso Ramírez Cover (2012 – 2017), Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University. Thesis title: A Political Ecology of Neoliberal Multiculturalism, Social Inclusion and Market-Based Conservation in Indigenous Costa Rica. https://www.iss.nl/en/news/political-ecology-neoliberal-multiculturalism. Date of defence: 27 November 2017.
3. Ome Chattranond (2011 – ), dams and international water governance in the Mekong Delta
4. Nikolas Studeman (2014 – ), counterhegemonic struggles and development in southern Chile.
5. Jesse Montes (2015 – ), tourism and resource management in Bhutan

I currently have the pleasure of working with the following PhD students:

1. Emile Smidt (2014 – ), crisis conservation, rhino poaching and violence in South Africa
2. Nadya Karimasari (2016 – ), crisis conservation in Indonesia
3. Lerato Thakholi (2016 – ), Crisis conservation in South Africa
4. Thomas Kiggle (2016 – ), Crisis conservation in Brazil
5. Suzanne Brandon (2016 – ), neoliberal cheetah conservation in Namibia
6. Lisa Trogisch (2016 – ), tourism, violence and peace parks in central Africa
7. Julian Cortes (2017 – ), rural politics in Colombia
8. Revati Pandya (2017 – ), conservation in India
9. Ananda Siddhartha (2019 – ), elephant corridors and rural change in India