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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies

Ian Scoones is a Professor at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He is PI of the ERC-funded PASTRES project (www.pastres.org). He is an agricultural ecologist by original training, and works on land, livelihoods and agrarian/environmental change, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. He is editor of the book, Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development (2023, https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/2667/pastoralism-uncertainty-and-development). More details at www.ianscoones.net

Experience

  • –present
    Fellow, Institute of Development Studies

Honours

Ester Boserup Prize for contributions to development research, 2019; ERC Advanced Grant, 2016; ESRC outstanding international impact prize, 2015