Asif Sandeelo receives Wenner-Gren grant

Asif Sandeelo receives Wenner-Gren grant

Asif Ali Sandeelo who is fourth year PhD student at Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology program at UGA has received Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for his project titled “The Political Bird: Elite Falconry, Wildlife...
Amit Kaushik wins Nat Geo Award

Amit Kaushik wins Nat Geo Award

Amit Kaushik, PhD Student in Integrative Conservation and Anthropology is the recent recipient of the National Geographic Award for his PhD research in Central India! This project investigates the spatial utilization of Indian wolves (Canis lupus pallipes) and their...
Congratulations to Andrew Paul!

Congratulations to Andrew Paul!

Andrew Paul is the recent recipient of the NSF DDRIG, which will support his collaborative research with Karen communities on the Thailand-Myanmar border in Southeast Asia. This research explores the development of Indigenous landscape conservation governance in the...
ICON’s Kate Pitts receives NSF-GRFP

ICON’s Kate Pitts receives NSF-GRFP

We are excited to share that Aoife “Kate” Pitts, PhD Student, Anthropology and Integrative Conservation, will receive a Graduate Research Fellowship from NSF! Kate says of her work: “My research integrates social-ecological systems theory and...