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Personal profile
Research
I am a postdoctoral fellow in Ethnology and alumni of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School.
My current research explores the socioecological impacts of climate-related loss such as drought and flooding among marginalised communities. I am interested in finding the connections between lived experiences of climate disasters, the socioeconomic structures exacerbating them and the climate goverance systems trying to mitigate them.
My PhD thesis, Resilient Pastoralism, explores how pastoralists in Northern Kenya navigate a changing climate, poverty and ethnic conflict, and it critically examines the effectiveness of interventions from European aid organisations at tackling these challenges
My research advocates for making room for the voice of pastoral communities in the production and evaluation of development agendas that concern their well-being. To this end, I have teamed up with a filmmaker and a grassroots NGO in Kenya to create Hekima, a project to connect Development practitioners with marginalised voices.
Teaching
As a lecturer in Ethnology, I teach on the undergraduate course in Ethnology and the international Masters's in Applied Cultural Analysis, which is a joint collaboration between Lund University and University of Copenhagen. My duties include course coordination, supervision, lecturing and conducting seminars.
I am currently course coordinator for two MACA courses: TKAN19 (Theories for Cultural Analysis) and TKAN20 (Composing Cultural Analysis).
I supervise bachelor dissertations on the course ETNK02 (Cultural Analytical Perspectives, Level 3).
I regularly lecture on free-standing courses (SASH59, SASH60, SASH86) on topics including Sustainable Development and Swedish Culture.
I have experience on several other courses in Ethnology (TKAM02, TKAN22, TKAN23, TKAN25, ETNA22), Human Rights (MRSG32) and European Studies (EUHR15).
I have experience lecturing in Disaster Risk Reduction at Malmö University.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Ethnology
Free keywords
- ethnology
- Pastoralism
- human nature relations
- Cultural Analysis
- Africa
- Ontology
- Phenomenology
- Tribal Identity
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Research output
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Resilient Pastoralism: A Cultural Analysis of Navigating Climate Change, Modernity and the Development Industry in Northern Kenya
Jones, B., 2025 Mar 21, Lund: The Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University. 316 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (monograph)
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”Studenternas aktivism visar en hoppfull strävan.”
Eleonorasdotter, E., Abdelhady, D., Bowling, D., Zackari, K., Pressfeldt, V., Chan, S., Borges Freitas, C., Gren, N., Montesino, N., Scharbrodt, O., Eklund, L., Hamnell, B., El-Husseini, R., Öhman, A., Salami, F., Ramasar, V., Jones, B., Mulinari, D., Chahin, H. & Dodds, P. & 28 others, , 2024 Apr 22, Sydsvenskan.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper › Newspaper article
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Restoring grasslands in Kenya’s Rift Valley
Meyerhoff, E., de Groot, P. & Jones, B., 2020 Dec 16, ETFRN News Restoring African Drylands, 60, p. 149-156 8 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper › Specialist publication article › Research
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Transforming the Future, Forgetting the Past: The Risk of Non-accountability for Historical Failures in “Sustainable” Development
Jones, B., 2020 Sept 28, Lund University.Research output: Other contribution › Web publication/Blog post › Popular science
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Reflections from a PhD candidate and a Dad trying too hard during a Pandemic
Jones, B., 2020 May 19, Lund University.Research output: Other contribution › Web publication/Blog post › Popular science
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Lund University Agenda 2030 Graduate School
Gunneflo, M. (Project coordinator), van Meeningen, Y. (Project coordinator), Håkansson, S. (Project communication officer), Starkey, A. (Research student), Tagesson, A. (Research student), Johansson, A. (Research student), Matamoros, A. (Research student), Wrisberg, A. (Research student), Nicoli Aldini, C. (Research student), Almpantis, D. (Research student), Pashley, D. (Research student), Lantz, E. (Research student), Eriksson, E. (Research student), Radeljak, F. (Research student), Tsiakiris, G. (Research student), Hygum, I. L. (Research student), Abdulahi, I. J. (Research student), Altamirano, I. (Research student), Salustiano Trojaborg, I. (Research student), Carey, J. (Research student), Samper, J. (Research student), Bello Bermejo, J. M. (Research student), Montañez, K. (Research student), Van Dooren, L. (Research student), Menon, M. (Research student), Silva, M. J. (Research student), Mannberg, M. (Research student), Yndal-Olsen, N. (Research student), Widengren, V. (Research student), Jönsson, K. (Project coordinator), Hemberg, L. (Research student), Francis, J. (Research student), Stubbendorff, A. (Research student), Jones, B. (Research student), Ternsjö, L. (Research student), Ocampo, J. (Research student), López, J. (Research student), Önnudóttir, S. H. K. (Research student), Zalar, A. (Research student), Andersson Nystedt, T. (Research student), Nicoson, C. J. (Research student), Takman, M. (Research student), Flores, P. (Research student), Loxa, A. (Research student), Lee, S. H. (Research student), Hannerz, J. (Research student), Johannesson, S. (Project communication officer) & Lindberg, H. G. (Administrator)
2018/09/26 → …
Project: Network
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Pastoral Perceptions of Development: How pastoralist perceptions of society and the environment affect external development initiatives in Northern Kenya's Drylands and how to integrate them
Jones, B. (Researcher), Hansson, K. (Supervisor) & Jönsson, H. (Researcher)
2019/09/02 → 2023/08/31
Project: Dissertation
Activities
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"White Men in Africa": a Panel Discussion
Jones, B. (Organiser), Mannberg, M. (Organiser), Ternsjö, L. (Organiser) & Håkansson, S. (Organiser)
2024 Apr 3Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of public lecture/debate/seminar
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The Agenda 2030 Graduate School’s kick-off
Håkansson, S. (Organiser), van Meeningen, Y. (Organiser), Jönsson, K. (Organiser), Yndal-Olsen, N. (Participant), Hannerz, J. (Participant), Önnudóttir, S. H. K. (Organiser), López, J. (Participant), Francis, J. (Participant), Takman, M. (Participant), Tsiakiris, G. (Participant), Salustiano Trojaborg, I. (Participant), Hillbom, E. (Participant), Ternsjö, L. (Participant), Flores, P. (Participant), Mannberg, M. (Participant), Somsen, J. (Participant), Johansson, A. (Participant), Jones, B. (Participant), Asamoah, B. O. (Participant), Andersson Nystedt, T. (Participant), Bello Bermejo, J. M. (Participant), Hemberg, L. (Participant), Menon, M. (Participant), Tagesson, A. (Participant) & Lebech, S. (Participant)
2023 Mar 27 → 2023 Mar 28Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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Loss and damage in climate negotiations
Jones, B. (Role not specified)
2022 Nov 28Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in public lecture/debate/seminar
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Malmö University
Jones, B. (Role not specified)
2022 Nov 1Activity: Visiting an external institution › Research or teaching at external organisation
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2nd PhD Conference on Sustainable Development Lund University
van Meeningen, Y. (Host), Jönsson, K. (Host), Håkansson, S. (Host), Hassing Nielsen, J. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Åhman, M. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Lee, S. H. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Raphael, R. (Session chair), Takedomi Karlsson, M. (Presenter), Ternsjö, L. (Presenter), Graminius, C. (Session chair), Rico, S. (Presenter), Flores, P. (Presenter), Adell, A. (Contributor), Toleubekov, B. (Contributor), Jones, B. (Contributor), Tsiakiris, G. (Contributor), Jönsson, M. (Contributor), Sjöström, C. (Contributor), Allansson, J. (Organiser), Cannon, R. (Organiser), Eriksson, E.-L. (Organiser), Ochsner, M. (Organiser), Otto, A. (Organiser), Åslund, V. (Organiser), Ekström, H. (Organiser), Bossetta, M. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Petersén, M. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Abbott, J. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Zalar, A. (Organiser), Nicoson, C. (Organiser), Samper, J. A. (Organiser) & Quiroga, C. (Organiser)
2022 Oct 6 → 2022 Oct 7Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference