Check out this new paper in Geoforum about female anti-poaching units in southern Africa. A great collaboration with Frederiek Veenenbos! The paper can be found under 'publications' (2023) as usual, and this is what it is about: Staged ‘spectacles’ are increasingly becoming important in communicating potential solutions for environmental challenges such as poaching. In this…Read more New paper – The spectacle of inclusive female anti-poaching: Heroines, green militarization and invisible violence

I am very happy to announce my latest publication, which is truly a collaborative effort between scholars and indigenous peoples from all over southern Africa, in the flagship journal Nature: Ecology and Evolution. The paper addresses the usage of research codes and contracts. Of course, the paper is accessible on my Publications page under 2023.…Read more New publication in ‘Nature: Ecology and Evolution’ about using Research codes and contracts when working with indigenous peoples

Check out my latest book chapter (open acces on this website under Publications - 2023) about ethical tourism in relation to excessive consumption and philanthropy. The editors (Melissa Demian, Mattia Fumanti and Christos Lynteris) described the chapter in their Introduction to the book Anthropology and Responsibility (2023, see https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003332077) as follows: The second contribution to…Read more New book chapter: The responsibility to consume: Excessive “environmentourism” against rhinoceros extinction in South Africa

Late 2022, a group of colleagues, including me, published a Capita Selecta article about Radical sustainable tourism. It is in Dutch and accessible under publications: Van Adrichem, C., Buijtendijk, H., Eijgelaar, E., Duineveld, M., Koens, K., Koot, S., Fletcher, R. and Huijbens, E. (2022). Radicaal duurzaam toerisme: Een trend om mee te dealen. In: T.…Read more Radical sustainable tourism

Dear all, happy to announce a paper that was published already late 2022, about the potential role and limitations of ecotourism and sport hunting in conservation. It's in the open access journal Conservation and Society, a link can be found under 'Publications' on this site. Thanks to Amos Ochieng and Niak Koh for their great…Read more New paper: Compatible with conviviality? Exploring African ecotourism and sport hunting for transformative conservation