Research
Many faculty in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences approach their scholarship with a global perspective to people, events, and environments. Their international research examines topics such as causes and effects of land use change; improving food industries in developing countries; and the evolving social, political, and economic attitudes in emerging democracies.
Some current international research projects involving College faculty are:
Afrobarometer
College faculty: Michael Bratton (Political Science)
www.afrobarometer.org
Climate Land Interaction Project
College faculty: David Campbell (Geography), Jennifer Olson (Geography)
http://clip.msu.edu/
Land Use Change, Impacts and Dynamics
College faculty: David Campbell (Geography), Jennifer Olson (Geography)
http://www.lucideastafrica.org/
Partnership in Food Industry Development - Fruits and Vegetables
College faculty: Lawrence Busch (Sociology)
http://pfid.msu.edu/
South African National Cultural Heritage Training and Technology Program
College faculty: Mark Kornbluh (MATRIX), David Wiley (Sociology)
http://www.sanch.org
A Regional Climate Model: Geographic Information System Approach to Wind Power Climatology
College faculty: Jeffrey Andresen (Geography)
andresen@msu.edu
The Synergism of Fire; Forest Fragmentation; and Selective Logging in the Brazilian Amazon
College faculty: Mark Cochrane (CGCEO)
http://www.globalchange.msu.edu/fire.html
The Role of Historical Narratives in Extending or Ending Violence in Indonesia
College faculty: Elizabeth Drexler (Anthropology)
drexler@msu.edu
Summer 2004 Physical Anthropology Research Program in Albania: The Tumulus of Kamenica and Butrint
College faculty: Todd Fenton (Anthropology)
fentont@msu.edu
Basis II CRSP; Institutional Dimensions of Water Policy Reform in Southern Africa; Addressing Critical Water-Land Inters
College faculty: Anne Ferguson (Anthropology)
fergus12@msu.edu
Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program LAC-CC1
College faculty: Anne Ferguson (Anthropology)
http://www.isp.msu.edu/CRSP/latinobjectives.htm
Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program ESA-CC1
College faculty: Anne Ferguson (Anthropology)
http://www.isp.msu.edu/CRSP/eastobjectives.htm
Weak Property Rights and the Emergence of Labor Markets in Rural China
College faculty: John Giles (Economics)
gilesj@msu.edu
Renegotiating Environment and Development: Ecotourism and the Interface of Global and Local Agendas in Belize
College faculty: Laurie Medina (Anthropology)
medina@msu.edu
Simulating The Effects Of Plan Colombia on Land Use and Land Cover in The Ecuadorian Amazon; A Complex Systems Approach
College faculty: Joseph Messina (Geography)
jpm@msu.edu
Modeling The Scale Dependent Drivers Of LCLU Dynamics in Northeastern Ecuardo; Simulating Patterns of Landscape Change
College faculty: Joseph Messina (Geography)
jpm@msu.edu
National Resource Center for Foreign Language and International Studies
College faculty: Jeffrey Riedinger (CASID)
http://www.casid.msu.edu
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
College faculty: Jeffrey Riedinger (CASID)
http://casid.msu.edu/humphrey.shtml
Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Investigationof the Initial Appearance of Domesticated Livestock in the Lake Ngami Region of Botswana and the Later Stone Age Background
College faculty: Lawrence Robbins (Anthropology)
lrobbins@msu.edu
A Basin Scale Econometric Model for Projecting Future Amazonian Landscapes
College faculty: Robert Walker (Geography)
rwalker@msu.edu
Pattern To Process: Research and Applications for Understanding Multiple Interactions and Feedbacks on Land Cover Change
College faculty: Robert Walker (Geography)
rwalker@msu.edu
Socio-Spatial Processes of Road Extension And Forest Fragmentation in The Amazon
College faculty: Robert Walker (Geography)
rwalker@msu.edu
Deforestation In The Amazon: Social Science Debates and The Struggle for Synthesis
College faculty: Robert Walker (Geography)
rwalker@msu.edu
A Basin Scale Econometric Model for Projecting Future Amazonian Landscapes
College faculty: Robert Walker (Geography)
rwalker@msu.edu
Patterns And Processes of Landscape Change in The Brazilian Amazon
College faculty: Robert Walker (Geography)
rwalker@msu.edu
Water Resource Research Project in 21st Century Latin America
College faculty: Scott Whiteford (Anthropology)
whitefo1@msu.edu
Compton Africa Peace Fellowships at Michigan State
University
College faculty: David Wiley (Sociology)
wiley@msu.edu
Factors Influencing Employee Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Armenia, Kazakhstan and Russia
College faculty: Susan J. Linz (Economics)
linz@msu.edu
