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Category Archives: Global change
Happy Earth Day: April 22!!!
Yesterday was the Earth Day, and the UN 24 hours Live Channel broadcasted the signing ceremony of the Climate Change Accord. But there are many more interesting development issues broadcasted by the UN Channel, here for your attention below. Enjoy!
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Transition Initiative
Today (18 April) in my class on sustainable development, we watched this video on transition network, an initiative to create and distribute the network of sustainable communities across the world. I think the students liked it. I thought that it … Continue reading
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New Paper on Security in the Mekong River Basin
After three years of writing and revising, our paper on various ways of security being framed in the Mekong River Commission has come to light in International Relations journal Globalizations. Here one may read it. This is yet another wonderful collaboration … Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Storm in the North Sea, Oilfields Evacuated
NOS Reports (Dutch News Service). This is a repost and my own translation from Dutch to English. At these moments, there is a strong storm in the North Sea. I would like to draw your attention to what is being … Continue reading
BBC: Big Tobacco Paying Bribes
I was recently taking breakfast with two friends in a quiet district of Amsterdam. While enjoying our salmon on omelet, and conversing in Dutch, we updated each other on our lives. A friend of my friend had a new job, … Continue reading
Expressing Grief and Solidarity
The attack in Paris is a nightmare that came true. The whole world grieves with France. And so did ADA University today with the half-mast flags, the minute of silence and singing of Marseillaise after. We unite in our grief … Continue reading
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Workshop on “Translation in World Politics” at Kate Hamburger Kolleg, Duisburg, Germany
Last week, on October 08-09, I took part in a workshop at the University of Duisburg’s Kate Hamburger Kolleg (Centre for Global Cooperation Research) named “Translation in World Politics”. It was very pleasing to see the ideas of policy translation … Continue reading
A “pill” generation
We are looking for quick solutions to our problems, and businesses who see profits in offering this short-term relief, do not wait to make money on us. Feeling sad? Eat the cake! Had a fight with your girl-friend? Get drunk! … Continue reading
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“The Black Swan” by Nassim Taleb
After 3 years of owning the book, I finally made the effort and read the book from cover to cover. It was hard to start off, but then went in a free-flow. There are many reviews on the Internet, so … Continue reading
Posted in Bio-economy, Book review, Ethnography, Famous people, Global change
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New Article! Ways of Knowing Water: Water Security and Integrated Water Management
After waiting for over a year, finally our article is online! This article is titled “‘Ways of knowing’ water: integrated water resources management and water security as complementary discourses“, Andrea Gerlak and I wrote it for International Negotiations and Environmental … Continue reading
First “Pay for Your Time” Cafe in Baku — “Tik-Talk”
В Баку новое классное место, где можно мирно посидеть, попить чайку, поиграть в настольные игры (включая чо-чо или ручной футбол), и все это, заметьте, в абсолютно домашней обстановке! Нет, я не говорю про очередное за-пере-черезчур-гламуренное кафе типа Глория Джинс. Новое … Continue reading
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WSJ — The Global War on Modernity by Garry Kasparov
While the whole of Azerbaijan, and especially Baku, were mourning the 25th anniversary of the Black January on January 20 this year, Garry Kasparov, my fellow Bakuvian, has published yet another op-ed in Wall Street Journal. However, this op-ed had … Continue reading
Black January: Tragic Events of 19-20 January in Baku 1990
“Wake up, Farhad”, I bearly open my eyes “Quick, come on”, Reluctantly I wake up and see my mom full of fear and agitation.
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Global Governance of Biofuels
Farhad Mukhtarov co-authored a new paper (short communication) with Professor Patricia Osseweijer from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and dr. Robin Pierce from Harvard Law School (US). It appeared in the last issue of 2014 of Bio-based and Applied … Continue reading
Books that Defined 2014 for Me!!!
This year was not rich with books (and time to spare) apart from those for work. Still, there is a number of books I started and some I finished, which makes me feel proud! Below is the list with some … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Book review, Education, Famous people, Global change, narratives, Sociology
Tagged 2014, books, new books to read
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bell hooks on teaching and critical thinking
One of the major things that makes my life meaningful at this particular moment is teaching and the chance to pass some knowledge and ways of thinking to my students. It is not self-esteem which I am gaining here, although … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Book review, Education, Ethnography, Global change
Tagged critical change, education, policy, transformation
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Institutional Design in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan: New Paper in Environmental Science & Policy
The Journal of Environmental Science & Policy will feature in early 2015 an article co-authored by Farhad Mukhtarov, Svenja Fox, Nozila Mukhamedova and Kai Wegerich. This article is an attempt to resolve the tensions between the need for institutional reform … Continue reading
Still Doubting that Climate Change is Human Made?
To all those who are still in blissful ignorance about the causes of climate change, and especially to a few students of my Geography class who have been vocally in favour of the Earth tilt being the major source of … Continue reading
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Ways of Knowing Public Policy
Farhad Mukhtarov and Andrea Gerlak have just published an article in Policy Sciences, a well-respected political science journal, on Ways of Knowing and Integrated Water Resources Management. In this article, the authors came up with the argument that there are 3 … Continue reading
“Ali and Nino” night in Baku with Fuad Akhundov and Frydays
Ali and Nino Left: Cover of the first edition of “Ali and Nino”, in German, Vienna, 1937. For many people around the world the first introduction to Azerbaijan is the book “Ali and Nino” by Kurban Said. I met people … Continue reading
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Tagged Baku, culture, narratives, space, story-telling
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