Congratulations to Prof. Doris Buss, who has been announced as one of the leading researchers receiving the recently awarded SSHRC Insight Grant.

The grant is for a 5-year project titled “Women’s Livelihoods in Artisanal Mining Sectors: Rethinking State-Building in Conflict-Affected Africa”. Joining Prof. Buss in this honour is colleague Blair Rutherford (African Studies/Sociology and Anthropology), along with Eileen Alma (Coady Institute, St. Francis Xavier University), Joanne Lebert (Partnership Africa Canada) and Aisha Ibrahim (Institute for Gender Research and Documentation, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone).