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Teaching Syndemics

Teaching Anthropology

As syndemics can be traced back in time through bioarcheology and archival research, described in contemporary disease crises through ethnography and epidemiology, and projected into the further as a result of the ongoing cascade of emergent infectious diseases, teaching syndemics allows a wide historic perspective on human health.

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Learn more about: “Why Autonomy? Extraction, Resistance, and Historical Origins of Indigenous Demands in Latin America”

Political Science Now

He also has published or has forthcoming work on local governance in Latin America, methods for causal inference, and the regulation of gig economy labor in the United States. All of his work employs a multi-method approach, using experimental and natural experimental data as well as extensive interviewing and archival research.

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Olukunle Owolabi Receives the 2024 Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award for “Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects”

Political Science Now

The Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award , formally the APSA Best Book Award, is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book on government, politics, or international affairs.