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“As a pastoralist, you can lose your livestock to the wolves, snowfall, and animal disease, but you can never lose the land, once you lose your land, then you are not a pastoralist.(Interview, Kokonor, VC, 2019)” researchgate.net/publication/38…

New article! Palden Tsering sheds light on the influential role of everyday political practices in shaping development outcomes within the Chinese context, while simultaneously contesting simplistic portrayals of top-down state planning in China. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My article was just published in Ecosystems and People with Taylor & Francis! Excited to share it with everyone and see how it impacts future research:  tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

“We consider systems of institutions as always in a state of assemblage through complex relational processes at different levels of social, political, and economic organization.” A book chapter with Ryan Unks. researchgate.net/publication/38…

“Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in pastoral Golok provide room for manovre, shape the values and directions of resource governance, and the existence of monastic network and mediation is essential for negotiation-based rangeland management and land policy.” researchgate.net/publication/37…

“Gaining access to land for grazing is less straightforward than before….” researchgate.net/publication/37…

“Hybridity over time and space…” researchgate.net/publication/36…

I’m very pleased to say that our book is now available to buy!

In this new Institute of Development Studies podcast interview, Ian Scoones discusses his new book on uncertainty - drawing in part from PASTRES research about how pastoralists & others respond to unpredictability and variability in everyday life ids.ac.uk/news/podcast-n…

Finally, our Center for Pastoralism Studies(CPS) is here, looks great with a nice coffee machine, which is crucial.😝😝😝

The ‘Tsering Tibetan Nomads Magazine’(volume 2) is out, and we are determined to tell the ‘pastoralism’ stories in our own language.

The ‘Tsering Tibetan Nomads Magazine’(volume 2) is out, and we are determined to tell the ‘pastoralism’ stories in our own language. researchgate.net/publication/38…

We have lost one of the great leaders of pastoralism studies, Jeremy Swift Pastoralism & Uncertainty International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists ILRI.org ids.ac.uk/news/rememberi…

“as sheep and yak prices fluctuate in the market, a growing number of pastoralists prefer to preserve their herd until the price rises slightly. However, this leads to more expenditure in rangeland rental and feed purchasing, producing additional difficulties for local herders.”

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Congratulations to Palden Tsering (Palden Tsering Institute of Development Studies Pastoralism & Uncertainty) who receives the Area Prize for the best article in the journal by an early-career researcher.

“I hope my work can contribute to bridging the gap between Tibetan pastoralists and the global discussions on resource governance, fostering a deeper understanding of the practices that sustain both livelihoods and ecosystems in this unique region.”

Congratulations to our 2025 award recipients who were presented with their medals and certificates at our annual ceremony🎖️📜 Thank you to everyone who attended our AGM, Awards Ceremony and Annual Reception - it was great to see so many people enjoy our building and the sun!🥂