This fall, the George Perkins Marsh Institute welcomes two new researchers:

Jon Denton-Schneider (Economics) studies development economics and economic history with an emphasis on human capital in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. His research focuses on the historical causes and economic consequences of poor health in these regions, as well as the policies that can remedy its negative impacts.

Gustavo Oliveira (Geography) Gustavo Oliveira is a human-environment geographer whose research focuses on Chinese finance and investment in Brazilian agribusiness and infrastructure. He also studies critical geopolitics and the global political ecology of soy, pesticides, biofuels, land struggles, agroecology and food sovereignty, and environmental governance.

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