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Dr. U.S. Awasthi Receives the 2024 Rochdale Pioneer Award in Cooperative Economics

The Blum Center extends its congratulations to Dr. U.S. Awasthi for being awarded the prestigious 2024 Rochdale Pioneer Award by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), the voice for cooperatives across the world. To learn more about Dr. U.S. Awasthi’s work in cooperative economics as the Managing Director of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO), please read Dr. Awasthi’s interview with the ICA.

2024 FALL QUARTER NEWSLETTER

The Fall Quarter newsletter spotlights the Blum Center's recent developments in addressing poverty, inequality, and democracy. The newsletter covers several key updates: the launch of the new Community Labor Center with Executive Director Carmen Rhodes; outcomes from the Spring Quarter Housing Forum, including new partnerships formed to address campus housing issues; highlights from the Spring Quarter research symposium on central coast regional equity and cooperative economics projects; and the introduction of four new student team members to the Blum Center.

To access the newsletter, please use this link.

NOW HIRING: BLUM CENTER POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR

The UCSB Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy is currently recruiting applicants for the position of Postdoctoral Scholar. This is a two-year position with the possibility of extension, and an anticipated start date in January 2025. The postdoctoral scholar will contribute to two ongoing research initiatives during the course of the appointment. The Central Coast Regional Equity Initiative (CCREI) and the Organizing Knowledges Project (OKP). We especially welcome applications from candidates with training and expertise in areas of special concern to the Central Coast region, including housing, agricultural labor, and climate justice.

Initial review date is December 2nd, 2024.

For further information about the position, application requirements, and to apply, please visit https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02856.