Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Social anthropology Other subjects within law
Research groups
Research projects
Completed research projects
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Riverine Rights: Exploring the Currents and Consequences of Legal Innovations on the Rights of Rivers
The project will investigate legal cases from New Zealand, Colombia and India, where rivers have been granted personhood rights.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Cribb, Miriama; Macpherson, Elizabeth;
Borchgrevink, Axel
(2024).
Beyond legal personhood for the Whanganui River: collaboration and pluralism in implementing the Te Awa Tupua Act.
International Journal of Human Rights.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2024.2314532
Macpherson, Elizabeth;
Borchgrevink, Axel
;
Ranjan, Rahul
; Vallejo P., Catalina
(2021).
Where ordinary laws fall short: ‘riverine rights’ and constitutionalism.
36 p.
Griffith Law Review.
Vol. 30 .
https://doi.org/10.1080/10383441.2021.1982119
Helle-Valle, Jo
;
Borchgrevink, Axel
(2018).
Household histories and methodological triangulation.
Forum for Development Studies.
Vol. 45.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2016.1260049
Borchgrevink, Axel (2015). Gracias a Díos y al gobierno: electric power struggles in Nicaraguan politics. McNeish, John-Andrew; Borchgrevink, Axel; Logan, Owen (Ed.). Contested Powers: The Politics of Energy and Development in Latin America. p. 66-91. Zed Books.
Borchgrevink, Axel
(2015).
Civil society under different political and aid regimes in Nicaragua.
Journal für Entwicklungspolitik.
Vol. 31.
https://doi.org/10.20446/jep-2414-3197-31-1-30
McNeish, John-Andrew ; Borchgrevink, Axel (2015). Introduction: Recovering power from energy - reconsidering the linkages between energy and development. McNeish, John-Andrew; Borchgrevink, Axel; Logan, Owen (Ed.). Contested Powers: The Politics of Energy and Development in Latin America. p. 1-39. Zed Books.
McNeish, John-Andrew ; Borchgrevink, Axel ; Logan, Owen (2015). Contested Powers: The Politics of Energy and Development in Latin America. ISBN: 978-1-78360-093-9. 324 p. Zed Books.
Borchgrevink, Axel (2015). Ethiopia: rapid and green growth for all?. Hansen, Arve; Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn (Ed.). Emerging Economies and Challenges to Sustainability: Theories, strategies, local realities. p. 247-259. Routledge.
Borchgrevink, Axel (2014). Clean and Green: Knowledge and Morality in a Philippine Farming Community. ISBN: 978-971-550-685-4. 292 p. Ateneo de Manila University Press (ADMU Press).
Borchgrevink, Axel ; Lie, Jon Harald Sande (2012). Layer upon Layer: Understanding the Gambella Conflict Formation. International Journal of Ethiopian Studies. Vol. VI.