With TWCF funding, this project plans to investigate whether and how Asian elephants demonstrate reasoning and rationality as both individuals and collectives.

This study will examine to what extent durable naming exists for non-human animal individuals. A philosopher with extensive background in philosophy of language and theoretical comparative psychology will be brought together with leading comparative psychologists and animal behaviorists experienced in ground-breaking research on dolphin and bonobo cognition and communication.

Empirical field research along with existing statistical data will be used to explore why despite predictions of the demise of customary authority, interest in customary and informal governance is instead being revived alongside alternative governance phenomena such as blockchain, smart cities, and other entrepreneurial ventures.

Since water services provided by companies in LMICs are often ill-matched to the needs of poorer households, households turn to informal water resellers. This project will examine ways to formally integrate these small independent suppliers into the water sector ecosystem in Abidjan, promoting micro-entrepreneurship.

Research into the causes and consequences of the new business formation surge during and after COVID in the US, with a particular focus on the restructuring and reallocation of activity in terms of both industry and location.