Michael Cernea

Professorial Lecturer in Anthropology and International Affairs
E-mail cernea.m@gmail.com
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Dr. Cernea is both an academic researcher and an applied anthropologist whose work has focused on development policies, specifically social, environmental, and agricultural policies, from the perspectives of anthropology and sociology.

Research

Michael Cernea has held several senior positions at the World Bank. He pioneered the introduction of sociology/anthropology into the World Bank and involved a large number of social scientists from developed and developing countries in applied and policy research and in operational development-investment programs. He has done fieldwork in more than two dozen countries.

Selected Publications

Books

2008	Cernea, M., and H.M. Mathur, eds. Can Compensation Prevent Impoverishment?: Reforming Resettlement through Investments. New York: Oxford University Press.
2006	Cernea, M., and H.H. Kassam, eds. Researching the Culture in Agri-Culture: Social Research for International Development. New York: Oxford University Press.
2000	Cernea, M., and C. McDowell, eds. Risks and Reconstruction: Experiences of Resettlers and Refugees. Washington: The World Bank.
1999	Cernea, M. The Economics of Involuntary Resettlement: Questions and Challenges. Washington: The World Bank.

Articles and Book Chapters

2000	Cernea, M. "Insularity versus partnership: Linking the economics and anthropology of resettlement," High Plains Applied Anthropologist, Spring.
1997	Cernea, M. "The risks and reconstruction model for resettling displaced populations," World Development 25(10): 1569-1588.

Course Taught

Anth 222: Topics in Development Anthropology: Development and Displacement

Education

Ph.D. 1962, University of Bucharest