School of Public Policy Building Bridges

Tanzanian Student Wins Research Award

Emmanuel Sulle

Most young people in Tanzania have never heard of the Maryland School of Public Policy.  But through the generosity of those who saw the promise in Emmanuel Sulle, he has completed his first year of studies at the School and has also won the Conservation Research in Eastern Africa’s Threatened Ecosystems (CREATE) Research Award from the Frankfurt Zoological Society.  

Sulle will study the impact of microcredit institutions (in this case Community Conservation Banks) which are in place within the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania.  Sulle will conduct the field research in Tanzania during the winter break of 2011-2012.

"Emmanuel is a wonderful example of the School's bridge across the oceans--of using the tools of public policy to improve the quality of life and to make a big impact on the world,"  says MSPP Dean Don Kettl.

Sulle was working as a Research Associate at the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum when he was encouraged by Professor Robert Nelson to apply to the MSPP program.  Nelson’s son Fred, who worked 12 years in Tanzania on wildlife conservation, had worked with Sulle on two research studies – most recently the published report on “Biofuels, land access and rural livelihoods in Tanzania”.

Source:(http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/sppupdate/Sulle%20Wins%20Award%20July%202011)