CGM hosted the 2025 Workshop on Qualitative Methods, bringing together researchers from around the world to launch new projects on the evolution of customary governance. Each participant received a small grant to support original field research examining how tradition-based authority is adapting to address challenges of governance, security, and development.
Led by Professor Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, this initiative seeks to deepen understanding of how customary and informal institutions are being reinvented to fill critical gaps in governance across diverse global contexts.
2025 Small Grant Recipients:
- Denise Brown, PhD Candidate, University of Missouri
- Gabriel Granato, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
- Kevin Grieco, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study
- Akira Pinto Medeiros, PhD Candidate, University of Pittsburgh
- Liana Eustacia Reyes, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
- Lucy Right, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
- Nikhil Shankar, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
- Sarah Thompson, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
- Ikromjon Tuhtasunov, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Fang Wu, PhD Candidate, University of Pittsburgh