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Mason Moseley, a political science professor at West Virginia University, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to study Argentina’s mining industry and its environmental impact. Starting in March 2025, he’ll work with Argentine scholars and teach at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Inspired by protests he witnessed in Mendoza in 2019, Moseley will explore why social movements around environmental issues, like water rights, gain traction. His research includes public opinion surveys, and he plans to compare findings with environmental movements in West Virginia.

WVU political scientist earns prestigious Fulbright grant to research mining in Argentina

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Mason Moseley, a political science professor at West Virginia University, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to study Argentina’s mining industry and its environmental impact. Starting in March 2025, he’ll work with Argentine scholars and teach at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Inspired by protests he witnessed in Mendoza in 2019, Moseley will explore why social movements around environmental issues, like water rights, gain traction. His research includes public opinion surveys, and he plans to compare findings with environmental movements in West Virginia.