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Chiang Mai University | Call for Applicants MA Social Science (Development Studies). Scholarships Available!

Call for applicants: MA in Social Science (Development Studies) – Focus on Land Relations – at Chiang Mai University. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE Please pass this on to any parties who might be interested in Masters-level training on land:… Read More

Women’s Land Rights | Call for Proposals 2020 (deadline 31-1-2020)

Research Consortium has launched a Call for Proposals 2020: Women’s Land Rights Research Consortium Research Grant on the Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Women’s Land Tenure Security. The Research Consortium on Women’s Land Rights is a community of… Read More

UU, CIFOR & LANDac | PhD Defense Federico Brandão

Dear colleagues, You are cordially invited Frederico’ public defence of its PhD thesis titled: OIL PALM EXPANSION IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON The challenge of reconciling conservation and development January 17, 2020 at 14.00 Summary The recent Amazon fire… Read More

LANDac 2020 Conference | Call for Sessions Extended!

Land Governance Challenges and Climate Change: Handling Pressures, Upholding Rights 2-3 July 2020Muntgebouw Utrecht, The Netherlands Call for Sessions for the 2020 Conference is out now! Deadline for submission extended 22 January 2020. The LANDac Annual International Conference… Read More

New America | Future of Property Rights Program: Call for “Frontier Fellows”

New America’s Future of Property Rights Program (FPR) is looking for a ‘Frontier Fellow’! Deadline for application: 10th January 2020. More information below. About the Future of Property Rights Program: New America’s Future of Property Rights Program (FPR)… Read More

WUR | Public Lecture An Ansoms: Land Lost – Land Regained in Transforming Rural Landscapes?

Public Lecture Prof An Ansoms: Land lost – land regained in transforming rural landscapes? Smallholder farmers navigating Rwanda’s agrarian land reforms. Date: December 18th 2019Time: 15:00 – 17:00Location: room C62, Leeuwenborch, Wageningen University, The Netherlands In her lecture,… Read More

LAND-at-scale | Vacature Programma-adviseur

Vacancy in Dutch RVO’s LAND-at-scale is op zoek naar een nieuwe programma-adviseur. Functieomschrijving Betere landrechten zijn cruciaal voor resultaten op verschillende ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsthema’s. Denk maar eens aan voedselzekerheid, integraal waterbeheer, klimaatadaptatie en duurzaam bos- en grondstoffenbeheer. Maar ook aan… Read More

EADI/ISS Series | Solidarity for People Displaced by Large-Scale Investment Projects

LANDac and UU colleagues Kei Otsuki and Griet Steel recently posted a blog for the EADI/ISS Series on Solidarity for People Displaces by Large-Scale Investment Projects. Read the blog here! You can still join the panel by submitting… Read More

Shelter City Netherlands | Call for temporary relocation in 2020

Orginal post here. Justice and Peace Netherlands is launching a new call for human rights defenders at risk to participate in the Shelter City initiative around March 2020. The deadline to apply is 29 November 2019.   Shelter… Read More