Land Portal | Launch New Country Portfolios for Kenya, South Africa and Zambia
Developed in partnership with local experts and organizations, Land Portal’s latest country portfolios for Kenya, South Africa and Zambia on the Land Portal offer an in-depth look at both the current and historical land governance situation as well as access to a wide… Read More
COUPLED | Sustainability challenges in land use – 15 PhD positions
COUPLED is a four-year, European Training Network granted by the EC under Horizon 2020. They put the research approach of TELECOUPLING into action for solving sustainability challenges for land use. How to understand processes and actors that influence… Read More
Both ENDS | Reference Guide on Infrastructure Set Against Land Governance
The past years have seen a surge in large infrastructure projects, including dams, mines, highways, airports, ports, land reclamation, canals and urban renewal projects. The land assigned to these projects is often inhabited and used for agricultural purposes…. Read More
GIZ | Publication: Safeguarding Human Rights in Land Related Investments
Comparison of the Voluntary Guidelines Land with the IFC Performance Standards and the World Bank Environmental and Social Safeguard Framework Michael Windfuhr, German Institute for Human Rights, 2017 This study was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for… Read More
World Bank | Conference on Land and Poverty 2018
The Annual World Bank Land and Poverty Conference in Washington DC will present the latest research and practice on the diversity of reforms, interventions, and innovations in the land sector around the world. The 2018 conference theme will… Read More
ITC Twente | Vacancy Assistant Professor Urban and Regional Planning and Geo Information Management
The department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo Information Management (PGM) of ITC works on the linkage of geospatial technologies with both Urban Planning & Management and Land Administration. The department takes the role of people as… Read More
Tropenbos et al | New working paper! Improving the positive impacts of investments on smallholder livelihoods
Moving from “do no harm” to “do good”… This working paper is aimed at impact investors, and presents key pointers or core guidance that have been drawn from international standards, principles and case studies, that follow. It provides… Read More
LANDac | Special issue: From land grabs to inclusive development?
LANDac is pleased to announce the release of a themed special issue, based on contributions from the LANDac Annual International Conference 2015, in the journal Geoforum. The themed issue explores the “elusiveness of inclusive development” through analyses of… Read More
LANDdialogue | LG MSD seeks consultant for IMVO study
ToR for Consultant Land Governance & ICSR Agreements The Organising Committee of the Dutch Land Governance Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue is looking for a consultant to carry out a study on the relevance of land goverance as a priority issue… Read More
Last Updated: 24th September 2019 by Lucy Oates
Erasmus University | 5 PhD fellowships in Development Studies
More info available here. Thematic areas In the 2018 round, holders of a Master’s degree can apply for research positions related to the following cross-cutting themes in the ISS research programme Global Development and Social Justice: Migration and… Read More