We cordially invite you to present your PhD on this blog! All accepted and published blog posts will be featured in the fortnightly EADI newsletter and via social media. During the publishing process, we will help you with the editing and with becoming familiar with the rather casual and journalistic blogging style.
In October 2020 we will choose the most inspiring three articles for the blog prize. The first prize will go along with a funded invitation to the next major public EADI Event ( Directors’ Meeting or General Conference). These meetings are an invaluable opportunity for connecting and networking and provide first-hand insight into topical discussions between development research institutes.
Authors of the best three articles will receive hard copies of our edited volume “Building Development Studies for the New Millennium”, as well as a free EADI membership which includes access to our journal, the “European Journal of Development Research (EJDR)”
Requirements:
All PhD students in Development Studies or a related field in the final phase of their PhD or up to one year after its defence are eligible to submit.
Proposed blog posts must be between 6000 and 9000 characters long, including spaces. They must be written in a casual, rather journalistic language, and should provide references in the form of hyperlinks instead of footnotes. They should include a meaningful image in landscape format or provide a link to a suitable image under a creative commons licence.
We recommend to follow guidelines for successful science-blogging on development issues, which are available for example here and here
Submissions can be either new blog posts or posts that have already been published elsewhere. In such cases, republishing consent of the initial publisher must be sought beforehand
Selection Criteria for the prize
The EADI Sub-Committee on young researchers will make the selection according to the following criteria:
- Writing quality
- Relevance of research topic
- Reach and number of readers
Please submit your proposal, together with a short CV and proof of your PhD status, to editor_enews@eadi.org. We look forward to receiving interesting contributions!
Last Updated: 11th June 2020 by Coordinator
Arab Land Initiative | Call for Proposals
The Arab Land Initiative is pleased to share with you a call for proposals for research projects on land governance in the Arab Region, issued by the Urban Training and Studies Institute as part of the Arab Land Initiative.
This call for research grants addresses students and young land professionals interested in conducting research on land governance-related topics in one or several countries of the Arab region. The call seeks to promote interest in land-related research and to gather innovative ideas and approaches by supporting and motivating future academic and professional leaders in the field of land governance. It is open to Masters and PhD students with interest in land management and land-related topics in one or several countries in the Arab region, land professionals and practitioners working on land related projects in the Arab region and young scholars working in universities or other relevant research institutions conducting research dealing with land issues.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is Wednesday 15 July 2020.
See here a link to the web page and find more information in the attachment.
Last Updated: 31st July 2020 by Alke Gijrath
Brief aan leden LANDdialoog COVID-19
In Dutch
Het Organiserend Comité van de LANDdialoog heeft op 15 mei een brief verstuurd aan haar leden. Hierin geeft zij haar advies over een vijftal punten rondom landrechten gedurende en na de COVID-19 pandemie.
Deze adviezen zijn enerzijds instrumenteel, waarbij de Nederlandse spelers wordt verzocht hun hulp, alsmede hun positie (economisch, sociaal en politiek) te gebruiken om kracht bij te zetten aan de zo zorgvuldig opgebouwde naleving van landrechten. Anderzijds vormen landrechten het fundament voor de opbouw na COVID-19. Het is juist nu van cruciaal belang dat landrechten en landgebruik beschermd blijven en meegenomen worden in de vormgeving van de nieuwe ontwikkelingssamenwerking en hulp na de pandemie.
De komende tijd zal de LANDdialoog op deze punten acties gaan ondernemen met haar relevante leden. LANDRECHTEN zijn cruciaal.
Last Updated: 31st July 2020 by Coordinator
IIED | Blog: Stopping land and policy grabs in the shadow of COVID-19
Lorenzo Cotula, principal researcher in IIED’s Natural Resources research group, has published a new blog.
In this blog, Cotula argues that reports suggest the COVID-19 fallout is providing opportunities for elites to seize lands and rewrite regulations. We need effective responses to secure land rights and lay the foundations for a just recovery.
Last Updated: 31st July 2020 by Coordinator
LANDac | Online Encounter 2020 Preliminary Programme Available
The preliminary programme of the LANDac Online Encounter 2020 is now available on our website! Download the programme here.
Last Updated: 28th May 2020 by Coordinator
LAND-at-scale | Programme Update
RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) is pleased to share an update regarding the second call for project ideas for the LAND-at-scale programme.
LAND-at-scale received 25 new ideas from 19 different countries. These new ideas are now being reviewed and ranked by the LAND-at-scale committee in close collaboration with embassies. This means that LAND-at-scale’s portifolio might grow even more in the coming month.
At the same time, LAND-at-scale is working hard to reduce the effect of COVID-19 on the programme activities, together with its embassies, the LAND-at-scale committee and other partner institutions. They are committed to avoiding too many delays. However, the health and safety of their partners come first.
Read the full programme update here.
Last Updated: 10th July 2020 by Coordinator
LANDac Annual Summer School Special Online Edition 2020!
Land Governance for Development – Special Online Edition!
Every summer, LANDac organises the ‘Land Governance for Development’ Summer School in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
This year, however, due to the global COVID19 pandemic, the Annual Summer School takes place online! Covid-19 and the measures taken worldwide to curb the pandemic are of great concern to the land governance community, as alarming observations are coming in about the loss of livelihoods and deepening poverty, government crackdowns on civil society, the suspension of land administration services and irregular land acquisition. We will also reflect on these current developments and immediate effects of the pandemic, and how it might change the future work and priorities of the land governance community.
For more information, download the full programme above. This year’s course fee is 100 euros.
Deadline for registration: 1 July 2020
Last Updated: 31st July 2020 by Coordinator
Land Rights Implications of COVID-19: A Webinar Series and Discussion
Land Rights Implications of COVID-19: A Webinar Series and Discussion
Join us for the Land Rights and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, which is presented by Land Portal, Landesa, the Global Protection Cluster HLP AOR and GIZ, with organizing support from Environmental Peacebuilding Association, LANDac, New America and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).
As governments press pause on economic activities and people change their work and social behaviors to halt the spread of COVID-19, there are several hidden dimensions that can put pressure on land governance and management and threaten the land rights security of millions worldwide. The response to the pandemic has unfolded like a slow-moving natural disaster, disrupting the daily pattern of our lives and revealing stressors on our institutions. And like a natural disaster, how countries and communities prepare – both before and after a catastrophic event – can be the difference in long-term prospects for resilience and recovery.
What steps can individuals and communities take to ensure they have the right to retain or return to their land and productive assets? How will COVID-19’s impact on the global food systems affect countries that rely on food imports? How can governments maintain land administration amid the disruptive nature of the pandemic? How will immigration and internal migration contribute to the “de-urbanization” of cities and increase demand for land in the countryside? What are the impacts of COVID-19 on housing? What are the gender dimensions of land rights in households where shelter orders are changing social behaviors?
This series of webinars and subsequent discussion seek to develop a set of actionable recommendations to policy makers, as well as practical recommendations based on what is happening on the ground. We aim to identify both short term and longer term actions that can effectively contribute to supporting land governance stakeholders facing an ongoing pandemic, while looking forward to post-pandemic priorities.
Register now for the webinars:
Last Updated: 31st July 2020 by Coordinator
UNCCD | Opportunity: Global Land Outlook is commissioning working papers and policy briefs
Read original post here.
Established in 1994, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management.
The Global Land Outlook (GLO), the UNCCD’s flagship publication released every 4 years, is a state-of-the-art strategic communications product providing a transformative vision and framework for land management practice, policy and planning at global, regional and national scales.
The UNCCD is now commissioning a small number of working papers for the second edition of the GLO around the following themes: youth, urban-rural interface, tenure & resource rights, perverse incentives, gender and food system resilience.
GLO2 will primarily aim to support the effective implementation of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, being led by FAO and UNEP (https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/).
In addition to providing substantive content and diverse policy perspectives for GLO2, working papers are expected to compile innovative case studies, on-the-ground examples and good practices from a wide variety of sources and countries. GLO2 will be launched at the UNCCD’s 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held in September or October 2021.
The terms of reference are:
The deadline for applications is 30 May 2020.
More information, click here (GLTN) and here (UNCCD).
Posted: 15th May 2020 by Coordinator
EADI | Blog Prize for Outstanding Posts on PhD Research
For the original post by Christiane Kliemann, click here.
EADI Blog Prize for outstanding posts on PhD research
We cordially invite you to present your PhD on this blog! All accepted and published blog posts will be featured in the fortnightly EADI newsletter and via social media. During the publishing process, we will help you with the editing and with becoming familiar with the rather casual and journalistic blogging style.
In October 2020 we will choose the most inspiring three articles for the blog prize. The first prize will go along with a funded invitation to the next major public EADI Event ( Directors’ Meeting or General Conference). These meetings are an invaluable opportunity for connecting and networking and provide first-hand insight into topical discussions between development research institutes.
Authors of the best three articles will receive hard copies of our edited volume “Building Development Studies for the New Millennium”, as well as a free EADI membership which includes access to our journal, the “European Journal of Development Research (EJDR)”
Requirements:
All PhD students in Development Studies or a related field in the final phase of their PhD or up to one year after its defence are eligible to submit.
Proposed blog posts must be between 6000 and 9000 characters long, including spaces. They must be written in a casual, rather journalistic language, and should provide references in the form of hyperlinks instead of footnotes. They should include a meaningful image in landscape format or provide a link to a suitable image under a creative commons licence.
We recommend to follow guidelines for successful science-blogging on development issues, which are available for example here and here
Submissions can be either new blog posts or posts that have already been published elsewhere. In such cases, republishing consent of the initial publisher must be sought beforehand
Selection Criteria for the prize
The EADI Sub-Committee on young researchers will make the selection according to the following criteria:
Please submit your proposal, together with a short CV and proof of your PhD status, to editor_enews@eadi.org. We look forward to receiving interesting contributions!
Last Updated: 31st July 2020 by Lotte van der Heijden
UNCCD | Global Land Outlook: UNCCD Commissions Working Papers and Policy Briefs on Land Restoration
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management. The UNCCD is commissioning a small number of working papers for the second edition of the Global Land Outlook (GLO2) around the following themes: youth, urban-rural interface, tenure & resource rights, perverse incentives, gender and food system resilience.
In addition to providing substantive content and diverse policy perspectives for GLO2, working papers are expected to compile innovative case studies, on-the-ground examples and good practices from a wide variety of sources and countries. GLO2 will be launched at the UNCCD’s 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held in September or October 2021.
The deadline for applications is 30 May 2020.
More information can be found here.