PhD Projects

LANDac PhD research:

Frontiers of expansion: land acquisition and control for GM soya cultivation in South America and beyond. Implications for equitable and sustainable development  (Lucia Goldfarb)     
 
The new face of agricultural modernization in Sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative analysis of the politico-institutional dynamics shaping local outcomes (George Schoneveld)     
     
Implications of Land Deals in Africa for Equitable and Sustainable Development in Mozambique (Alda Salomão)
 
Impacts of Large Scale Land Acquisition on Equitable and Sustainable Development in Ethiopia (Maru Shete Bekele)
 
Residential tourism and its implications for equitable and sustainable development in Costa Rica (Femke van Noorloos - completed)  Click here for a short article on the research in La Chispa 363 - December 2012 (in Dutch)
 
LANDac-related PhD projects:
 
Dam construction and displacement in Vietnam.
PhD student: Ty Pham Huu (Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry - HUAF, Vietnam)          Host institution: International Development Studies, Utrecht University
 
Impact of Land Conversion from Agriculture to Industrial and Urban Development on Farmer’s Livelihoods in Central Vietnam
PhD student: Nguyen Quang Phuc (Hue College of Economics -Hue University, Vietnam) Host institution: International Development Studies, Utrecht University