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Publications from our Professional Learning Network

We are happy to announce the publication of two policy briefs from our Professional Learning Network! These two briefs are situated in Uganda. ‘Planning the city from the bottom up: The case of Kibugambata community in Jinja City… Read More

Release – Land Matrix Analytical Report III: Taking Stock of the Global Land Rush

The Land Matrix has just published a report ‘Land Matrix Analytical Report III: Taking Stock of the Global Land Rush’. Click here for the announcement including links to the full report and executive summary. “More than 10 years… Read More

Vacancy: Gender and Land Specialist (Social Policy)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 29th of September. The FAO is looking for a Gender and Land Specialist. Organizational Setting The Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP) coordinates FAO’s work on gender equality and women’s empowerment, social protection, decent… Read More

Job Opportunity at The Land Portal Foundation

Vacancy: Budget, Administration & MEL Support Application deadline is 30th of September The Land Portal Foundation is a non-for-profit organization based in the Netherlands dedicated to supporting the efforts of the rural poor to gain equitable access to… Read More

Mayke Kaag professor by special appointment of the Anthropology of Islam in Africa and its Diaspora at the University of Amsterdam

We congratulate Dr. Mayke Kaag with her new position as professor. She has been named professor by special appointment of the Anthropology of Islam in Africa and its Diaspora at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of… Read More

Book chapter “Alli Kawsay: Epistemology and Political Practice in the Territories, a Possibility from the Andean Pluriverse for Ecological Justice and the Care of Mother Nature”

Eduardo Erazo Acosta is a Sociologist at the Researcher Group Curriculum and University, University Nariño, Pasto, Colombia. Eduardo has written a chapter for the book The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies, called “Alli Kawsay: Epistemology and Political… Read More

IGAD endorsed Regional Women’s Land Rights Agenda

On 28 July 2021, the Ministers responsible for Lands and the Ministers responsible for Gender/Women Affairs from the IGAD Member States made history, when they as a Regional Economic Community put closing of the gender gap on land… Read More

Lecture by Anthony Bebbington: Natural resource extraction: social justice challenges

Join LIVE the #KAPTalks with Anthony Bebbington of the Ford Foundation who will discuss extraction of natural resources as a social justice question, particularly in light of COVID-19 pandemic. The event will be hybrid, physical and online. Join… Read More

African Youth Engagement in Land Governance

On the sidelines of the land inequality report launch, ILC co-organised the Youth and Land Conference 2020. In this blogpost, Gerdien Archterberg, ILC Africa research intern, shares her experience of speaking to a wide range of stakeholders on… Read More

Land 2022 Travel Award

Land (ISSN 2073-445X) is an  international and cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal of land use and land management published quarterly online by MDPI.  Land will be awarding two Travel Awards for junior scientists. The applications will be assessed by… Read More