Launch LANDac

LANDac is the IS Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development and aims at bringing together researchers, policy makers and development practitioners in the field of land governance and development. LANDac is a partnership between several Dutch organisations and their Southern partners involved in development-related research, policy and practise. The partners share a concern for increasing land inequality and new land-related conflicts. How can land governance – rules...

Summerschool LANDac

This course is part of the IS-Academy on Land Governance, a partnership of IDS (UU), the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and several other knowledge institutions (ASC Leiden, CDS Wageningen, KIT Amsterdam) and NGOs (Agriterra, HIVOS) and the private sector (Triodos Facet). The IS-academy conducts research and training on how land governance may contribute to equitable and sustainable development in line with the Millennium Development Goals.

Call for short-term research projects on global governance

The point of departure for the small grants of 2011 is the rush for acquiring land and natural resources that appears to accelerate in the global South, and how land governance can contribute to maximizing opportunities for sustainable development. Land governance is about managing and reconciling, competing interests, claims over land or natural resources. Land governance related policy choices and processes needs to strike a balance between protecting rights and promoting the most producti...

2012 Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development

In July 2012 LANDac organises the third Utrecht Summerschool Land Governance for Development. The two-week intensive course will introduce students to the multiple dimensions of land governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond. Students will acquire the most up-to-date knowledge on new land pressures and learn how to place these in broader theoretical debates. In addition, they will learn about best practices in land governance from different contexts and on different levels: local,...