• investigatesinvestigates the ways in which resource scarcities are created and contested, particularly in contexts of unequal access, poverty and social exclusion

• withinwithin the framework of climate change and environmental, food and energy crises, the emergence of new hubs of global capital, and demographic transitions

• payspays particular attention to how agrarian and environmental policies shape the political economy of rural areas and their social policies, population and gender dynamics

Objectives (1)Objectives (1)

• interrelateinterrelatedd concerns are: land, water, food, energy, biodiversity and extractive industries; processes of generational transition, in relation to children and youth; changing forms of poverty, vulnerability and exclusion (amongst others from a gender perspective)

• context context of population transitions such as migration and urbanization; and recent initiatives around popular alternatives such as food sovereignty and agro-ecology

Objectives Objectives (2)(2)

• interdisciplinaryinterdisciplinary, critical and policy-relevant: it builds on insights from economics, sociology, politics, anthropology and geography, construct a critical political economy approach, in order to• studystudy the relationship between resources, environment and population dynamics, and how these fit into processes of and policies for socioeconomic development and structural transformation.

Foundations PERFoundations PER

“This group produces researchresearch that is clearly very very good and at times excellentgood and at times excellent. The contributions that members make are recognized both in academic and activist circles. The group has a relevance to society and issues of justice and equity that is very pronounced.

Its members work well together primarily because they adhere to a common heterodox position which gives them a niche in the development research community that is acknowledged by peers. Its work Its work is definitely internationally competitive and some is definitely internationally competitive and some of it may be described as advancing the research of it may be described as advancing the research frontier. The overall score for the group is 4.5frontier. The overall score for the group is 4.5.”

Table 1: Impact and Publication Scores (2003-2010)h-scores

> μ (6) > μ + σ (13) > μ + 2σ (19)ISS 54% 26% 3%PER 58% 33%

EADI Score of at least> μ (32) > μ + σ (66) > μ + 2σ (100)

ISS 48% 18% 10%PER 50% 25% 17%

Productivity and Productivity and QualityQuality

Increased productivity Increased productivity in 2011-12 (See publication list)

8 Research Intensive Staff Research Intensive Staff (0.4 FTE) 3 Research Active Staff Research Active Staff (0.25 FTE) 2 Project/Teaching Active Staff (0.1 FTE) 4 Post-DocsPost-Docs (0.8 FTE) 1 Office Manager Office Manager (0.5 FTE)

• Academic PublicationsAcademic Publications: journals, monographs, books, special issues, book series (Routledge, Duke University Press, Pluto, D&C, JPS, etc.)

• ConferencesConferences, Land, Poverty and Social Justice, NatureInc, Critical Agrarian Studies Colloquia, LDPI Conferences, Public Lecture Series (Population & Development, Agriculture & Food Security, UNFPA, Gender & Environment)

• ResearchResearch & research networks research networks with high social impact (LDPI, WIDE, ICAS, SID, etc.)

• GrantsGrants: VENI, NWO, Royal Academy, FORD, ICCO, UNFPA• Policy AdvicePolicy Advice, Capacity DevelopmentCapacity Development: UNDP RHDR, HLPE CFS,

FAO, UNFPA, ILO, DGIS etc.

BorrasBorras (Journal of Peasant Studies), ArselArsel, , SaithSaith (Development & Change), BüscherBüscher (Conservation & Society), FischerFischer (Journal of China in Comparative Perspective), HarcourtHarcourt (Development)

• CurrentlyCurrently 24 PhDs (2 started 2009; 9 in 2011)• FurtherFurther supervision role in 11 external PhD

projects• PlannedPlanned recruitment in coming years of 3-4

PhDs per sub-theme and 2-3 post docs• FullFull embedding of PhDs and Post-docs• JointJoint publications, research grant writing etc.

CurrentlyCurrently 2 Profs (from June onwards only 1), 3 Associate Profs, 5 Senior Lecturers, 1 Lecturer, 24 PhDs (13 supervised by 2 Emeritus Profs), and 4 Post-docs

Future needsFuture needs: defreeze of the 3 retiring Profs in 2011-12 (Saith, White, and Wuyts); minimally one full replacement

AndAnd: tenure track positions, internal promotions (of which 1 or 2 Associate Profs); funding for post-docs