Interdisciplinary quantitative research – Examples from GIGA’s research on large-scale land acquisitions, rural development and conflict

*CANCELLED*

Since the “global land rush” was triggered by the food price spikes of the late 2000s the GIGA has been working on the causes, pattern, and consequences of large-scale land acquisitions in the Global South. We are a member of the Land Matrix Initiative, a land monitoring and transparency initiative, and have been conducting a series of research projects on the topic. These projects have often combined the perspectives and expertise from various disciplines, including from economics, geography, philosophy, and political science. This short course provides an introduction to and overview of some key insights of this line of research and zooms into a recent project on large-scale land acquisitions and social conflict to showcase inter-disciplinary collaboration in practice. In this project, we have analyzed the potential social and conflict implications of large-scale land deals using inter alia household surveys and behavioral field experiments. Finally, the course will also use examples from this long-term research program to provide insights into proposal writing and research funding. 

Dates

The online course will take place on 4 and 5 May 2021 from 2pm to 4pm. A link to the course and further information will be provided to the participants after successful registration.  

About the lecturers 

Jann Lay heads the GIGA research programme 3 “Globalisation and Development”. He is also an adjunct professor of Development Economics at the University of Göttingen. His work focuses on various facets of economic development, including firm dynamics and labour markets, poverty, and the distributional impact of economic reforms. 

Lisa Hoffmann is a research fellow at the GIGA Institute for African Affairs working in the DFG-funded project “Religion for Peace: Identifying Conditions and Mechanisms of Interfaith Peace”. 

Alexander de Juan (tbc) is professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Osnabrück. 

*Please note that the registration period has closed.