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Political Economy of Resources, Environment and Population (PER)

Political Economy of Resources, Environment and Population (PER). Objectives (1). investigates the ways in which resource scarcities are created and contested, particularly in contexts of unequal access, poverty and social exclusion

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Political Economy of Resources, Environment and Population (PER)

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  1. Political Economy of Resources, Environment and Population (PER)

  2. Objectives (1) • investigates the ways in which resource scarcities are created and contested, particularly in contexts of unequal access, poverty and social exclusion • withinthe framework of climate change and environmental, food and energy crises, the emergence of new hubs of global capital, and demographic transitions • paysparticular attention to how agrarian and environmental policies shape the political economy of rural areas and their social policies, population and gender dynamics

  3. Objectives (2) • interrelated 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 of population transitions such as migration and urbanization; and recent initiatives around popular alternatives such as food sovereignty and agro-ecology

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

  5. Draft IPRC (2012) RQA: “This group produces research that is clearly very good 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 is definitely internationally competitive and some of it may be described as advancing the research frontier. The overall score for the group is 4.5.”

  6. Productivity and Quality

  7. Performance 2011-2012 • Increased productivity in 2011-12 (See publication list) • 8 Research Intensive Staff (0.4 FTE) • 3 Research Active Staff (0.25 FTE) • 2 Project/Teaching Active Staff (0.1 FTE) • 4 Post-Docs (0.8 FTE) • 1 Office Manager (0.5 FTE)

  8. MainActivities • Academic Publications: journals, monographs, books, special issues, book series (Routledge, Duke University Press, Pluto, D&C, JPS, etc.) • Conferences, Land, Poverty and Social Justice, NatureInc, Critical Agrarian Studies Colloquia, LDPI Conferences, Public Lecture Series (Population & Development, Agriculture & Food Security, UNFPA, Gender & Environment) • Research & research networks with high social impact (LDPI, WIDE, ICAS, SID, etc.) • Grants: VENI, NWO, Royal Academy, FORD, ICCO, UNFPA • Policy Advice, Capacity Development: UNDP RHDR, HLPE CFS, FAO, UNFPA, ILO, DGIS etc.

  9. Journal Editors • Borras (Journal of Peasant Studies), Arsel, Saith(Development & Change), Büscher(Conservation & Society), Fischer(Journal of China in ComparativePerspective), Harcourt(Development)

  10. PhDs in PER • Currently 24 PhDs (2 started 2009; 9 in 2011) • Further supervision role in 11 external PhD projects • Planned recruitment in coming years of 3-4 PhDs per sub-theme and 2-3 post docs • Full embedding of PhDs and Post-docs • Joint publications, research grant writing etc.

  11. Staffing/Sustainability • Currently 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 needs: defreeze of the 3 retiring Profs in 2011-12 (Saith, White, and Wuyts); minimally one full replacement • And: tenure track positions, internal promotions (of which 1 or 2 Associate Profs); funding for post-docs

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