The purpose of this role will be to develop and manage action research programmes that will strengthen local rights and promote sustainable development in the governance of land and investment. The role will include leading the design, implementation and monitoring of policy-orientated action-research and conducting collaborative research with colleagues and/or partner organisations in low- and […]

Insecure land tenure and rights to natural resources stands as a formidable barrier to the achievement of the land degradation neutrality target. Furthermore, it put at risk the living conditions of the most vulnerable populations in areas affected by desertification, land degradation and drought. Under the overall supervision of the UNCCD CSO panel and the […]

The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University seeks internationally recognized leaders as candidates for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position at the level of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in food systems, sustainability, and climate change. The rank will commensurate with experience and accomplishments. Candidates must possess a doctoral degree in a […]

The Land Portal was set up in 2009 as a partnership project dedicated to supporting the efforts of the rural poor to gain equitable access to land by addressing a fragmentation of information resources on land, which makes it difficult and often prohibitively expensive to draw together reliable evidence in support of programs, advocacy campaigns or policy […]

The Department of Political Science and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University invite applications to fill one or more open-rank tenure-track faculty positions to begin in the fall of 2017. The Department seeks candidates with a record of excellence in research and teaching in the fields of comparative politics or public […]

National University of Ireland, Galway is seeking to recruit a Lecturer in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Applications are invited for a fixed-term appointment as Lecturer Below the Bar (Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security). The Lecturer will have primary responsibilities for coordinating, lecturing, supervising research and driving growth, impact and international reputation […]

The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility (“The Tenure Facility”) is a unique new institution that provides financial support to major projects designed to advance land and forest tenure security and the rights and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP/LC). It is responsive to the growing global land and forest tenure crisis that often […]

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) would like to invite nominations for election as potential Board members. In order to maintain a sufficiently broad perspective in policymaking, CIFOR strive for diversity and balance in the Board composition. Approximately half of the members shall be drawn from developing countries, including the host country, and half […]