Workshop "Social Cohesion and Rural Transformation"
Key facts
Overview
Questions of social cohesion have gained increasing attention in academic discussions and policy circles in recent years. When it comes to land governance changes, social cohesion as well as human security have been shaped by these transformations, especially in conflict-affected environments. In this context, we want to highlight how emerging conflicts from land use changes or land reforms impact social cohesion and human security in communities and reshape the relation between residents and local/customary authorities or the state.
The workshop aims to discuss the following the questions:
- What are the drivers of social cohesion and how can we measure it?
- How are social cohesion and human security linked?
- How do customary or statutory land governance changes impact the constituents of social cohesion?
- In which ways do (contested) access to natural resources, large-scale land acquisitions, and gender dynamics impact social cohesion?
- How can new land laws be successfully implemented in consideration of human security and social cohesion?
Tuesday, June 13 2023 | |
14:00- 14:45 | Welcome & Introduction Anne Hennings & Christopher Rohles |
14:45 – 15:35 | Social Cohesion as the Missing Link between Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Discussion |
15:35 – 16:00 | Coffee Break (+ Cake at Cafeteria) |
16:00 – 16:50 | Customary Law and Practice; Okunle Cult Leaders in Human Security in Rural Ghana University of Oxford Discussion |
16:50 – 17:15 | Wrap-Up Anne Hennings & Christopher Rohles |
19:00 | Dinner at Frank-Loebsches Haus |
Wednesday, June 14 2023 | |
From 08:00 | Breakfast |
09:00 – 09:15 | Short introduction Anne Hennings & Christopher Rohles |
09:15 – 10:05 | Large-scale acquisitions of communal land in the Global South: Assessing the risks and formulating policy recommendations Humboldt University of Berlin/German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Discussion |
10:05 – 10:20 | Coffee Break |
10:20 – 11:10 | Land titles are not enough! – Local Populations Shaping Land Use Regimes in Southwestern Amazonia Free University of Berlin Discussion |
11:10 – 12.00 | Land Laws and Human Security in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria’s Niger Delta Western Delta University, Nigeria Discussion |
12:00 – 13:00 | Conclusion & Outlook Anne Hennings & Christopher Rohles |
13:15 | Lunch (optional) |
Contact Information
Frank-Loeb-Haus
Kaufhausgasse 9
76829 Landau
Germany
Secretariat
Phone: +49 6341-280-38550
friedensakademie-rlp@rptu.de