2. investigates investigates the ways in which resource scarcities are created and contested, particularly in contexts of unequal access, poverty and social exclusion within within the framework of climate change and environmental, food and energy crises, the emergence of new hubs of global capital, and demographic transitions pays pays 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)

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

4. interdisciplinary 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 study the relationship between resources, environment and population dynamics, and how these fit into processes of and policies for socioeconomic development and structural transformation. Foundations PER

5. researchvery good and at times excellent “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 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 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.  Increased productivity  Increased productivity in 2011-12 (See publication list) Research Intensive Staff  8 Research Intensive Staff (0.4 FTE) Research Active Staff  3 Research Active Staff (0.25 FTE)  2 Project/Teaching Active Staff (0.1 FTE) Post-Docs  4 Post-Docs (0.8 FTE) Office Manager  1 Office Manager (0.5 FTE)

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

9.  BorrasArsel, Saith Büscher Fischer Harcourt  Borras (Journal of Peasant Studies), Arsel, Saith (Development & Change), Büscher (Conservation & Society), Fischer (Journal of China in Comparative Perspective), Harcourt (Development)

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

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