Land at the centre: perspectives on land and development
A day-long conference hosted by the Institute for the Study of International Development, and organized by Professor Yann le Polain de Waroux.
Land is where our lives are lived 鈥� it is a source of food, it is home, territory, it is what our cities are built on, what supports life-sustaining ecosystems. It is also a contested resource, a source of meaning to some and a commodity to others. It is at the core of the question of development. In this conference, we will explore some of the many intersections of land and development, drawing from multiple disciplinary and geographical perspectives.
The conference will feature a series of short talks by researchers at different stages of their careers (graduate students, postdocs, and faculty), as well as keynote talks by two stellar guest speakers: Wendy Wolford, from Cornell University (), and Ben McKay, from the University of Calgary ().
