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About CLTS
The Centre for Land Tenure Studies was opened at NMBU (earlier UMB) on the 27th of June 2011 resulting from a joint initiative by researchers at the Department of International Environment and Development (Noragric), the School of Economics and Business, and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning.
The start-up was facilitated by a grant from Centre for Property Rights and Development at the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority.
In 2012 CLTS was joined by the Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management.
The Centre for Land Tenure Studies (CLTS) at NMBU is established to further the study of land tenure.
Land tenure studies define a broad and complex field of study cutting across many disciplines related to ownership and management of land resources and investments on land.
For CLTS this entails, but is not limited to, the following activities:
- Provide a common arena for discussing land tenure issues, including a series of seminars directed to present new research or important theoretical perspectives. This may be designed as part of an educational program.
- Promulgate a joint series of working papers.
- Support international publication of articles and books.
- Develop and conduct joint courses at both Master and PhD level.
- Initiate and support exchange of researchers.
- Participate in research networks related to land tenure.
- Maintain a public list of collaborating institutions and researchers.
- Initiate and develop applications for research funds to support basic research on land tenure both by our own efforts and in collaboration with other research groups working on land tenure questions.
In short, we may say that the mission of the Centre for Land Tenure studies is:
- to enhance collaboration across departments at NMBU;
- to strengthen the visibility of NMBU activities within the field of land tenure;
- to strengthen NMBU’s international collaboration and networks within the field;
- to contribute to research and knowledge generation on land tenure issues;
- to help build capacity in the South and in Norway within the field;
- to disseminate policy debates, lessons, and
- to contribute to policy.
In its activities, the centre will use English as its working language as far as practically possible.
Unless otherwise stated on the individual works, the CLTS work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Centre for Land Tenure Studies (CLTS) Annual Reports provide an overview over activities that CLTS had throughout the year.
Approved by the CLTS Board 2nd November 2011, amended 13 February 2012, 3 June 2014, and 17 March 2017.
- The Centre for Land Tenure Studies (CLTS) shall contribute to research, teaching, innovations and dissemination on land tenure studies.
- The board consists of three representatives appointed by the deans of the three faculties, one board member from each of the School of Economics and Business, the Faculty of Landscape and Society, and the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management.
- The board meets at least once a year to decide the annual plan with budget, the annual report with accounts, and the dues to be paid by each Faculty
- Funding of CLTS depends on external sources.
- The board adapts the accounting system to encourage joint activities and sustain the activities of the Centre, and decides who has authority to allocate the income of the centre.
- A working group consisting of one person from each relevant research group in the participating Faculties leads the Centre activities.
- Dissolving the centre requires a unanimous decision by the board.
- Publications from the researchers in CLTS must list the respective Faculties as their institutional affiliation.
Eva Falleth
Dean of Faculty of Landscape and SocietyRagnar Øygard
Dean of NMBU School of Economics and BusinessSjur Baardsen
Dean of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource ManagementBelow is a list of useful links related to the Centre for Land Tenure Studies.
International organisations
• FAO Land Tenure
• Food Crisis and the Global “Land Grab”: News Services
• Global Land Tools Network, UNHABITAT
• International Land Coalition
• Land Commodities
• Land Divided Conference 2013
• Planning Law and Property Rights Conference 2012
• The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)
• UN Millennium Development Goals
• World Bank Land and Poverty Conference 2012
• World Bank Land and Poverty Conference 2011
Land policy and academic institutions
• Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Institute for Liberty and Democracy
• Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
• Institutions for collective action
• Land Tenure Center, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin – Madison
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
• Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University
Journals and library resources
• Digital Library of the Commons
• International Journal of the Commons
• Landportal: The gateway to land informationNorwegian institutions, data sources and web pages Text in English
• Centre for Rural Research, Norway
• Lovdata: Norwegian laws and court decision
• Norwegian Mapping Authority/Centre for Property Rights and Development
• Statistics Norway
• The land consolidation court of NorwayText in Norwegian
• Arkivverket: Primary sources for historical data for Norway
• Eiendomsverdi: Eiendomsinformasjon satt i system
• Infoland
• Links useful for the study of land registration in Norway
• Maps in the school
• Se eiendom
• The cadastre (matrikkelen) for Norway
Activities
People
- Erling Berge
- Nikolai K. Winge
- Katrine Broch Hauge
Sosina Bezu, 2011-2015
Mesfin Tilahun, post doc: 2014-
Sarah Tione, post doc: 2021 -
Samson Katengezam post doc: 2021 -Sosina Bezu, PhD 2010
Hosaena Ghebru, PhD 2010
Jeetendra Aryal PhD 2010
Million Tadesse PhD 2010
Alex Tatwangire PhD 2011John Herbert Ainembabazi PhD 2012
Bethelhem Legesse PhD 2014
Therese Dokken PhD 2014
Sofie Waage Skeflo PhD 2015
Nina Bruvik Westberg PhD 2016
Hambulo Ngoma PhD 2016
Øyvind Handberg PhD 2017
Hadsh Tesfa Gebreab 2012
Samson Katengeza 2014
Desta Brhanu 2015 -
Sarah Tione 2016
Selam Afework 2016 -