Hierarchies of Rights: Events, workshops and conferences
2022
Buur, Lars. 2022. Presentation and discussion: Pr?sentation af Danida finansieret forskningsprojekt Hierarchies of rights, to Danida?s research council DFC/FFU. Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.
Salimo, Padil. 2022, successfully defended his thesis on, Governing petroleum in Mozambique: Contentious governance reforms and deal-making. March 22, 2022. 兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 university, Denmark. https://www.facebook.com/rucdk/photos/padil-salimo-afholder-sit-phd-forsvar-den-223-hvor-alle-er-inviteret-afhandlinge/10158348389955095/
2021
2020
Buur, Lars. 2020. The politics of natural resource investments and rights in Africa - a theoretical model. Presented at Large-scale investments, conflicts and rights in Africa. 28 Jan 2020. DIIS. Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen. Auditorium. Gl. Kalkbr?nderi Vej 51A. 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pedersen, R. H. (Co-organizer) 2020. Large-scale investments, conflicts and rights in Africa. 28 Jan 2020. Danish Institute for International Studies. Activity: Participating in or Organising an Event ? Participation in or Organisation of Workshop, Seminar. DIIS. Auditorium. Gl. Kalkbr?nderi Vej 51A. 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pedersen, Rasmus, H. and Thabit Jacob. 2020. Tanzania’s 2020 elections: What’s at stake? This webinar brings together researchers working on various aspect of political life in Tanzania to discuss key electoral issues. 23 October 2020 16:00–18:00. Online via Zoom
Jacob, Thabit (2020). Democracy in the Magufuli era: from repression to stagnation? Presented at Seminar: Tanzania Now: Exploring electoral and political party trends in Tanzania after liberalization, 6 February 2020 at Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen.
Celso Marcos Monjane, successfully defended his thesis on January 27, 2020, Rethinking the political economy of commodity-based linkages: Insights from the coal sector in Mozambique.
Thabit Jacob, successfully defended his thesis on October 28, 2020, The Return of the State: A Political Economy of Resource Nationalism and Revived State-owned Enterprises in Tanzania’s Coal Sector.
Eileeen D. Jarnholt (associate), successfully defended her thesis on June 23, 2020, Contract Farming Schemes in Rice and Sugar in Tanzania: The Implication for Exchange Relations, Power Distribution and Differentiation.
Christina Saulich (associate), successfully defended her thesis on November 19, 2020, Accessing Global Value Chains: The Politics of Promoting Export-Driven Industrialisation and Upgrading in the Mozambican Cashew Processing Sector.
Buur, Lars. 2020. Why investments fail? Africa Innovation Network. Danish Chamber of Commerce - Unlock the Growth opportunities in Africa.
2019
Pedersen, R. P. 2019. The development of the natural gas sector in Tanzania. 12 Nov 2019. The Danish Embassy, Dar es Salaam. Activity: Talk or Presentation ? Presentation/Speaker at conference, seminar, workshop etc.
Annual CAE conference: Beyond the crossroads: Findings from Past and Present Research Projects. 兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 University 2nd and 3rd of December 2019. Papers by HIERARCHIES members:
*Lars Buur, José Macuane, Faustin Maganga, Rasmus. Pedersen, Malin Nystrand: Hierarchies of rights: natural resource investments in Africa - key comparative findings: Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda.
*Rasmus H. Pedersen, Thabit Jacob,and José J. Macuane. Pockets of Efficiency and oil/gas governance – lessons from ESID and Hierarchies of Rights (DIIS, University of Dar es Salaam, University of Eduardo Mondlane)
Buur, Lars (兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 University), Jose Jaime Macuane (University of Eduardo Mondlane), Rasmus Pedersen (Danish Institute for International Studies) and Malin Nystrand (University of Gothenborg) 2019. The politics of natural resource investments in Africa: Rights, exchange and holding power. September 10, 2019. Paper presented at Panel: The Politics of Governing Natural Resources I. Conference, From Politics to Power? Rethinking the Politics of Development ESID Conference, 9-11 September, 2019. Hosted by the Global Development Institute and the University of Manchester.
Thabit, Jacob (UDsM and 兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 University), Padil Salimo (UDsM and 兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 University), Rasmus H. Pedersen (DIIS), José Jaime Macuane (University of Eduardo Mondlane) and Lars Buur (兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 University). 2019. Economic nationalism? Domestic gas, rent capture and power generation: A comparative analysis of Mozambique and Tanzania. September 10, 2019. Presented at Panel: The Politics of Governing Natural Resources II. Conference From Politics to Power? Rethinking the Politics of Development ESID Conference, 9-11 September, 2019. Hosted by the Global Development Institute and the University of Manchester.
Buur, Lars. 2019. Key Note: The Politics of Natural Resource Investments and Rights in Africa - comparative findings. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Salimo, Padil. 2019. LNG investments and the reconfiguration of local state power: competing interests over the negotiation for compensation in Palma. Panel A:
Land and Investments in Africa: The Political Economy of Land Use in Tanzania and Mozambique. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Kweka, Opportuna. 2019. Of Local People and Investors: The dynamics of land rights configuration in Tanzania (based on Emmanuel Sulle’s DIIS working paper). Panel A:
Land and Investments in Africa: The Political Economy of Land Use in Tanzania and Mozambique. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Maganga, Faustin, Eileen Dyer Jarnholt, Lars Buur with George Schoneveld. 2019. Local exchange deals in Tanzanian Rice Investments: Contract farming and economic opportunities. Panel B: Large Scale Investments in Agriculture: Case Studies. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Nystrand, Malin. 2019. Riding the waves of change: relations between domestic investors, local populations and ruling elites in the Ugandan sugar sector. Panel B: Large Scale Investments in Agriculture: Case Studies. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Buur, Lars (with Carlota M. Tembe). 2019. Reconfiguring holding power in the Mozambican sugar industry. Panel B: Large Scale Investments in Agriculture: Case Studies. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Jacob, Thabit. 2019. State caught in the middle: Resource nationalism, coal extraction and local dissent in Tanzania. Panel C: The Political Economy of Investments in the Mining Sector. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Monjane, Celso. 2019. Challenges of Linkages formation in emerging commodity sectors: evidence from the coal sector in Mozambique. Panel C: The Political Economy of Investments in the Mining Sector. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Pedersen, H. Rasmus. 2019. The Politics of Natural Gas in Tanzania. Panel D: The Political Economy of Oil and Gas in Mozambique and Tanzania. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Kweka, Opportuna. 2019. Resource nationalism: the decision making and processes in the oil and gas investments in Tanzania. Panel D: The Political Economy of Oil and Gas in Mozambique and Tanzania. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Salimo, Padil. 2019. Seemingly lost opportunity to boost gas related industrialization in the near decade: Domestic gas in Mozambique. Panel D: The Political Economy of Oil and Gas in Mozambique and Tanzania. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Buur, Lars, José Jaime Macuane, Padil Salimo and Celso Monjane. 2019. Investments in Natural Resources and the Political Settlement in Mozambique. Panel E: Investments in Natural Resources and the Political Settlements in Africa. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Pedersen, H. Pedersen and Thabit Jacob with Faustin Maganga and Opportuna Kweka. 2019. Investments in Natural Resources and the Political Settlement in Tanzania. Panel E: Investments in Natural Resources and the Political Settlements in Africa. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Nystrand, Malin and Lars Buur. 2019. Investments in Natural Resources and the Political Settlement in Uganda. Panel E: Investments in Natural Resources and the Political Settlements in Africa. Presented at International Conference on Hierarchies of Rights: The Governance of Natural Resources Investments in Southern and Eastern Africa. Maputo, 30-31 July de 2019.
Salimo, Padil, Lars Buur and José J. Macuane. 2019. The political economy of reforming the Mozambican gas sector. Paper presented at panel organised by Sam Hickey, The politics of governing oil in Africa: rupture and continuity? ECAS 2019. Africa: Connections and Disruptions, Edinburgh, June 11-14 2019.
Rasmus Pedersen (Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Thabit Jacob (兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 University), Peter Bofin (Martello Research). 2019. How the resource curse discourse may impede the development of petroleum sector capacity: Expectations and domestic politics in post-liberalisation Tanzania. Paper presented at panel organised by Sam Hickey, The politics of governing oil in Africa: rupture and continuity? ECAS 2019. Africa: Connections and Disruptions, Edinburgh, June 11-14 2019.
Nikkie Wiegink (Utrecht University), Tessa Diphoorn (Utrecht University) and Lars Buur (兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 University). 2019. Panel: Corporate sovereignty: connections and disruptions of corporate power in Africa. ECAS 2019. Africa: Connections and Disruptions, Edinburgh, June 11-14 2019.
Salimo, Padil, José J. Macuane and Lars Buur (2019) The Political Economy of Gas Governance in Mozambique. Paper presented at The Politics of Governing Oil and Gas in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparative Workshop at The University of Manchester. 23 to 24 January 2019.
Jacob, Thabit, Rasmus H. Pedersen and Peter Bofin (2019) Autonomy in the Tanzanian petroleum sector under pressure – how changes in Tanzania’s political settlement threatens the capacity of public entities. Draft report for the ESID gas study on Tanzania. Paper presented at The Politics of Governing Oil and Gas in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparative Workshop at The University of Manchester. 23 to 24 January 2019.
Pedersen, R.H (2019) Presentation: 'Tanzania - et ?jebliksbillede' til generalforsamling i NGOen Wakasa's generalforsamling i LO-Huset p? Islands Brygge 18/02/2019.
Buur, Lars. 2019. Hvor g?r udviklingsforskningen hen? FAU and the Foreign Ministry, Copenhagen.
2018
Buur, Lars. 2018. Presentation to a ‘brown bag lunch’, MoFA Danida, 25th May 2018. Danish Development Cooperation with Bolivia, Mozambique, Nepal and Vietnam.
Pedersen, Rasmus Hundsb?k (Speaker), Thabit Jacob (Speaker) & Peter Bofin (Speaker). Briefing of Shell vice president of Government Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. 26 Jun 2018. Activity: Talk or Presentation ? Briefing. Dar es Salaam.
Jacob, Thabit (2018). Recent trends in Tanzania’s extractive industry and the political economy of policy influencing. Presentation made at monthly policy event organized by Policy Forum, Dar es salaam, 27 July, 2018
Rasmus H. Pedersen (2018) The political economy of extractive investments in Africa: the reconfiguration of state, community and company relations in Tanzania. Paper presentated at Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment – IAIA2018. Durban South Africa, 14-19 May 2018.
Rasmus H. Pedersen (2018) The Political Economy Land And Extractives In Post-Liberalisation Tanzania: Towards A Synthesis. Paper presentated at, World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2018. Washington, 19-23 March 2018.19-23 March 2018.
Pedersen, R.H. (2018) Presentation: Struggles and stratagems: influence from below in Tanzania’s petroleum sector. At Nordic research seminar - Investments: Land, consultation and Participation 22/10/2018. Gothenborg, Sweden.
Monjane, Celso. 2018. October 2018. Wits Economics Seminar. (School of Economics and Business Science, Wits University). Work presented: Rethinking the political economy of commodity-based linkages: Insights from the coal sector in Mozambique
Monjane, Celso. 2018. September 2018. Experts` group meeting to reconsider and validate the draft regional mining vision report and action plan – Johannesburg, South Africa
2017
Buur, Lars. 2017. Interview. Afrika kunne sagtens klare sig selv - men det ville kr?ve, at dets ledere begik politisk selvmord. Peter Tygesen. Information. https://www.information.dk/udland/2017/10/afrika-sagtens-klare-betyde-politisk-selvmord-ledere
Macuane, J.J. and L. Buur (2017) The Political Economy of Pockets of Efficiency in the Context of an Emerging Natural Resources Economy.” Paper presented at the IESE 5TH International Conference, 19-21 September 2017. Maputo: Challenges of Social and economic research in times of crisis.
Monjane, C. (2017) “The political economy of linkages in the Mozambique’s mining sector: a tale of the coal sector”. Paper presented at the IESE 5Th International Conference, 19-21 September 2017. Maputo: Challenges of Social and economic research in times of crisis.
Padil Salimo. (2017) “The politics of LNG: local state power and contested demands for land acquisitions in Palma”. Paper presented at the IESE 5Th International Conference, 19-21 September 2017. Maputo: Challenges of Social and economic research in times of crisis.
Buur, L. and Mondlane, C. (2017) “The Next White Gold? The Political Economy of Rights to Land and Resources in Rice Investments in Mozambique”. Paper presented at the IESE 5Th International Conference, 19-21 September 2017. Maputo: Challenges of Social and economic research in times of crisis.
Sulle, E., 2017: The Politics of Inclusive Business Models: Insights from Sugarcane Production in Tanzania, Land based Investments in Tanzania Dialogue, organised by Care International, Hakiardhi and MVIWATA and held at Oceanic Bay Resort, Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 14 – 17 March 2017.
Sulle, E., 2017: Inclusive business model? Examining investor – outgrowers relation in Tanzania, presentation at the Young African 兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端s in Agriculture Network Conference organised by the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the 兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端stern Cape, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 6 – 8 February 2017.
Lars Buur, Malin Nystrand and Rasmus H. Pedersen hosted a panel at the ECAS conference in Basel June 20-July 1, 2017: Panel title: The Political Economy of Land and Extraction.
Padil Salimo. 2017. State-making at the nexus of extractive resource projects in Africa. Workshop at University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. 16-17th March 2017.
Buur, Lars. 2017. Did High Modernism Ever Vanish? Echoes from Mozambique and Tanzania. Symposium on Political Ideology and Practice, Oxford University, UK
Buur, Lars. 2017. Gas and governance in Mozambique. ESID Research Design Workshop Researching the Politics of NR Governance in Africa. Manchester University, UK.
Buur. Lars. 2017. The political economy of social protection in Mozambique, Sustainability Interrogated: Societies, Growth, and Social Justice. DSA, Bradford, UK
2016
Padil Salimo (2016) “The political economy of large investments in oil and gas in Mozambique: rights and converging interests”. Paper presented at African Studies Association Conference 2016, Cambridge, UK. 7 -9th September 2016.
Salimo, Padil (2016). The political economy of large investments in oil and gas in Mozambique: rights and converging interests. Presented on Applied Political Settlement Workshop, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, 5-6 September 2016.
Salimo, Padil (2016). Structure of property rights in oil and gas sector. Paper presented on Hierarchies of Rights Programme Workshop. Maputo, January 2016.
Salimo, padil (2016) Land acquisition, resettlement, and social sustainability. University of Groningen Maputo Winter School, 18 – 29 July 2016.
Salimo, padil (2016) Workshop on Risk, Extraction, and Ethics. Organized by Good Governance Africa (GGA), Johannesburg, 7 – 10 November 2016.
Macuane, JJ. Lars Buur and Celso Monjane (2016) The political economy of natural resource curse revisited: the tale of Mozambique. Paper presented at Political Settlement workshop. Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University-England. 5-6 September 2016.
Rasmus H. Pedersen (2016) The invisible hand of the state: Land and petroleum investments in Tanzania. Paper presented at African Studies Association Conference 2016, Cambridge, UK. 7 -9th September 2016.
Macuane, J.J. Lars Buur and Celso Monjane (2016) "The political economy of natural resource curse revisited: the tale of Mozambique”. paper presented at African Studies Association Conference 2016, Cambridge, UK. 7-9 September 2016.
Padil Salimo (2016) “The political economy of large investments in oil and gas in Mozambique: rights and converging interests”. Paper presented at Applied Political Settlement in Africa Workshop - Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, UK. 5-6th September, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, UK.
Pedersen, RP. (2016). The political economy of petroleum investments and land acquisition standards in Tanzania. paper presented at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference. Washinton, 15 Mar 2016.
Rasmus H. Pedersen. 2016. The Political Economy of Petroleum Investments and Land Acquisition Standards in Tanzania. Paper presented at The Politics of State Interventions on Land Rights in East Africa conference, Nairobi, Kenya.
Sulle, E., 2016: The Impacts of Agricultural Commercialisations on Smallholders Farmers presented at the National Engagement Strategy Workshop co-hosted by MVIWATA and International Land Coalition, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 8-9 March 2016.
Jacob, Thabit (2016) Large-scale Investments in Natural Resources and the Return of the State: Recent Experience from Mineral and Energy Resources in Tanzania. Presented at The Graduate 兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端’ Conference organized by Makerere Institute of Social Research, Kampala Uganda. 8-9 July 2016.
Jacob, Thabit (2016) The Return of the State! Re-emergence of state-owned enterprises in Tanzania’s extractive sector: The case of coal. Paper Presented at The African Studies Center Colloquial Series, University of Michigan. November 3, 2016.
Jacob, Thabit (2016) Defying the predicaments of the resource curse with economic nationalism? The reemergence of state-owned enterprises in Tanzania’s mineral and energy sector; Applied Political Settlements Workshop, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and the African Studies Association UK Conference, University of Cambridge. 5-9 September 2016.
Monjane, Celso. 2016. Sepember 2016. PhD Workshop on Political Settlement (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University-England). Paper presented: The political economy of natural resource curse revisited: the tale of Mozambique.
Buur, Lars. 2016. Towards a Political Economy of Land and Extraction (PELE), Amsterdam University, Netherlands
Buur, Lars. 2016. Discussant, Institutional Setups for Industrial Policies, ?FSE Workshop, Vienna, Austria, March 10-11 2016.
2015
Celso Monjane (2015) The political economy of linkages in the Mozambique’s coal mining sector. Paper presented at, Conference on Nationalism and Globalization, Denmark (兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 University). September 2015.
Jacob, T. (2015). FDI and the Return of the State: The Case of Revived State-Owned Enterprises in Tanzania’s Minerals and Energy Resources; Paper Presented at The Paradox of Globalization: Economic Nationalism and Embedded Foreign Direct Investments, 兴发娱乐官网手机版客户端 University. 26-27 October, 2015.
Thabit Jacob (2015) Accountability in Lusophony countries: a comparative perspective. Paper presented at Conference of the Sharing Knowledge Foundation, panelist under the theme Governance and Accountability in Africa, Trieste-Italy. 5-7 November, 2015.
Thabit Jacob: Work presentation at Afrika Kontact, Copenhagen-Denmark.October 2015.
Celso Monjane (2015) How is Mozambique’s coal mining impacting the economy and livelihood of the local communities. Work presentation at Afrika Kontact, Copenhagen-Denmark.October 2015.
Monjane, Celso. 2015. Sepember 2015: Conference of the Sharing Knowledge Foundation, panelist under the theme Governance and Accountability in Africa, Trieste-Italy. Work presented: Accountability in Lusophone countries.
Monjane, Celso. Nov 2015: Conference on Multinational Enterprises in Emerging Markets Context, Copenhagen- Denmark (Copenhagen Business School-CBS).