Centre for Land Tenure Studies 2023 Annual Report

Abstract

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES IN 2023.

The Centre for Land Tenure Studies (CLTS) published 13 peer-reviewed journal articles, 13 working papers and two (2) reports. The published work covered issues around climate response behaviour; numeracy skills and disability in education systems; livelihood diversification and migration; risk, trust, trustworthiness, beliefs and social dilemmas; local housing, price and hedonic heterogeneity measures; and choice behaviour models. Additionally, the CLTS webpage published reports that included a pre-analysis plan for the research work in Ethiopia. CLTS members also participated in several conferences to disseminate the research work.

The CLTS working papers and reports are accessible through the CLTS webpage, the Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics (S-WoPEc), the library (Brage) of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), the Land Portal webpage (see: https://landportal.org/organization/centre-land-tenure-studies) and Econstor (see: https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/242695).

Statistics on visibility show that CLTS uploaded content encouraged researchers to download, especially in February 2023. Towards the end of 2023, the CLTS webpage did not upload more content to encourage more downloads compared to the same time in 2022. The statistics on impact factor show that the current recursive impact factor for the CLTS page is 0.14 with an h-index of 8. The 10-year average impact factor for the CLTS is 0.09 and the h-index is 3.

The faculties working on CLTS-related work also reported several activities. The School of Economics and Business was involved in several projects supported by the Research Council of Norway and NORAD (NORHED II). In LANDSAM, the Department of Property and Law is involved in projects focusing on (1) the Planning and Building Act between demand, land policy and sustainability, (2) collaboration for improved participation in spatial planning, and (3) didactics in spatial planning. Again, under LANDSAM, Noragric and Byreg departments collaborated on an NFR research application focusing on sustainable recreation around the Oslo Fjord. In MINA, the Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management worked on a collaborative project that represents a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and improving policy and management decisions for dry forestland and resources in the face of climate change. Two PhD students have contributed to the project, with one working since August 2021 and the other from August 2021 to May 2023. In addition, a postdoctoral researcher has been involved since March 2023, alongside a visiting researcher who joined in September 2023.