Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte

Associate

Short CV

Since 09/2018: Assistant Prof. Dr. (Juniorprofessorin) at the Leibniz University Hannover and Associate at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs
07/2010 - 08/2018: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of African Affairs, at the projects "Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Sustainable Development", "Transparency, Dynamics and Impacts of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (LSLA): Global and Local Evidence", "The Land Matrix"" and "Large-scale land acquisitions: Data, patterns, impacts, and policies"
Field research in Kenya, Mali and Zambia
2008 - 2010: Student Assistant at the Chair of Economic Theory and Development Economics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Education: Doctorate at the Georg-August University Göttingen, Dr. rer. Pol, Dissertation about „Large–scale land acquisitions in sub–Saharan Africa. Determinants, processes and actors”; Study of Geographie and Development Economics at the University of Regensburg, the Sorbonne-Université Paris IV and the Georg-August University Göttingen (Diplom Geography and B.A. Economics)

Current Research

Extent, processes and effects of large-scale land acquisitions
Rural development
Agricultural transformations

Countries and Regions

Zambia
Kenya
Mali

Research Programmes

Globalisation and Development

Dissertation

Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Determinants, Processes and Actors

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte

Associate

[email protected]

Global Environmental Change | 2023

The Carbon Cost of Agricultural Production in the Global Land Rush

This study makes use of a global dataset on LSLTs for agricultural production to estimate potential carbon emissions based on different scenarios of land cover change and fertilizer use, as well as potential value of agricultural production on transacted land.

Chuan Liao

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte

Prof. Dr. Daniel G. Brown

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Prof. Dr. Arun Agrawal

World Development | 04/2021

Large-Scale Farms in Zambia: Locational Patterns and Spillovers to Smallholder Agriculture

Smallholder farmers in developing countries could be negatively affected by the growing number of large-scale farms. Drawing on nationally representative household data sets and an inventory of large‐scale farms in Zambia, this study investigates the relationship between large‐scale farms and smallholders.

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte

Kacana Sipangule

Monograph | Bern Open Publishing | 2021

Taking Stock of the Global Land Rush: Few Development Benefits, many Human and Environmental Risks

More than a decade after the surge in large-scale land acquisition in the Global South, the Land Matrix Initiative takes stock of the "global land rush" and its socioeconomic and environmental impacts in its third analytical report. The findings are alarming.

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Dr. Ward Anseeuw

Dr. Sandra Eckert

Dr. Insa Flachsbarth

Dr. Christoph Kubitza

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte

Markus Giger

Policy Brief | 10/2020

Responsible Large-Scale Agricultural Investments in and by G20 Countries: A Call for more Transparency

The Group of 20 (G20) has recognized the need for more responsible land investments in targeted lower- and middle-income countries, but land deals remain opaque. This policy brief suggests the necessity of mandatory due diligence in global supply chains.

Dr. Insa Flachsbarth

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte

Dr. Angela Harding

Dr. Ward Anseeuw

Dr. Jeremy Bourgoin

Applied Geography | 09/2020

Doomed to Fail? Why Some Land-Based Investment Projects Fail

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte

Associate

Research Project | 16/01/2013 - 31/12/2014

The Land Matrix, Phase I

The Land Matrix Initiative (LMI) is a global and independent initiative that monitors competition over land use in the Global South. Its goal is to facilitate an open development community of citizens, researchers, policy-makers, and technology specialists to promote transparency and accountability in decisions over land and large-scale land-based investment. The GIGA is a key partner in this initiative and hosts the Land Matrix Database. The first phase of the Land Matrix aimed at maintaining and improving the database. A focus was on the dynamics and impacts of large-scale land acquisitions.
BMZ, 2013-2014

eldiario.es | Quote | 29/10/2017

La travesía de los "sin tierra" por hacerse oír

Aachener Zeitung | Interview | 16/08/2017

"Landgrabbing verschlechtert die Situation der Bauern weltweit"

Weser Kurier | Interview | 25/02/2017

Investoren im Landrausch

Teaching | University of Hamburg (UHH) | 2016

Rural development in the global South

University of Hamburg (UHH) Hamburg Germany

Short CV

Since 09/2018: Assistant Prof. Dr. (Juniorprofessorin) at the Leibniz University Hannover and Associate at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs
07/2010 - 08/2018: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of African Affairs, at the projects "Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Sustainable Development", "Transparency, Dynamics and Impacts of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (LSLA): Global and Local Evidence", "The Land Matrix"" and "Large-scale land acquisitions: Data, patterns, impacts, and policies"
Field research in Kenya, Mali and Zambia
2008 - 2010: Student Assistant at the Chair of Economic Theory and Development Economics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Education: Doctorate at the Georg-August University Göttingen, Dr. rer. Pol, Dissertation about „Large–scale land acquisitions in sub–Saharan Africa. Determinants, processes and actors”; Study of Geographie and Development Economics at the University of Regensburg, the Sorbonne-Université Paris IV and the Georg-August University Göttingen (Diplom Geography and B.A. Economics)