Title of Project

Rights and Resilience in Kenya (RARE)

Role of your Organisation

To implement the research project in Kenya and supervise 4 PhD students in the various thematic areas (Work Packages).

Donor / Funded by?

Danish Government through the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS).

Contract Value

DKK

Start Date

November 2018

End Date

November 2022

Name and contacts of the Research leader or Principal investigator

Prof. Karuti Kanyinga

Institute for Development Studies (IDS)

Email: karuti.kanying@uonbi.ac.ke; karuti@south.co.ke

Tel. 0722-570496

Brief description of research project:

RARE is a four-year research project that investigates the relationship between resilience and land rights in the context of pastoral and agro-pastoral climate change adaptation in Kenya. The objective of the project is to ensure secure and peaceful access to land for climate change adaptation and thereby the resilience of all Kenyan citizens.

More information about the project:

http://ids.uonbi.ac.ke/content/phd-scholarship-announcement-rights-and-resilience-kenya-rare

Collaboration nature of the project:

This project is a collaborative project being implemented by the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Food & Resource Economics (IFRO), University of Copenhagen (UCPH); and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS).