J.H.M. van Dijk

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	Netherlands
Title	Ph.D
Affiliation	Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Email	dijkh@ascleiden.nl ; han.vandijk@wur.nl
Mailing Address	Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden University P.O. Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden The Netherlands
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: +31-71-5276643 fax: +31-71-5273344
Websites	http://www.ascleiden.nl
Research Interests	Research focuses on political decentralization, land tenure, natural resource management and farmer-herder strategies in response to climate variability and development policy. These topics revolve around the interaction between society and the environment and the social and political struggles arising out of such interaction.
Publications	"Land Tenure, Territoriality and Ecological Instability: A Sahelian Case Study." In: J. Spiertz and M.J. Wiber (eds.) The Role of Law in Natural Resource Management, pp 17-45, Den Haag: VUGA Uitgeverij, 1996. Edited with M. de Bruijn Peuls et Mandingues. Dialectique des constructions identitaires. Karthala, Paris, 1997. Edited with Victor Azarya, Anneke Breedveld & Mirjam de Bruijn Pastoralists under pressure? Fulbe societies confronting change in West Africa. Leiden, Brill, 1999.
Keywords	political decentralization ; land tenure ; natural resource ; farmer-herder ; territoriality