What: New itsland article in RICS land journal When: April-May edition 2018 Who: Serene Ho, Ine Buntinx and Joep Crompvoets of KU Leuven (Belgium) Why: the its4land project is examining social challenges of developing fit-for-purpose technologies for land tenure security in East Africa as Serene Ho, Ine Buntinx and Joep Crompvoets of KU Leuven explain [...]
What: Chair a session and presentation at LANDac Annual Conference: LAND GOVERNANCE AND (IM)MOBILITY: Exploring the nexus between land acquisition, displacement and migration When: 28 June 2018 Where: Utrecht, The Netherlands Who: Claudia Stöcker (University of Twente, ITC) Why: ITC chaired a session on: Shifting and Demarcating Boundaries: the Role of Digital Data Technologies Presentation about: UAV [...]
What: Urban Studies Symposium: People, Land and Urban Systems Where: University of Twente/ITC, Enschede, Netherlands When: 13-14 June 2018 Who: Mila Koeva, Claudia Stöcker, Sophie Crommelinck Why: interactive poster sessions on its4land topics interactive workshop - Its4land - Cadastral boundaries in several clicks from drone data - let’s do it together!
What: ISPRS TC II Symposium ‘Towards Photogrammetry 2020’ When: 4-7 June 2018 Where: Riva del Garda, Italy Who: Sophie Crommelinck and Mila Koeva (University of Twente, ITC) Why: Sophie: to present her latest research paper on the tool development for WP5 (https://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/IV-2/81/2018/) Mila: to present the current state of its4land: INNOVATIONS FOR LAND TENURE”, http://www.isprs.org/tc2-symposium2018/images/TCII-Scientific-Program.pdf)
What: its4land MT21 Where: Online (participants from Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia) When: Thursday 5 July, 2018 (14:00 – 16:00 CET) Who: its4land MT members Why: The MT meets on a regular basis, particularly with regards to milestone accountability and deliverables.
What: its4land MT20 Where: Online (participants from Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia) When: Thursday 24 May, 2018 (14:00 – 16:00 CET) Who: its4land MT members Why: The MT meets on a regular basis, particularly with regards to milestone accountability and deliverables.
What: Presentation at FIG When: for FIG conference, 6-11 May, 2018, Instanbul, Turkey Who: Claudia Stöcker and Mila Koeva (University of Twente, ITC) Why: Presentation and publication by Stöcker et al.: “Towards UAV-based Land Tenure Data Acquisition in Rwanda: Needs Assessment and Technology Response” Koeva et al.: "Its4land - Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Innovative Geospatial [...]
What: Deliverable 7.1: “Governance and capacity development definition” ready When: 26 April, 2018 Who: KU Leuven Deliverable 7.1: “Define governance and capacity development in the context of its4land” Although technical innovations are crucial to overcome current land tenure challenges, these alone are not able to cope with adapting, scaling and sustaining the geospatial its4land tools. To [...]
What: Land and Poverty Conference 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected World Where: World Bank, Washington, DC, United States When: 19-23 March, 2018 Who: Malumbo Chipofya and Cristhian Murcia from Muenster University (WWU) Why: Its4land was at the 2018 World bank conference on land and poverty. its4land researchers Malumbo Chipofya and Cristhian Murcia presented the Smart SkeMa system for [...]
What: ECPR Winterschool in methods and techniques Where: Bamberg, Germany When: 2-9 March Who: Ine Buntinx (KU Leuven) Why: During the second week of March Ine was following a short course on qualitative data analyzing with Nvivo and a Master course on qualitative interviewing on the ECPR winterschool in Bamberg. The Nvivo course was a hands-on course [...]
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