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Research

The research addresses a number of interrelated areas of concern, including culture and natural resource management, language and communication, networking, ICTs and development, and knowledge management. The research as a rule has a more or less clear applied orientation and rationale, in particular, it is often a spin off of applied work, or it feeds into applied work.

Output prepared by Supras as part of the various activities Supras has been and is presently involved in, are listed here. The documents consist of three partly overlapping categories: (1) book reviews, (2) papers and presentations at conferences and workshops, and (3) publications. In many cases this output can be downloaded. Search for Lars T. Soeftestad in Google Scholar and Google Book Search.

Context

Specific activities in this service area are available here. Relevant knowledge from secondary sources, in the form of references, documents for downloading, websites, etc., are also available.


  1. “Protected areas in transition economies: Stakeholders, resources and change in Calimani National Park and Tara Dornelor, Romania.” 2011. Paper prepared for presentation at the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC)'s European Conference, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 September 2011. [access]
  2. Information and communication technology in rural areas. 2011. Supras Briefing Notes, no. 4, February 2011. [access]
  3. “Community-based natural resource management in coastal Bulgaria: Advice on use and networking.” 2010. Workshop presentation, Varna, Bulgaria, 2 July 2010, in the context of the project “Public support for sustainable management of Natura 2000 sites along the Black Sea coast.” Comment: Available at the website of Black Sea NGO Network. [access]
  4. “CBNRM in coastal Bulgaria: Advice on use and networking.” 2009. Kristiansand, Norway: Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network (CBNRM Net). Prepared for the project “Public support for sustainable management of Natura 2000 sites along the Black Sea coast.” Comment: available at the website of Black Sea NGO Network. [access]
  5. ICT and development: east is east and west is west and the twain may yet meet. On the process of implementing an ICT-strategy in the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). 2009. With Maung K. Sein. In: Rohan Kariyawasam, ed. The WTO, Intellectual Property, E-Commerce and the Internet, vol. II, Part III, “Developing Countries, the New Economy and the WTO,” pp. 347-66. Cheltenham, England: Edgar Elgar Publishing. [access]
  6. “Culture, communication and ICTs. A network model and an exploratory application to the HIV/AIDS sector in Botswana.” 2009. Presentation at the “Microsoft Swaabhimaan 2009,” Kathmandu, Nepal, 24-26 April 2009. Comment: Presented in section “Rural Computing,” Conf. title: “Exclusive ICT Expo to Create a knowledge revolution in Nepal.” [access]
  7. “Protecting traditional property rights under conditions of change: Production of plant oils as a community-based enterprise in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.” 2008. With Bernadette Montanari. Paper presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC), 14-18 July 2008, Cheltenham, England. [access: paper|presentation]
  8. “Small-scale fisheries, networking, and Web 2.0.” 2007. Supras Briefing Notes no. 01, 2008. [to be made available]
  9. “Institutions, organizations and poverty: Challenges to coastal zone management in Colombia and Ghana.” 2007. With Laura M. Alayón. Paper prepared for the annual conference of the Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU), 5-7 November 2007, Bergen, Norway. Comment: a dedicated web page for this paper, that includes links to view and download a number of the references, is available here. [access]
  10. “Social Geographic Information Systems (SGIS): Integrating GIS and participatory mapping.” 2007. Supras Briefing Notes no. 01, 2007. Comment: a draft is here. [rev. ver. to be made available]
  11. “Contributions to JAM session.” 2007. Comment: an online discussion that took place in July 2007. [to be made available]
  12. “ICT-based networks as communities of practice: Past, present and future.” 2007. Presentation for an internal seminar at the World Bank, 28 June 2007, Washington DC, United States. [access]
  13. “Environmental trends analysis (ETA): Tools for poverty alleviation.” 2007. With Lauren M. Sorkin and James J. Tarrant. Paper prepared for the 27th Annual ESRI International User conference, 18-22 June 2007, San Diego, California, United States. [access: paper|presentation]
  14. “Regulating the commons in Mauritania: local agreements as a tool for sustainable natural resource management.” 2007. With Karl P. Kirsch-Jung. CBNRM Net Papers . Comment: rev. version of paper prepared for the 11th conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC), 19-23 June 2006, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. [to be made available]
  15. “Aktører, relasjoner og resultater i bistandssamarbeidet.” 2007. Presentation at the annual meeting of Forum Sør (Forum South), 20 February 2007, Kristiansand, Norway. [access]
  16. “Mauritania Technology Fosters Tradition: on spatial and local tools for natural resource management.” 2006. Presented at the 9th International Conference of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Organization, 3-11 November 2006, Santiago, Chile. [access]
  17. “Mauritania Technology Fosters Tradition: on spatial and local tools for natural resource management.” 2006. Presented at the Environmental Trends Analysis (ETA) workshop organized by FRAME and USAID, 3-11 November 2006, Santiago, Chile. Comment: This workshop was organized in connection with the 9th International Conference of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Organization. [access]
  18. “Regulating the commons in Mauritania: Local agreements as a tool for sustainable natural resource management.” 2006. With Karl P. Kirsch-Jung. Paper presented at the 11th conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC), 19-23 June 2006, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Comment: To be rev. and publ. in the CBNRM Net Papers series. [url] [access: paper|presentation]
  19. Knowledge management and natural resources in Africa: Perspectives from two networks. 2006. With Anna van der Hejden and Tony Pryor. Knowledge Management for Development Journal (KM4D) vol. 2, no. 1 (May 2006), 103-115. [url]
  20. Knowledge management and natural resources in Africa: Perspectives from two networks. 2006. With Anna van der Hejden and Tony Pryor. CBNRM Net Papers no. 8 (April 2006). Comment: A slightly shorter and somewhat edited version is publ. in the online journal Knowledge Management for Development Journal (KM4D) (see above).
  21. Coastal and marine resources in the Caribbean: local co-management and regional knowledge management. 2004. CBNRM Net Papers no. 4 (November 2004). Comment: Rev. version of the paper presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), 10-14 November 2003, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. [url] [access: paper|presentation]
  22. Biodiversity conservation, communication and language: Is English a solution, a problem or both? 2004. Policy Matters no. 13, November 2004, 281-83. Comments: (1) Special issue for the World Conservation Congress, publ. by CEESP, IUCN, (2) IUCN site location: url. [access]
  23. “Partnership for development.” 2004. Panel organized at the conference “E-governance, e-democracy and development,” organized by the Norwegian Network on ICT and Development, 11-12 October 2004, Kristiansand, Norway.
  24. Biodiversity conservation, communication and language: Is English a solution, a problem or both? 2004. CBNRM Net Papers no. 7 (August 2004). [url] [access]
  25. “Theme ‘Governance,’ a preliminary synthesis.” 2004. With Antonio Azuela and Bettina Ng’weno. Presentation at the closing plenary at the 10th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 9-13 August 2004, Oaxaca City, Mexico. [access]
  26. “Sahel: safeguarding marginal lands through recognition of local land use rights.” 2004. With Hans-Werner Wabnitz. Paper presented at the 10th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 9-13 August 2004, Oaxaca City, Mexico. [access]
  27. “Water resources as a common good in Brazil: legal reform between theory and practice.” 2004. With Daniela Diz. Paper presented at the 10th conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 9-13 August 2004, Oaxaca City, Mexico. [access: paper|presentation]
  28. CBNRM Net: from managing natural resources to managing ecosystems, knowledge and people. 2004. With Prakash Kashwan. In: Arno Scharl, ed., Environmental online communication, 235-50. Series: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing. London, United Kingdom: Springer. [url] [access]
  29. “Knowledges and legal reform in the Sahel: linking traditional and modern natural resource management legal regimes horizontally and vertically through use of ICTs.” 2004. Paper presented at the conference “Bridging scales and epistemologies: linking local knowledge with global science in multi-scale assessments,” organized by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), Bibliotheca Alexandria, 17-20 March 2004, Alexandria, Egypt. [access]
  30. Language, culture and communication in development cooperation. On the role of ICTs in networking online communities of practice. 2004. With Koffi O. Alinon, Daniela Diz, Michael V. Flyman, Tanja Kleibl and Lakhsara Mint Dié. CBNRM Net Papers no. 6 (March 2004). [url] [access]
  31. CBNRM Net: from managing natural resources to managing ecosystems, knowledge and people. 2004. With Prakash Kashwan. CBNRM Net Papers no. 5 (March 2004). Comment: Rev. ver. publ. in Arno Scharl, ed., Environmental online communication (see above). [url] [access]
  32. Coastal and marine resources in the Caribbean: local co-management and regional knowledge management. 2003. In: Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), 10-14 November 2003, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
  33. ICT and development: east is east and west is west and the twain may yet meet. 2003. With Maung K. Sein. In: S. Krishna and S. Madon, eds. The digital challenge: Information technology in the development context, 63-82. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing Limited. [access]
  34. Focus: terminology, devspeak and communication. 2003. CBNRM Net Newsletters no. 21 (June 2003), pp. 3-6.
  35. “Deconstructing the park paradigm and factors determining the applicability of protected areas.” 2003. Comment: Contributed to the listserv of IUCN CEESP’s Collaborative Management Working Group (CMWG), August 2003. [access]
  36. ICT and development: east is east and west is west and the twain may yet meet. 2002. With Maung K. Sein. Preprint no. 12/02. Kristiansand, Norway: Dept. of Information Systems, School of Management, Agder University College.
  37. “ICT and communication. A network model and an exploratory application to the HIV/AIDS sector in Botswana.” 2002. With June Jacobsen Steen. Paper presented at the conference “Developing countries and the network revolution: Leapfrogging or marginalization,” organized by the Norwegian Association for Development Research & the Norwegian Network on ICT and Development, 14-15 November 2002, Trondheim, Norway. [access]
  38. “ICT in development cooperation: models and realities.” 2002. Panel organized at the conference “Developing countries and the network revolution: Leapfrogging or marginalization?,” organized by the Norwegian Development Studies Association & the Norwegian Network on ICT and Development, 13-15 November 2002, Trondheim, Norway. Comment: Included the paper “HIV/AIDS and communication: an exploratory analysis of the use of ICTs in Botswana” (see above). [access]
  39. “IKT og utvikling.” 2002. With Maung K. Sein. Comment: Available in Norwegian, English title: “ICT and development,” prepared October 2002, draft. [access]
  40. “CBNRM Net: knowledge management and networking for the global CBNRM community of practice.” 2002. CBNRM Net Papers no. 3 (June 2002). Comment: Rev. version of paper presented at the 9th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 17-21 June 2002, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Comment: Part of the panel “Transcending barriers: the role of networks in natural resource management” (see below). [url] [access]
  41. “Transcending barriers: the role of networks in natural resource management.” 2002. Panel organized at the 9th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 17-21 June 2002, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Comment: Included the paper “CBNRM Net: knowledge management and networking for the global CBNRM community of practice” (see above). [access: overview (English)|overview (French)|presentation]
  42. “ICT and development: east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet?” 2002. With Maung K. Sein. In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Working Conference of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Working Group 9.4, 234-45. Bangalore, India & London, United Kingdom: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore & Commonwealth Secretariat. Comment: The conf. took place 29-31 May 2002 in Bangalore, India. Conference topic: “Social implications of computers in developing countries.” [access: paper|presentation]
  43. Focus: global economy and local CBNRM. 2001. CBNRM Net Newsletters no. 15 (November 2001), 2-4.
  44. Focus: CBNRM and HIV/AIDS. 2001. CBNRM Net Newsletters no. 14 (October 2001), 3.
  45. Aligning needs and means. On culture, ICT and knowledge in development cooperation. 2001. CBNRM Net Papers no. 2 (August 2001). Comment: Paper presented at the 24th Information System Research Seminar in Scandinavia (IRIS24), 111-4 August 2001, Ulvik, Hardanger, Norway. [url] [access]
  46. Focus: CBNRM and CD-ROM technology. 2001. CBNRM Net Newsletters no. 12 (August 2001), 2-4.
  47. Aligning needs and means. On culture, ICT and knowledge in development cooperation. 2001. In: Solveig Bjornestad, et al., eds. Proceedings of the 24th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia vol. 1, 47-60. Bergen, Norway: Dept. of Information Science, University of Bergen. Comment: The conference took place 11-14 August 2001, in Ulvik, Hardanger, Norway.
  48. Community-based natural resource management: knowledge management and knowledge sharing in the age of globalization. 2001. CBNRM Net Papers no. 1 (August 2001). [url] [access]
  49. Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). 2001. Theme issue. CPRNet Newsletter no. 11 (May 2001), 1-3.
  50. “Development cooperation and knowledge management.” 2001. Comment: Available in Norwegian (title: “Bistandsarbeide og kunnskapsforvaltning”), prepared March 2001, not published. [access]
  51. “Stream ‘Natural resources and their interlinkages’. Synthesis of the panels NRI2, NRI4, NRI6 and NRI7.” 2001. Presentation at the closing plenary of the 8th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 31 May - 4 June 2000, Bloomington, Indiana, United States. [access]
  52. “Riparian right and colonial might in the haors area of Bangladesh.” 2000. Paper presented at the 8th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 31 May - 4 June, Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Comment: Part of the panel “Constituting the riparian commons” (see below). [access]
  53. “Constituting the riparian commons.” 2000. Panel organized at the 8th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 31 May - 4 June 2000, Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Comment: Included the paper “Riparian right and colonial might in the haors area of Bangladesh” (see above). [access]
  54. CPRs and MDBs: a contradiction in terms? 1999. The Common Property Resource Digest no. 49, July 1999. Comment: Publ. by the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP). [access]
  55. Review of Population, economic development, and the environment, the making of our common future, by Kerstin Lindahl-Kiessling and Hans Landberg, eds. & Indigenous organizations and development, by Peter Blunt and D. Michael Warren, eds. 1988. Journal of Political Ecology, Case Studies in History and Society vol. 5, no. 3, 23-30. [url]
  56. “From management of fish to management of fisheries: emerging experiences with co-management in the World Bank.” 1998. Presentation at the 7th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 10-14 June 1998, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Comment: Part of the panel “Co-management and multilateral development banks: a feasible proposition?” (see below). [access]
  57. “Co-management and multilateral development banks: a feasible proposition.” 1998. Panel organized at the 7th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 10-14 June 1998, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Comment: Included the paper “From management of fish to management of fisheries: emerging experiences with co-management in the World Bank” (see above). [access: abstract|presentation]
  58. “Involuntary resettlement in Sida: a commentary.” 1997. Draft manuscript.
  59. “Social issues in biodiversity conservation.” 1997. With Ellen Schaengold and Tony Whitten. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, in the session “Power and its ecological consequences - Part 1 (Political Ecology Society, PESO),” 3-7 March, Seattle, Washington, United States.
  60. “Property rights and environmental and social sustainability.” 1997. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, 4-9 March 1997, Seattle, Washington, United States.
  61. “Voices from below and from within: institutions and resource management in coastal Ghana.” 1996. Paper presented at the 6th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 5-8 June 1996, Berkeley, California, United States. [url] [access: paper|annex1]
  62. “‘UNEP workshop on rapid and integrated assessment methodologies for river basin management,’ a conference report.” 1996. Water Resources no. 4 (Spring), 1-3. Washington DC, United States: Rural Dept., World Bank. [access]
  63. “Social analysis and resource mobilization.” Report from Satellite Group #2. 1996. With David Dollar et al. Washington DC, United States: World Bank. [access]
  64. Social assessment, or: incorporating participation and social analysis into river basin management. 1996. In: Proceedings from the UNEP workshop on rapid integrated river basin assessments, 89-91. Stephenville, Texas, United States & Nairobi, Kenya: Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TIAERR), Tarleton State University & United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Comment: The conf. took place 20-22 February 1996 in Stephenville, Texas, United States.
  65. “Using common property in designing development assistance: applications to coastal zone management.” 1995. Paper presented at the 5th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 24-28 May 1995, Bodø, Norway. Comment: Part of the panel “People, institutions and participation: recent World Bank experience with CPRs” (see below).
  66. “People, institutions and participation: recent World Bank experience with CPRs.” 1995. With Narpat S. Jodha. Panel organized at the 5th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 24-28 May 1995, Bodø, Norway. Comment: Included the paper “Using common property in designing development assistance: applications to coastal zone management” (see above).
  67. Review of Gerald C. Hickey, Shattered world. Adaptation and survival among Vietnam’s highland peoples during the Vietnam War, 1994. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute vol. 1, no. 1 (March 1995), 214.
  68. Indigenous peoples, water resource development, and the World Bank. 1994. In: Actes du colloque “Les peoples indigènes et la mise en valeur des resources en eau” / Proceedings of the conference “Indigenous peoples and water resource development projects”, 140-47. Montreal, Canada: Groupe Consensus, UQCN and Sociètè Makivik. Comment: The conference took place 13-15 April 1994 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  69. “Human rights and anthropology: a perspective from Europe.” 1993. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Anthropological Association, 17-21 November 1993, Washington DC, United States.
  70. Indigenous peoples and the United Nations. 1993. In: Peter Gerber, ed., 500 Jahre Danach. Zur heutige Lage der Indigene Völker beider Amerika, 332-52. Ethnologische Schriften Zurich, no. 13. Zurich & Chur: Völkerkundemuseum & Ruegger Verlag. Comment: Available in German.
  71. “Indigenous peoples and the United Nations.” 1993. Dept. of Anthropology, University of Zurich. Comment: Unpublished paper.
  72. “Human rights and indigenous peoples.” 1992. Panel organized at the 2nd conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), 28 August - 2 September 1992, Prague, Czech Republic. Comment: The panel aimed at setting up a network on indigenous peoples and human rights within EASA.
  73. Anthropology, development, and human rights: The case of involuntary resettlement. 1991. In: Eberhard Berg, et al., eds. Ethnologie im Widerstreit. Kontroversen über Macht, Geschäft, Geschlecht im fremden Kulturen. Festschrift für Lorenz G. Löffler, 365-87. Munich,, Germany: Trickster. [access]
  74. “Human rights and indigenous peoples: some aspects of teaching and advocacy.” 1991. Paper presented in March 1991 at the Anthropology Society, Dept. of Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  75. Time allocation studies: A tool in planning and impact analysis of development projects. 1990. In: A. Atiq Rahman, Saleemul Huq and Gordon Conway, eds. Environmental aspects of surface water systems of Bangladesh, 232-54. Dhaka, Bangladesh: University Press Limited. Comments: (1) Based on a paper presented at the “Workshop on environmental aspects of surface water systems of Bangladesh,” organized by Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), 19-22 July 1986, Comilla and Dhaka, Bangladesh, (2) the available paper is further revised compared with the published version, (3) reprinted in 2000. [access]
  76. “Anthropology and involuntary resettlement in development projects.” 1990. Paper presented at the conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), 31 August - 3 September 1990, Coimbra, Portugal.
  77. “Population transfer and indigenous and tribal peoples.” 1990. With Evelien van den Broek, et al. Statement presented to the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations (UNWGIP), 23 July - 3 August 1990, Geneva, Switzerland. [access]
  78. On evacuation of people in the Kotmale Hydro Power Project: Experience from a socio-economic impact study. 1990. Biståndsantropologen no. 15, 22-32. Comment: Publ. by Development Study Unit, Dept. of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm. [access]
  79. Administrative and organizational obstacles to development: the case of Tanzania. 1990. With William D.S. Mmbaga. ADH-Notat no. 3. Kristiansand, Norway: Dept. of Public Administration, Agder College.
  80. A framework for co-operation towards a sustainable local development. 1990. With Jacob Bomann-Larsen. ADH-Notat no. 2. Kristiansand, Norway: Dept. of Economics, Agder College. Comment: Available in Norwegian.
  81. Man-environment relations in anthropology: On the formulation of the cultural ecological approach. 1989. ADH-serien no. 12. Kristiansand, Norway: Dept. of Economics, Agder College. [access]
  82. “On land rights for indigenous peoples.” 1989. Unpublished manuscript.
  83. Indigene Völker und Landrechte: Ein Überblick. 1988. Geographica Helvetica vol. 43, no. 4, 164-76, 208-12. Comment: English title: Indigenous peoples and land rights: an introduction. [access]
  84. Indigenous peoples and land rights: an overview. 1988. Copenhagen, Denmark: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA).
  85. “A framework for co-operation towards a sustainable local development.” 1987. With Jacob Bomann-Larsen. Paper presented at the “Conference on close encounters with the Third World,” November 1987, Fredrikstad, Norway. Comment: Available in Norwegian.
  86. “Notat om menneskerettighetssituasjonen i Bangladesh.” 1984. Oslo, Norway: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA).
  87. The situation of the Australian Aboriginals. 1984. Nordic Journal on Human Rights vol. 1, no. 2, 13-14. Comment: Available in Norwegian.
  88. Review of The World Bank: a critical analysis, by Cheryl Payer. 1982. Journal of Peace Research vol. 19, 1982.
  89. “The Indians of South America: Development and human rights.” 1981. Paper presented at the conference of the International Committee of the Norwegian Youth Association, 20-22 February 1981, Molde, Norway. Comment: Available in Norwegian.