Conferences and workshops
A selection of important conferences and workshops that Supras and/or Lars Soeftestad has been involved in, as organizer or as participant delivering papers and presentations, are listed below.
Work in core service areas, specifically “Networking,” “Projects and operations” and “Research,” are in many cases closely connected, and feeds upon and reinforces each other. As well, there is a dialectic between work in these services areas, on the one hand, and participation in conferences and workshops, on the other hand.
Several of the papers are published in proceedings. In addition they often lead to further revisions and to publishing. All conference and workshop contributions and published papers are available in the Library. In cases where a revised version of a paper or presentation is available, this version will be available below.
2008
- 12th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC), 14-18 July 2008, Cheltenham, England.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented two papers: “Institutions, organizations and the poverty/environment nexus: Challenges to a rights-based approach to management of coastal resources in Colombia and Ghana” (co-authored with Laura Alayón), and “Protecting traditional property rights under conditions of change: Production of plant oils as a community-based enterprise in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco” (co-authored with Bernadette Montanari).
[IASC]
2007
- Twenty-Seventh Annual ESRI International User Conference, 18-22 June 2007, San Diego, California, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference on “Spatial Information, tools for reducing poverty,” organized by ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc). He presented the paper “Environmental Trends Analysis (ETA): Tools for poverty alleviation,” co-authored with Lauren N. Sorkin and James J. Tarrant, both with Environmental Resources Group (IRG) in Washington DC, USA.
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[conference website]
2006
- 9th International Conference on Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI-9), 3-11 November 2006, Santiago, Chile.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference on “Spatial Information, tools for reducing poverty.” He presented the paper “Mauritania Technology Fosters Tradition (TFT): on spatial and local tools for natural resource management.” Comment: The conference was organized by the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI). [access]
[GSDI] [TFT] [docs] [images] - FRAME/USAID workshop on Environmental Trends Analysis (ETA), 3-11 November 2006, Santiago, Chile.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the workshop. He gave the presentation “Mauritania Technology Fosters Tradition (TFT): on spatial and local tools for natural resource management.”
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[TFT] [ETA] [FRAME] [docs] [images] - 11th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC), 18-21 June 2006, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “Regulating the commons in Mauritania: local agreements as a tool for sustainable natural resource management,” co-authored with Karl P. Kirsch-Jung.
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[IASC] [docs] [images]
2004
- Annual Workshop of the Norwegian Network on ICT and Development, 11-12 October 2004, Kristiansand, Norway.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the workshop on “E-governance, e-democracy and development,” and organized and chaired the panel “Partnership for development.”
[Norwegian Network ...] - Seminar at the World Bank, 23 September 2004, Washington DC, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the seminar. He gave the presentation “Technology Fosters Tradition (TFT). A new action research initiative in Mauritania.” [access]
[World Bank] [TFT] - 10th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 9-13 August 2004, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He gave the presentation “Sahel: safeguarding marginal lands through recognition of local land use rights,” co-authored with Hans-Werner Wabnitz; and he also presented the paper “Water resources as a common good in Brazil: legal reform between theory and practice,” co-authored with Daniela Diz. [access: Brazil: presentation|Brazil: paper|Sahel: presentation]
[IASCP] - Conference of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), 17-20 March 2004, Alexandria, Egypt.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference on “Bridging scales and epistemologies: linking local knowledge with global science in multi-scale assessments.” He gave the presentation “Knowledges and legal reform in the Sahel: linking traditional and modern natural resource management legal regimes horizontally and vertically through use of ICTs.” [access]
[MEA]
2003
- 56th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), 10-14 November 2003, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the meeting. He presented the paper “Coastal and marine resources in the Caribbean: local co-management and regional knowledge management.”
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[GCFI]
2002
- Annual Conference of the Norwegian Development Studies Association and Norwegian Network on ICT and Development, 13-15 November 2003, Trondheim, Norway.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference on “Developing countries and the network revolution: leapfrogging or marginalization?.” He gave the presentation “HIV/AIDS and communication: an exploratory analysis of the use of ICTs in Botswana,” co-authored with June Jakobsen Steen. Comment: The presentation was given in the panel “ICT in development cooperation: models and realities” which he organized and chaired.
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[Norwegian Network ...] - 9th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 17-21 June 2002, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “CBNRM Net: knowledge management and networking for the global CBNRM community of practice.” Comment: The paper was presented in the panel “Transcending barriers: the role of networks in natural resource management,” that he organized and chaired with Webster Whande.
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[IASCP] - Conference of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), Working Group 9.4 “Social implications of computers in developing countries,” 29-31 May 2002, Bangalore, India.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “ICT and development: east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet?,” co-authored with Maung K. Sein. Comment: The paper available is a rev. version of the paper included in the proceedings.
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[IFIP]
2001
- 24th Information Systems Research Seminar (IRIS24), 11-14 August 2001, Ulvik, Hardanger, Norway.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in IRIS24. He presented the paper “Aligning needs and means. On culture, ICT and knowledge in development cooperation.” Comment: Organized by Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia (IRIS). [access]
2000
- 8th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 31 May - 4 June 2000, Bloomington, Indiana, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “Riparian right and colonial might in the haors area of Bangladesh.” Comment: The paper was presented in the panel “Constituting the riparian commons,” which he organized and chaired. [access: panel|paper]
[IASCP]
1999
- World Bank’s Social Development Forum, 1-2 June 1999, Washington DC, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the forum. He presented the paper “Property rights: institutions and partnerships for sustainable natural resource management.” Comment: The paper was presented in a panel on the World Bank’s Common Property Resource Management Network (CPRNet). [access]
[World Bank] - Australian-FAO Technical Consultation on Sustainability Indicators in Marine Capture Fisheries, 18-22 January 1999, Brighton Beach, Sydney, Australia.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the consultation. He presented the Technical Background Paper “Social, cultural and institutional aspects of sustainability: general review and the World Bank experience.” Comment: Organized by Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia (AFFA) in close collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
[AFFA] [FAO]
1998
- World Bank Fourth Regional Workshop Natural Resource Management in West Africa, 12-17 October 1998, Niamey, Niger.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the workshop, as organizer and coordinator. Comment: The workshop was devoted specifically to CBNRM, and the workshop report is available. [access]
[World Bank] - 7th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 10-14 June 1998, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He gave the presentation “From management of fish to management of fisheries: emerging experiences with co-management in the World Bank.” Comment: The presentation was delivered in the panel “Co-management and multilateral development banks: a feasible proposition?,” which he organized and chaired. [access: panel abstract|panel presentation|paper presentation]
[IASCP] - World Bank International Workshop on Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM), 10-14 May 1998, Washington DC, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the workshop as a co-organizer and coordinator, with Chris D. Gerrard. Comment: The workshop report is available. [more] [access]
[World Bank] [CBNRM Net] - World Bank’s Rural Week, 25-27 March 1998, Washington DC, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the Rural Week. He gave the presentation “On institutional reform in the fisheries sector in Bangladesh.” Comment: The presentation was given on behalf of the World Bank’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Thematic Group. [access]
[World Bank]
1997
- Meeting of the Political Ecology Society (PESO), 3-7 March 1997, Seattle, Washington, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in this meeting. He gave the presentation “Social issues in biodiversity conservation,” co-authored with Tony Whitten and Ellen Schaengold.
- Conference of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SFAA), 4-9 March 1997, Seattle, Washington DC, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “Property rights and environmental and social sustainability.”
[SFAA]
1996
- 6th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 5-8 June 1996, Berkeley, California, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “Voices from below and from within: institutions and resource management in coastal Ghana.” [access]
[IASCP] - UNEP Workshop on Rapid Integrated River Basin Assessments (RIRBA), 20-22 February 1996, Stephenville, Texas, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the workshop. He gave the presentation “Incorporating participation and social analysis into river basin management.” Comment: Organized by Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TiAER), Tarleton State University & United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
[TiAER] [UNEP]
1995
- 5th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 24-28 May 1995, Bodø, Norway.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “Using common property in designing development assistance, applications to coastal zone management.” Comment: The paper was presented in the panel “People, institutions and participation: recent World Bank experience with CPRs,” that he organized and chaired jointly with Narpat Jodha.
[IASCP]
1994
- Annual session of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations (UNWGIP), 25-29 July 1994, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the session. He gave the presentation “Review of developments. Statement by the World Bank.” [access]
[UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights] - Technical Meeting of the “International Decade on the World’s Indigenous People,” 20-22 July 1994, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in this meeting. He gave the presentation “Statement by the World Bank.” [access]
[UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights] - World Bank Workshop on Participatory Development, 17-20 May 1994, Washington DC, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the workshop. He presented the paper “Indigenous communities.”
[World Bank] - Les Peoples Indigènes et la Mise en Valeur des Ressources en Eau / Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Water Resource Development Projects, 13-15 April 1994, Montreal Quebec, Canada.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “Indigenous peoples, water resource development, and the World Bank.” Comment: The conference was organized by Groupe Consensus, UQCN and Sociètè Makivik.
1993
- Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), 17-21 November 1994, Washington DC, United States.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the meeting. He presented the paper “Human rights and anthropology: a perspective from Europe.”
[AAA]
1992
- 2nd Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), 28 August - 2 September 1992, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He organized and chaired a panel on human rights and indigenous peoples, in connection with setting up an EASA network on human rights and indigenous peoples.
[EASA]
1991
- Seminar, Anthropology Society, Dept. of Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, March 1991, London, United Kingdom.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the seminar. He presented the paper “Human rights and indigenous peoples: some aspects of teaching and advocacy.”
1990
- 1th Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), 31 August - 3 September 1990, Coimbra, Portugal.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “Anthropology and involuntary resettlement in development projects.”
[EASA] - Annual Session of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations (UNWGIP), 23 July - 3 August 1990, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the session. He presented the statement “Population transfer and indigenous and tribal peoples,” co-authored with Evelien van den Broek and David Arnott, et al. [access]
[UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights]
1987
- Conference on Close Encounters with the Third World, November 1987, Fredrikstad, Norway.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “A framework for co-operation towards a sustainable local development,” co-authored with Jacob Bomann-Larsen. Comment: Organized by several Norwegian organizations and initiatives concerned with, among others, twinning arrangements between the North and the South.
1986
- Workshop on Environmental Aspects of Surface Water Systems of Bangladesh, 19-22 July 1986, Comilla and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Lars T. Soeftestad participated in the conference. He presented the paper “Time-allocation studies: a tool in planning and impact analysis of development projects.” Comment: Organized by Bangladesh Centre for Advanced studies (BCAS); a rev. version publ. in 1990 is also available. [access]
[BCAS]