OUR MISSION

Governing land transformations for more sustainable and equitable futures

Land systems sit at the intersection of competing demands for food, livelihoods, energy, conservation, and climate solutions. Yet these transformations redistribute access to land, control over resources, and the benefits and costs of environmental change. The Land System Governance Lab studies how institutions, markets, states, and communities shape these processes—and why some pathways produce more sustainable and equitable outcomes than others. We seek to generate evidence that can inform more effective and just governance of land-system change.