Project description DEENESFRITPL Digging deep into the global land rush An increase in agricultural commodity prices can cause a global land rush. Though large land deals can provide better access to capital, transfer of technology and job creation, there is the risk of dispossession and loss of livelihoods, deterioration in local food security and environmental damage, as well as social exclusion. The EU-funded RRUSHES-5 project will investigate how global commodity rushes reshape the politics of food, climate, labour and citizenship, as well as geopolitics. It will study the global, regional and national dynamics around commodity rushes and regimes, and the five spheres of global social life in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The role of Chinese investments in the global land rush will be of central interest. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Recent global commodity rushes have profoundly influenced societies across the globe. At least a quarter of a billion hectares of land have been affected, reshaping livelihoods and social and political relations. Contemporary commodity rushes are more complex and far-reaching than those we have seen before, requiring new thinking and practice in order to respond to such unprecedented challenges. This project aims to explore contemporary commodity rushes, centred on the reconfiguration of land use and ownership, examining the implications for five spheres of global social life. We will ask: How do contemporary global commodity rushes reshape the politics of food, climate, labour and citizenship, as well as geopolitics in different contexts? To answer this, we will look into the possible structural, institutional and political shifts caused by commodity rushes within commodity and land regimes and in the five spheres of global social life. Guided by a multi-disciplinary theoretical framework and grounded empirical work, we will engage in practical policy questions aimed at probing the potential for socially just and ecologically sustainable reforms. These reforms will be anchored in the social justice principles of redistribution, recognition and restitution of wealth and power, and the regeneration and recalibration of human–nature relations. We will study global, regional and national dynamics around commodity rushes and regimes, and the five spheres of global social life in Africa (Ethiopia), Asia (Myanmar), and Latin America (Colombia). This project will change the way we study the recent commodity and land rushes, demonstrating why and how they concern not only the 3.5 billion people who live in rural areas, but the entire world population. Conversely, it will demonstrate why it is not possible to understand what happens in the five spheres of global social life without comprehending how these, separately and together, interact with commodity and land rushes. Fields of science social scienceslawhuman rights Keywords Commodity boom land rush food regime citizenship geopolitics expulsion and migration climate change Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Topic(s) ERC-2018-ADG - ERC Advanced Grant Call for proposal ERC-2018-ADG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant Host institution ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM Net EU contribution € 2 499 062,50 Address BURGEMEESTER OUDLAAN 50 3062 PA Rotterdam Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 2 499 062,50 Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM Netherlands Net EU contribution € 2 499 062,50 Address BURGEMEESTER OUDLAAN 50 3062 PA Rotterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 2 499 062,50