Land Conflict Watch

Land Conflict Watch is an independent network of researchers studying land conflicts, climate change and natural resource governance in India.

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📢 We’re Hiring!

Research Associate – Renewable Energy & Land Systems
Full-time | New Delhi
12-month contract (renewable)

Deadline: 7 May 2026
🔗https://t.co/pYYEF9JedB

[Land Conflict Watch @LandConflicts]

Previously, he worked as researcher with the School for Democracy. He was also part of @veditum, where he helped build the India Sand Watch project, an open-data platform on sand mining in India. Welcome to the team, Anirvan!

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📣 Meet our new team member!

@kumaranirvan has joined us as a Research Fellow. He will be working on data and analysis of our work across natural resource and land governance, energy transition and welfare.

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📢 Less than week left to apply!

If you are interested in working on the intersection of renewable energy and land systems, apply now: https://t.co/pYYEF9JedB

[Land Conflict Watch @LandConflicts]

📢 We’re Hiring!

Research Associate – Renewable Energy & Land Systems
Full-time | New Delhi
12-month contract (renewable)

Deadline: 7 May 2026
🔗https://t.co/pYYEF9JedB

[Nutgraph – Social Data Lab @_NutGraph]

India is in the midst of one of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy expansions. As of March 2026, it had installed approximately 283.46 GW of renewable capacity, including 150.26 GW of solar and 56.09 GW of wind. 

https://t.co/dktEzotr4w

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@_nutgraph supports organisations and institutions through actionable research and data-driven insights. Our flagship initiative, Land Conflict Watch, is India’s leading public database on land and natural-resource governance.

[Land Conflict Watch @LandConflicts]

📢 We’re Hiring!

Research Associate – Renewable Energy & Land Systems
Full-time | New Delhi
12-month contract (renewable)

Deadline: 7 May 2026
🔗https://t.co/pYYEF9JedB

[Land Conflict Watch @LandConflicts]

The role offers the opportunity to work on projects in collaboration with leading academic institutions and research groups globally, with exposure to cutting-edge, interdisciplinary work within international research environments.

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At LCW, Ritwik will be working on the Land Conflict Watch database to help build richer, more dynamic datasets that powers research and informs action.

Welcome to the team, Ritwik!

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Meet our newest team member👇

Ritwik Dutta is a data researcher who has written for platforms like BBC, Dainik Bhaskar, and The Quint. He’s driven by the idea that when told well, data can make social realities clearer, more human, and more actionable.

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In this dialogue, we explore:
⚪ What happens to commons from an ecological, cultural, and social perspective?
⚪ How do the governance frameworks shift?
⚪ How do these transitions alter access to welfare, livelihoods, and resources?

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We’re convening a one-day dialogue on Urban-Rural Transitions and the Impacts on Commons on April 16 in New Delhi, jointly organised by Land Conflict Watch, @fesforcommons, and the Social Accountability Forum for Action and Research (SAFAR).

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As villages are reclassified into urban jurisdictions, common property resources (shared landscapes used by communities), which are not formally recognised as distinct landscapes get fragmented or lost in the transition within urban planning and governance frameworks.

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Commons Sensing is a conversation podcast hosted by Kanchi Kohli and produced by Asar and Common Ground Initiative, bringing the idea of Commons out of policy documents and academic debates into lived, everyday realities.

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Our founder & director, @Kum_Sambhav and Siddhartha Krishnan were in conversation with Kanchi Kohli in the fourth and latest episode of her podcast Commons Sensing, titled, ‘Climate Change, Conflict & Commons.’

🔗 Watch the episode: https://t.co/owK0LwpqzC

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The discuss how Commons host diverse ecologies and help communities build resilience to tackle the climate crisis, as well as examining how these landscapes juxtapose with climate mitigation efforts, often exacerbating existing vulnerabilities.

[Nutgraph – Social Data Lab @_NutGraph]

📣 Project Launch!

We are launching ‘The Algorithmic Welfare Accountability Explainer’. It breaks down how adoption of algorithms are reshaping the welfare delivery systems.

https://t.co/A38ivI5bqx

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Furthermore, internal inspection reports referenced in the article point to implementation challenges, including monoculture plantations, inappropriate species selection, unsuitable terrain, and underutilisation of allocated funds.

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#Hotoffthepress

Early signals of emerging risks from India’s Green Credit Programme: potential Forest Rights Act violations, site selection concerns, and procedural gaps.

Read the article for @IndiaSpend by our research fellow @sukriti_vats

https://t.co/qRTdt1phYw

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Experts cited in the article highlight the absence of community safeguards, particularly with respect to ensuring that forest-dwelling and tribal communities eligible under the Forest Rights Act are not denied their legal and historical entitlements.