Call for Abstracts – 5th International Land Management Conference (ILM5)

26/11/2025

🗓️ 3–4 March 2026 | 🌍 Hybrid Format

The 5th International Land Management Conference (ILM5) invites researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and land governance professionals to submit abstracts for this flagship event taking place on 3–4 March 2026. Organized by the Land International Network for Knowledge (LINK), in collaboration with the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), the FCDO-funded Land Facility Decision Support Unit, and RICS, the conference will explore the political and economic dynamics shaping land governance today.

Land governance frameworks are increasingly challenged by shifting development priorities, climate risks, and evolving social and economic realities. ILM5 responds to this by emphasizing the importance of understanding the political economy factors that influence how land is administered, managed, used, and contested. The conference highlights four interconnected themes:

  1. Political economy factors in land governance,
  2. Power and agency,
  3. Widening perspectives, and
  4. Changing approaches to the economics and financing of land governance.

These themes aim to generate insight into why certain reforms succeed or fail, how power relations shape outcomes, and how integrated, forward-looking approaches can support more equitable, productive, and sustainable governance.

This year, ILM5 adopts a hybrid format. Sessions on 3 March 2026 will take place at the RICS Headquarters in London and will be livestreamed. The second day, 4 March, will be fully online, ensuring broad global participation.

📩 Abstract submissions are open until 1 January 2026.
📝 Registration and submission details are available on 5th International Land Management Conference, 3-4 March 2026 – LINK