Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Dr Dolf te Lintelo is a Fellow in the Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team. His research interests concern the political economy of social regulation and the politics of public policy processes; the participation of state and non-state actors in policymaking and implementation; collective action and power in these; and the ways in which public policies and regulation impinge on the livelihoods of the poor. His work has had a substantial focus on, but is not limited to urban and peri-urban areas.

Thematically, Dolf's research has focused on food, agriculture, environmental health and the informal economy, especially street vendors. He has recently also worked on youth, and their pathways to economic (dis)empowerment.

He has worked extensively in India, and has further conducted research on Bangladesh, Zambia, Nigeria and the Great Lakes region in sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Uganda).

Prior to joining IDS, Dolf conducted research and advisory work and taught under and postgraduate students at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia. He has been a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Sussex and East Anglia. Previously, as a researcher at Imperial College London and the University of Twente (Netherlands), Dolf carried out environmental and social scientific collaborative research with overseas government, academic and civil society organisations.

Selected Projects and Recent Work

• Accelerating Progress in Reducing Hunger and Undernutrition
• Impact of the Economic Crisis on women and children in Zambia

Thematic Expertise

Agriculture; Children and Youth; Environment; Food Security; Governance; Health; Politics and Power; Social Protection.

Geographic Expertise

Central and South Asia; Sub Saharan Africa; Bangladesh; India; Kenya; Nigeria; Uganda; Zambia.

Selected Publications »»

• Devereux, S., Béné, C., Chopra, D., Koehler, G., Roelen, K., Sabates-Wheeler, R. and te Lintelo, D. (2011) 'Social Protection for Social Justice', IDS Bulletin 42.6, Brighton: IDS
• te Lintelo, D. (2011) 'Inequality and Social Justice Roundtable Consultation' , Brighton: IDS
• te Lintelo, D. (2011) 'Youth and Policy Processes' 025, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium
• te Lintelo, D. (2009) 'Advocacy coalitions influencing informal sector policy: the case of India's National Urban Street Vending Policy' in Bhowmik, S.K. (eds), Street Vendors in the Global Urban Economy, Delhi: Routledge
• te Lintelo, D. (2009) 'The Spatial Politics of Food Hygiene: Regulating small-scale retail in Delhi', European Journal of Development Research 21.1:63-80, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
• te Lintelo, D. (2008) 'Food security, nutrition and HIV/AIDS in African fisheries: emerging evidence and research directions', DEV/ODG Reports and Policy Paper 4, Norwich: University of East Anglia
• te Lintelo, D., Poole N., Marshall F. and Bhupal D.S. (2002) 'Quality assurance initiatives for peri-urban food production in India' in Trienekens, J.H. and Omta, S.W.F. (eds), Paradoxes in Food Chains and Networks, Wageningen: Wageningen University Press
• te Lintelo, D. and Marshall, F. (2001) 'A methodology for assessing the social and economic implications of pollution effects on urban and peri-urban agriculture: a case study from India', Urban Agriculture Magazine 5, Leusden: RUAF
• te Lintelo, D., Marshall, F. and Bhupal, D.S. (2001) 'Urban Food: The Role of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in India: A Case Study of Delhi', Food, Nutrition and Agriculture 29:4-13, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• te Lintelo, D. (2000) 'The development of environmental policies in the Netherlands and their influence on Dutch development co-operations', Indo-Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development , New Delhi: ICSSR/WOTRO