Contact: 
hmlinden@mun.ca

Research Interests:
Land rights; gender; migration studies; customary land tenure systems; feminst political ecology; labour; food systems transformation

Education:
BSc Physical Geography, Trent University (2014)
MSc Environmental Forestry, Bangor University (2020)
MA Applied Research in Gender, Feminist and Citizenship Studies, Universitat Jaume I (2023)
PhD Candidate in Anthropology, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2025-Present), Thesis topic: Women's agency over land and productive resources in The Gambia 

Selected Publications:
Winowiecki, LA, Linden, H, Alexander, S, Bargués Tobella, A, Campari, J, Christensen, C, Choudhury, D, Van Duijn, H, Fleckenstein, M, Harz-Pitre, Y, Hussain, Z, Kakade, B, Kamau, D, Luu, P, Magaju, C, Makiyi, V, Mbabazi, P, Morgan, C, Snapp, S, Solis, D, Trautman, S, Van der Vorst, R, Wensley, P, Williams, T, Lal, R. (2025). Multistakeholder Engagement to Scale Soil Health Globally: The Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health. European Journal of Soil Science. 76(3).
Linden, H, Gallagher, E, Lasheras de la Riva, T, Liswanti, N & Mello, D. (2025). Women and equity in the EUDR. Tropical Forest Issues (TFI63). Tropenbos International.
Zaremba, H, Nchanji, EB, Djurfeldt, NG, North, H, Slavchevska, V & Giaquinto, AM. (2024). Emic definitions of empowerment for just development: Learnings from Kenya. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience. 5(33).
Elias, M, Paez-Valencia, AM, North, H, Morgan, M, Larson, AM, Cronkleton, P, Gallagher, EJ, Atmadja, S, Meinzin-Dick, R & Trautman, S. (2024). Developing Gender Transformative Approaches through In-Depth Gender Analysis for Enhanced Women’s Land and Resource Rights: Methodology and Key Insights Report. CIFOR-ICRAF: Nairobi, Kenya.
Larson, AM, Meinzen-Dick, R, Morgan, M, Atmadja, A, Bailey, A, Cronkleton, P, Elias, M, Gallagher, EJ, Garner, E, North, H, Paez-Valencia, AM, Trautman, S, Choden, T, Olivera, RG & Beltchika, N. (2025). How to do note: Designing Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs) in the context of Women’s Land and Resource Rights. CIFOR-ICRAF.
Morgan, M, North, H & Paez Valencia, AM. (2024). Strengthening Women’s Land Rights in The Gambia: Co-creating Gender Transformative Pilots. CIFOR-ICRAF: Nairobi, Kenya.
Cham, F, North, H & Paez Valencia, AM. (2024). Strengthening Rural Women’s Capacity to Advocate for their Land Rights: Step-by-Step Process and Case Study from The Gambia. CIFOR-ICRAF: Nairobi, Kenya.
North, H, Paez Valencia, AM & Morgan, M. (2024). Developing Gender Transformative Approaches to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights in The Gambia: Foundational Gender Analysis. CIFOR-ICRAF: Nairobi, Kenya.
Morgan, M, North, H & Paez Valencia, AM. (2024). Participatory sense-making to strengthen women’s land rights. CIFOR-ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya.
Nchanji E, Guettou Djurfeldt N, Huong Pham T, Mutua M, Zaremba H, North H, Gonzales C, Petesch P & Elias M. (2023). Technical Report: Mixed methods baseline study for monitoring and evaluating the impacts of the sub-programme on “Gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture, food security and nutrition.” Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
Nguyen MP, North H, Duong MT & Nguyen MC. (2021). Assessment of women’s benefits and constraints in participating in agroforestry exemplar landscapes. Working paper 315. Nairobi, Kenya: CIFOR-ICRAF.
Nguyen MP, North H, Duong MT & Nguyen MC. (2021). Gender and Ethnicity in Vietnam Agroforestry Landscapes: Lessons for Project Implementation. CIFOR-ICRAF.
Simelton E, Mulia R, Rigal C, Duong MT, Nguyen MP, North H & Le HX. (2021). Beyond carbon sequestration – local knowledge about tree functions. Case study from male and female Arabica coffee farmers in Vietnam. Working Paper 319. Hanoi, Viet Nam: CIFOR-ICRAF.