Line Algoed

Line [Leena] Algoed is a PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant at Cosmopolis Center for Urban Research at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. She started her academic career after having worked for 15 years at the intersection of urban development, housing, community work, and international development. Her research centers on the importance of communal land tenure, particularly in the Caribbean where she has lived and worked for several years. She is also on the Executive Committee of the International Community Land Trust (CLT) Center, supporting community-led development on community-owned land globally. She works closely with the Caño Martín Peña CLT in Puerto Rico facilitating exchanges between community leaders fighting against ecocide and displacements. She is part of the action and research group “Stronger Caribbean Together for Land, Food, and Climate Justice” bringing together Caribbean communities from 11 islands and countries. She is a co-editor of the book,“On Common Ground: International Perspectives on the Community Land Trust,”co-edited with John E. Davis and María E. Hernández-Torrales.