Ruth Hall (born March 19, 1973) is a professor at PLAAS (the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies) at the

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, which she joined in 2002. A political scientist by training, she specialises in the politics and the political economy of agrarian reform, land redistribution, and poverty.

Education

Hall holds a BSocSc from

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in Political Studies. She proceeded to the UK where she obtained a

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in Development Studies and DPhil in

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both from

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in 1998 and 2011 respectively.

Select publications

Edited books

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Journal articles

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References

External links

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