Otto Hospes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3082303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Otto Hospes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Otto |
| FAMILY NAME | Hospes |
| SIGNATURE | HOSPES O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wageningen University & Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7572-5159 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Uneven recognition
The struggle for customary land rights in Indonesia gained prominence following the collapse of Suharto’s authoritarian regime in 1998 and the country’s subsequent transition to democracy and decentralization. While these changes seized new political space to (re)claim rights over land previously appropriated by public authorities and companies, the realization of these rights has remained limited in practice. This study examines why recognition …
Framing Palm Oil Diplomacy
Indonesia’s position as the world’s top palm oil producer brings it into frequent contention with the EU over its sustainability agenda. This study applies an ideational power framework to analyze how Indonesia strategically uses and mobilizes “ideas” as part of its diplomacy strategy. Based on twenty-six interviews, the study identifies three core strategies: persuasion (scientific framing, emotional appeal, and building warm sentiments), confro…
Why Democratization and Decentralization in Indonesia Have Mixed Results on the Ground
Indonesia has been subject to democratization and decentralization since Suharto's resignation in 1998. Whilst these two institutional reforms have attracted the attention of many scholars, no one has provided an overview explaining their mixed results. To address this gap, we conduct a systematic review of democratization and decentralization literature in Indonesia, exploring how democratization and decentralization relate and identifying moder…
Advocating for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Against the Odds
Developing legislation to counter the negative impacts of businesses' transnational activities on human rights and the environment is a recent trend. Supporters of such legislation have campaigned to convince policy‐makers to adopt strong law, but this legitimation process has not been theorised. Using Vaara et al.'s theoretical framework, we uncover the six discursive legitimation strategies used by the proponents of the European Union (EU) Corp…
Corporate contentious politics
The intensification of corporate acquisition of land in particularly the Global South has generated widespread resistance from rural communities who are being forced off their land with little or no compensation. Yet, while community protests have received ample scholarly attention, the strategies that companies adopt to deal with land conflicts are rarely studied. In contrast with studies that misleadingly describe these strategies in terms of ‘…
Between zero-deforestation and zero-tolerance from the state
Unequal access to justice
In 2009 the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) established a conflict resolution mechanism to help rural communities address their grievances against palm oil companies that are RSPO members. This article presents the broadest ever comprehensive assessment of the use and effectiveness of the RSPO conflict resolution mechanism, providing both overviews and in-depth analysis. Our central question is: to what extent does the RSPO conflict res…
Anti-Corporate Activism and Collusion
The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has generated a large and growing number of protests against palm oil companies over, mainly, access to land. So far, these protests have been mainly studied through scattered case studies, which precludes an understanding and analysis of general patterns. Addressing this challenge, this paper presents the results of the first-ever large-scale collaborative effort to document 150 conflicts …
Identifying barriers and levers of biodiversity mainstreaming in four cases of transnational governance of land and water
Mainstreaming biodiversity into the governance of economic sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries is required to reverse biodiversity loss and achieve globally adopted conservation targets. Governments have recognized this but little progress has been made. This paper addresses the following research question: What are the barriers and levers for mainstreaming biodiversity into economic sectors that exert high pressure on biodiversit…
Unpacking land acquisition at the oil palm frontier
Very few studies have captured the full complexity of land acquisition processes at the agricultural frontier. Specifically, the different stages in the land acquisition process and the changing responses of local communities to plantation development have not been adequately described and explained. Based on a detailed empirical case study of a land acquisition process in a village at the oil palm frontier in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, we addre…
The disciplining of illegal palm oil plantations in Sumatra
The Indonesian state has issued many regulations to control palm oil expansion, but they have been weakly enforced, resulting in widespread illegal plantations. During the last decade, Indonesian authorities have used force to reduce illegal plantations. This article analyses the drivers behind these actions and questions to what extent they reflect the rise of eco-authoritarianism. By investigating six cases of disciplinary action in Sumatra, we…
Governing the Palm-Oil Sector through Finance
By analysing the different roles of the Indonesian state in arranging finance schemes for palm-oil development since 1945, this article aims to answer two questions: What are these roles? And to what extent have they prioritised or balanced economic growth, social equity, and environmental protection? We conclude that the state has never been absent from the palm-oil industry but has had different and changing financing roles that are historicall…
Marking the success or end of global multi-stakeholder governance? The rise of national sustainability standards in Indonesia and Brazil for palm oil and soy
Food sovereignty
Fed up with the right to food
There is no one in this world who would deny the importance of access to adequate food for every human being. In fact, access to food has been declared a human right in 1948 with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In spite of the right to food to be more than half a century old, many are not aware, misunderstand or even marginalize this human right. This book serves two purposes and many audiences. First, it is meant for those who want to…
Marking the success or end of global multi-stakeholder governance? The rise of national sustainability standards in Indonesia and Brazil for palm oil and soy
Food sovereignty
Anti-Corporate Activism and Collusion
The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has generated a large and growing number of protests against palm oil companies over, mainly, access to land. So far, these protests have been mainly studied through scattered case studies, which precludes an understanding and analysis of general patterns. Addressing this challenge, this paper presents the results of the first-ever large-scale collaborative effort to document 150 conflicts …
Identifying barriers and levers of biodiversity mainstreaming in four cases of transnational governance of land and water
Mainstreaming biodiversity into the governance of economic sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries is required to reverse biodiversity loss and achieve globally adopted conservation targets. Governments have recognized this but little progress has been made. This paper addresses the following research question: What are the barriers and levers for mainstreaming biodiversity into economic sectors that exert high pressure on biodiversit…
Governing the Palm-Oil Sector through Finance
By analysing the different roles of the Indonesian state in arranging finance schemes for palm-oil development since 1945, this article aims to answer two questions: What are these roles? And to what extent have they prioritised or balanced economic growth, social equity, and environmental protection? We conclude that the state has never been absent from the palm-oil industry but has had different and changing financing roles that are historicall…
Advocating for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Against the Odds
Developing legislation to counter the negative impacts of businesses' transnational activities on human rights and the environment is a recent trend. Supporters of such legislation have campaigned to convince policy‐makers to adopt strong law, but this legitimation process has not been theorised. Using Vaara et al.'s theoretical framework, we uncover the six discursive legitimation strategies used by the proponents of the European Union (EU) Corp…
Unpacking land acquisition at the oil palm frontier
Very few studies have captured the full complexity of land acquisition processes at the agricultural frontier. Specifically, the different stages in the land acquisition process and the changing responses of local communities to plantation development have not been adequately described and explained. Based on a detailed empirical case study of a land acquisition process in a village at the oil palm frontier in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, we addre…
Between zero-deforestation and zero-tolerance from the state
Unequal access to justice
In 2009 the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) established a conflict resolution mechanism to help rural communities address their grievances against palm oil companies that are RSPO members. This article presents the broadest ever comprehensive assessment of the use and effectiveness of the RSPO conflict resolution mechanism, providing both overviews and in-depth analysis. Our central question is: to what extent does the RSPO conflict res…
Corporate contentious politics
The intensification of corporate acquisition of land in particularly the Global South has generated widespread resistance from rural communities who are being forced off their land with little or no compensation. Yet, while community protests have received ample scholarly attention, the strategies that companies adopt to deal with land conflicts are rarely studied. In contrast with studies that misleadingly describe these strategies in terms of ‘…
The disciplining of illegal palm oil plantations in Sumatra
The Indonesian state has issued many regulations to control palm oil expansion, but they have been weakly enforced, resulting in widespread illegal plantations. During the last decade, Indonesian authorities have used force to reduce illegal plantations. This article analyses the drivers behind these actions and questions to what extent they reflect the rise of eco-authoritarianism. By investigating six cases of disciplinary action in Sumatra, we…
Fed up with the right to food
There is no one in this world who would deny the importance of access to adequate food for every human being. In fact, access to food has been declared a human right in 1948 with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In spite of the right to food to be more than half a century old, many are not aware, misunderstand or even marginalize this human right. This book serves two purposes and many audiences. First, it is meant for those who want to…
Food sovereignty
Marking the success or end of global multi-stakeholder governance? The rise of national sustainability standards in Indonesia and Brazil for palm oil and soy
Governing the Palm-Oil Sector through Finance
By analysing the different roles of the Indonesian state in arranging finance schemes for palm-oil development since 1945, this article aims to answer two questions: What are these roles? And to what extent have they prioritised or balanced economic growth, social equity, and environmental protection? We conclude that the state has never been absent from the palm-oil industry but has had different and changing financing roles that are historicall…
Identifying barriers and levers of biodiversity mainstreaming in four cases of transnational governance of land and water
Mainstreaming biodiversity into the governance of economic sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries is required to reverse biodiversity loss and achieve globally adopted conservation targets. Governments have recognized this but little progress has been made. This paper addresses the following research question: What are the barriers and levers for mainstreaming biodiversity into economic sectors that exert high pressure on biodiversit…
Unpacking land acquisition at the oil palm frontier
Very few studies have captured the full complexity of land acquisition processes at the agricultural frontier. Specifically, the different stages in the land acquisition process and the changing responses of local communities to plantation development have not been adequately described and explained. Based on a detailed empirical case study of a land acquisition process in a village at the oil palm frontier in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, we addre…
The disciplining of illegal palm oil plantations in Sumatra
The Indonesian state has issued many regulations to control palm oil expansion, but they have been weakly enforced, resulting in widespread illegal plantations. During the last decade, Indonesian authorities have used force to reduce illegal plantations. This article analyses the drivers behind these actions and questions to what extent they reflect the rise of eco-authoritarianism. By investigating six cases of disciplinary action in Sumatra, we…
Between zero-deforestation and zero-tolerance from the state
Unequal access to justice
In 2009 the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) established a conflict resolution mechanism to help rural communities address their grievances against palm oil companies that are RSPO members. This article presents the broadest ever comprehensive assessment of the use and effectiveness of the RSPO conflict resolution mechanism, providing both overviews and in-depth analysis. Our central question is: to what extent does the RSPO conflict res…
Anti-Corporate Activism and Collusion
The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has generated a large and growing number of protests against palm oil companies over, mainly, access to land. So far, these protests have been mainly studied through scattered case studies, which precludes an understanding and analysis of general patterns. Addressing this challenge, this paper presents the results of the first-ever large-scale collaborative effort to document 150 conflicts …
Corporate contentious politics
The intensification of corporate acquisition of land in particularly the Global South has generated widespread resistance from rural communities who are being forced off their land with little or no compensation. Yet, while community protests have received ample scholarly attention, the strategies that companies adopt to deal with land conflicts are rarely studied. In contrast with studies that misleadingly describe these strategies in terms of ‘…
Why Democratization and Decentralization in Indonesia Have Mixed Results on the Ground
Indonesia has been subject to democratization and decentralization since Suharto's resignation in 1998. Whilst these two institutional reforms have attracted the attention of many scholars, no one has provided an overview explaining their mixed results. To address this gap, we conduct a systematic review of democratization and decentralization literature in Indonesia, exploring how democratization and decentralization relate and identifying moder…
Advocating for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Against the Odds
Developing legislation to counter the negative impacts of businesses' transnational activities on human rights and the environment is a recent trend. Supporters of such legislation have campaigned to convince policy‐makers to adopt strong law, but this legitimation process has not been theorised. Using Vaara et al.'s theoretical framework, we uncover the six discursive legitimation strategies used by the proponents of the European Union (EU) Corp…
Uneven recognition
The struggle for customary land rights in Indonesia gained prominence following the collapse of Suharto’s authoritarian regime in 1998 and the country’s subsequent transition to democracy and decentralization. While these changes seized new political space to (re)claim rights over land previously appropriated by public authorities and companies, the realization of these rights has remained limited in practice. This study examines why recognition …
Framing Palm Oil Diplomacy
Indonesia’s position as the world’s top palm oil producer brings it into frequent contention with the EU over its sustainability agenda. This study applies an ideational power framework to analyze how Indonesia strategically uses and mobilizes “ideas” as part of its diplomacy strategy. Based on twenty-six interviews, the study identifies three core strategies: persuasion (scientific framing, emotional appeal, and building warm sentiments), confro…
Political science (11 works) · Business (10 works) · Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (7 works) · Palm oil (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Indonesian (5 works)