Books
Adano, W. Roba & Witsenburg, K. (2008).
Pastoral Sedentarisation, natural resource management, and livelihood diversification in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya. In 2 volumes. Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press.
Articles and Chapters in Books
Witsenburg, K. (2007)
Etnisch geweld en waterschaarste in Noord-Kenia: een vanzelfsprekende relatie? In: Bakker, N. Dietz, T. en Wolsink, M. (red) Ruimte voor Milieu. Inzichten van milieugeografen en -planologen pp. 357-368. Utrecht: Jan van Arkel.
Johan Brons, Anke Niehof, Ton Dietz and Karen Witsenburg (2007)
Dimensions of Vulnerability of Livelihoods in Less-favoured areas; Interplay between the individual and the collective. In: R. Ruben, J.Pender and A. Kuyvenhoven eds. Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured Areas. Chapter 3, Pp. 91-110. CAB international.
Adano W.R. en Witsenburg, K. (2007)
Is er toekomst voor de veehouderij in Noord-Kenia? In:Bakker, N. Dietz, T. en Wolsink, M. (red) Ruimte voor Milieu. Inzichten van milieugeografen en -planologen pp. 369-382. Utrecht: Jan van Arkel.
Witsenburg, K and Adano W.Roba (2007)
“The Use and Management of Water Sources in Kenya’s Drylands: Is there a Link Between Scarcity and Violent Conflicts?” In: Bill Derman, Rie Odgaard and Espen Sjaastad eds. Conflicts over Land and Water in Africa. Pp. 215-238). Oxford, James Currey.
Adano, W.R and Witsenburg, K (2004).
Once Nomads Settle: Assessing the process, motives and welfare changes on Mount Marsabit. In: Elliot Fratkin & Eric A. Roth (eds.), As Pastoralists Settle: Social, health, and economic consequences in Marsabit district, Kenya. Kluwer Plenum: pp. 105-134.
Witsenburg, K. and W.R. Adano (2003).
Ethnic violence, water scarcity and the governance of resources. A case study from Northern Kenya. In: Faces of Poverty. Capabilities, mobilization and institutional transformation. Proceedings of the International CERES summerschool 2003, pp. 377-396.
Adano, W.R and Witsenburg, K. (2003).
Surviving Pastoral Decline in Marsabit District. (In press with MUSES, Moi University). Available as AGIDS/UVA working paper.
Witsenburg, K. (2001).
Terrassenlandbouw in de Mandara Bergen in Noord-Kameroen. In: J. Groenendijk & L. de Klerk (red), Milieugeografie en -planologie voor behoedzamen, pp. 99-116. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Jan van Arkel.
Journal Articles
Witsenburg, K (2007)
De Turbi Massacre; gevecht om schaarse hulpbronnen? In Nieuwskrant nr 12 Conflict., Najaar 2007. Een uitgave van het Onderwijsinstituut GPIO en de afdeling Geogrfie, Planologie en Internationale Ontwikkelingsstudies, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Pp. 5.
Witsenburg, K. (2004).
Wat hebben natuurlijke hulpbronnen en gewelddadige conflicten met elkaar te maken? Jason Magazine, Jaargang 29, Nr 1 2004 pp. 23-26.
Wario R. Adano and Witsenburg, K(2003).
Global forest management decisions and the local use of forest resources in Kenya: exploring the link. Paper presented at the international conference on ‘Globalisation, localisation and tropical forest management in the 21st century’ in October 2003, Amsterdam. Available: ETFRN NEWS 39/40:
Online: http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/newsletter/news39/nl39_oip_6_5.htm
Witsenburg, K. (2002).
Waterschaarste leidt tot samenwerking. Geografie Januari 2002, pp.18-19
Other
2007:
Contribution to: Millennium Development Goals and Dutch Policy Coherence for Development. Quick Scan for Worldconnectors by Roeland Muskens and Frans Bieckmann.
Online at: http://www.worldconnectors.nl/file.php?id=50
2007:
Contribution to: Draft Policy Statement for Worldconnectors meeting January 2007 by Roeland Muskens and Frans Bieckmann.
2006:
Interview in the national newspaper NRC (2006) on the Kenyan educational system
2005:
Interview on the Turbi Massacre in the Magazine: Internationale Samenwerking Juli 2005
Mertens, P., Witsenburg, K. en Dietz, T.(2004)
Dilemma’s in de medische ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Verslag van het Symposium ter gelegenheid van het 21-jarig bestaan van de Stichting Medische Hulp Kenia (SMHK) en de 20e AMC-loop en fietstocht. Gouda: SMHK
2003:
Radio interview on Kenyan Elections on 15 Maart 2003: Radio Amsterdam
Paper presentations:
Karen Witsenburg 2007
The Turbi Massacre (2007) International seminar on conflicts in Kenya. Nairobi, Silversprings, 12-17 May 2007
Karen Witsenburg, Adano W. Roba and Ton Dietz (2005)
Land problems in pastoral areas: the case of land acquisition on Marsabit Mountain in Northern Kenya. Paper presented at the African Studies Annual Conference Washington DC 21 November 2005
Johan Brons, Anke Niehof, Ton Dietz and Karen Witsenburg (2005)
Collective behaviour as missing element in the analysis of vulnerability in less-favoured areas. Paper presented at the Wageningen-IFPRI International Workshop ''Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured Areas''
Adano, W.R and Witsenburg, K. (2003).
Surviving Pastoral Decline in Marsabit District. Paper presented at the International Dryland conference in Narok (Kenya) August 2003. Available as AGIDS/UVA working paper.
Witsenburg, K. & Adano, W. Roba (2002).
The use and management of water sources in Kenya’s drylands: Is there a link between scarcity and violent conflicts? Paper presented at the seminar ‘Conflicts over land and water management in Africa’. Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen, 28-29 Nov. 2002.
Witsenburg, K. & Adano, W (2002).
Sedentarisation; assessing the process on Marsabit Mountain. Paper presented at the CERES Summerschool June 2002.
Witsenburg, K. and Adano W.Roba (2001)
Dynamics of forest resources. Poster presented at CERES summer school 2001, Nijmegen.
Witsenburg, K. and Adano W. Roba (1998)
Resource dynamics in a fragile environment. Paper presented at CERES working programme 1 conference in Bergen, 1998.
Witsenburg, K. and Adano W.Roba (1997)
Land entitlements and ethnicity in Northern Kenya. Paper presented at CERES summer school 1997 in Artis, Amsterdam.