Daniel Fitzpatrick

Daniel Fitzpatrick writes on land tenure in contexts of climate change and natural disasters. A past winner of the Hart Article Prize, Professor Fitzpatrick has been a Global Visiting Professor at New York University School of Law, and a Distinguished Visitor at the University of Toronto. From 2012 to 2016 he held a prestigious Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. Professor Fitzpatrick’s extensive public policy experience includes acting as the UN's land rights adviser in post-conflict East Timor (2000) and post-tsunami Aceh (2005-6). He is the primary author of the UN guidelines on addressing land issues after natural disasters, and is a member of the expert advisory committee for the Platform on Disaster Displacement. His most recent policy work for the World Bank is on Land Tenure and Disaster Risk Management in Situations of Fragility, Conflict and Violence.