Biography

Associate Professor in Natural Resource Politics and Governance at the University of Copenhagen (IFRO/Department of Food- and Resource economics) with more than 35 years of experience in research in East Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. I teach and supervise PhD and graduate students, lead and participate in collaborative research projects, currently focusing on citizen science in Tanzania, nature-based solutions in Kenya, and small farmers’ climate change adaptation in Ethiopia. My main fields of interest include forest and climate change governance, nature-based solutions, REDD+, community based natural resource management, global environmental governance, decentralization, pastoralists’ adaptation and land issues, and qualitative methods.

• Institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH)