Andreas Egelund Christensen

Professional Address: Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Tel: +45 35322500, Fax: +45 35322501

E-mail: aec@geogr.ku.dk

Occupation:                PhD fellow, at Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen (IGUC)

University degrees:    2002 MSc Geography, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen (IGUC)

Employment record:

2002-2005         Research Assistant, (IGUC); Teaching Assistant, (IGUC)

2005-2006-        Assistant Coordinator, NETARD (KVL); Phd fellow at IGUC

Recent, selected scientific projects and activities:

2003:             Co-organizer of the international conference on Local Land Use Strategies in a Globalizing World: Shaping Sustainable Natural and Social Environments held at the Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen.

2003-:            Co-Editor of three special issues of international journals (see publication list)

2005-:            Assistant Coordinator of NETARD promoting research use and integration in development assistance and communication of research results

2006:             PhD fellow at IGUC, attached to the Galathea project on Sustainable resource use or imminent collapse? Climate, livelihoods and production in the Southwest Pacific (CLIP)

Current research areas:

·         Livelihood systems and livelihood strategies, diversification and off-farm employment

·         Natural resource management and the role of agriculture in third world rural societies

Current teaching areas:

·         Globalisation and Spatial Changes

·         Farming Systems in the Tropics

Popularization of research

·         Organising Educational Fair for the Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen

·         Seminar held at the Centre for Basic Research. Kampala, Uganda – presentation of preliminary field work results 2000

Selected, reviewed publications

Mertz, O., Wadley, R.L. and Christensen, A.E. (2005): Local Land Use Strategies in a Globalizing World: Subsistence Farming, Cash Crops and Income Diversification. Agricultural Systems 85 (3): 209-215.

Mertz, O., Christensen, A.E., Højskov, P., Birch-Thomsen, T. (1999): Subsistence or cash: strategies for changes in shifting cultivation. Special Issue of Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography (1): 133-142.

Editor of three special issues:

Wadley, R.L., Mertz, O., and Christensen, A.E., eds. (forthcoming 2006): Local Land Use Strategies in a Globalizing World – Managing Social and Environmental Dynamics. Special Issue of Land Degradation and Development.

Mertz, O., Wadley, R.L. and Christensen, A.E., eds. (2005): Local Land Use Strategies in a Globalizing World: Subsistence Farming, Cash Crops and Income Diversification. Special Issue of Agricultural Systems 85 (3): 209-364.

Mertz, O., Wadley, R.L. and Christensen, A.E., eds. (2005): Territory, land use, and natural resources - local responses to globalization. Special Issue of Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 105 (1): 1-120.

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