Sofus Christiansen
Born 1930 in Dalby, Sjælland, Denmark..
Danish citizen.
Married, two children..
Education
Cand. mag. (M.Sc.) 1955 , major in Geography, minors in Geology and Biology.
University gold medal 1955 (Treatise on coastal morphology).
Dr. phil. 1975 (Thesis ‘Subsistence on Bellona Island (Mungiki), British Solomon Islands).
Employments
Teacher (adjunct) at ‘Statens og Hovedstadskommunernes Kursus 1956-61.
Lecturer teacher’s college ’Statsseminariet på Emdrupborg’ 1961-63.
Researcher at the ’Noona Dan Expedition’ 1962.
Assistant at Geographical Institute, Univ. of Copenhagen 1963-65.
Lecturer, same place 1965-72.
Professor, same place 1972-99, retired..
Guest lecturer, same place, 2000 –.
Principal Technical Adviser at UNDP/UNSO, New York, 1985-88 (leave from univ.)
Technical Assistance Coordinator at the SADC Zacpro 6-project. 1997-98 (leave from univ.)
Evaluator for DANIDA at several projects, mainly in Africa.
Evaluator for UNDP and IUCN/WWF at many projects.
Professional positions
Member of the Council for Development Research 1975-86 (vicechairman).
Danish representative in the board of the Scandinavian Africa Institute, Uppsala. 1975-86.
Member of the Royal Danish Society of Sciences and Letters.
Member of the Danish National Committee for Geography.
Field research
Bellona and Rennell Islands 1962, 1964-65, 1969 and 1979. Faeroe Islands 1972 and 1986.
Heathlands in Jutland 1993-.
Field missions
Fact-finding, identification, formulation and evaluation missions for DANIDA, UNSO, UNDP and
IUCN in a series of countries, mainly in the Sudano-Sahelian zone, such as:
Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, the Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Egypt and Bangladesh.
Representative for DANIDA at several international meetings, seminars and conferences.
Main contributions:
Thesis 1975: Subsistence in Bellona Island (Mungiki). Folia Geogr. Danica vol. XIII.
Articles, chiefly on agricultural geography (shifting cultivation, infield-outfield systems, heathland farming ..)
Recent publications:
1999: (with P. Haggett, P. Vartiainen and S. Helmfrid) Swedish Research in Human Geography. Sthlm.
2001: Flows of Matter in a Traditional Heathland Farm about 1840. Geografisk Tidsskrift vol.101:43-62. Kbhvn
2002: Danish Heathlands: A Case of Desertification? Publiceret v. Landwirtschaftsmuseum Lüneburger Heide.
2002: Truslen mod Nildeltaet. SFINX 25, 2:45-51. Aarhus.
2004: Geography in Denmark. Belgeo 2004,1:59-68. Bruxelles.
2005: De første 125 år. Jubilæumsskrift for Det kgl. danske geografiske Selskab (in press)
2005: Traditional Spade Cultivation in the Faeroes (tilsendes ‘Frodskaparrit’, Tórshavn)
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