Jytte Agergaard
Born: 23 June 1960
Marital status: married with two children (15 & 11)
Professional Address: Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10
DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Tel: +45 35322567, Fax: +45 35322501
E-mail: ja@geogr.ku.dk
Address: Classensgade 12, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark – Tel. +45 53421103
Occupation: Associate Professor, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen (IGUC)
University degrees: 1991 MSc in geography, IGUC; 1998 PhD in geography, IGUC
Employment record:
1991-1992 (maternity leave)
1992-1993 High school teacher, Copenhagen
1993-1998 PhD-scholarship at IGUC (incl. one year maternity leave)
1998-1999 Assistant professor, IGUC (DUCED SLUSE)
1999-2002 Assistant professor, IGUC
2002- Associate professor, IGUC
Recent, selected scientific projects and activities:
2005-2007 ‘Changing livelihoods in the coffee frontier in Vietnam’s Central Highlands: Exploring the role of rural-urban dynamics, global market integration and state involvement’, research project being part of the research program: ‘Rural-Urban Dynamics in a Globalizing World: Changing Livelihoods and Settlement Patterns in Frontier Regions of Africa and Asia’, funded by the Danish Council for Development Research
2004-2005 ‘Transitional rural landscapes’, small research project in a former homeland of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In collaboration with Dr. Torben Birch-Thomsen.
2004-2007 ‘Local responses to global education reforms: Lessons learnt from decentralisation and community involvement in public schooling in Nepal’. In collaboration with Dr Stephen Carney (Roskilde University) and Dr. Min Bh. Bista (Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu), funded by the Danish Council for Development Research
2001-2003 ‘Public Education; The Road to Development? An investigation into Perceptions and Expectations of Modern Education in Nepal’, funded by the.Danish Council for Development Research.
1993-1998 ‘Socio-economic and socio-cultural consequences of population growth and internal migration in Nepal’, PhD research funded by the Danish Council for Development Research.
Current research areas:
- Internal migration in developing countries, including studies of modernization processes in frontier settlements and socio-economic impacts on ‘source’ localities where the population basis is eroded.
- The role of decentralization for the implementation of educational reforms and migratory patterns
- The impact of globalization on ‘local’ development
Current teaching areas:
- Fieldwork training in developing countries
- Social geography
- Development geography specialization
- Migration and globalization
Popularization of research
· Public lectures for high school students and teachers focusing on migration and development geography
· Several popular papers on migration
· Demography chapters in several high school textbooks
Selected, publications since 2000
Agergaard, J & Birch-Thomsen, T. (forthcoming) ‘Transitional rural landscapes: the role of farming in former homelands of Post-Apartheid Kwa-Zulu Natal’, Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography.
Agergaard, J., Bista, M.B. & Carney, S. (submitted) ‘Empowering’ the ‘local’ through education? Exploring community managed schooling in Nepal’
Agergaard, J. (submitted) ‘Mind the Gap: Gender Inequalities in Primary Education in Nepal’
Agergaard; J. (2004) Public Education: The Road to Development? An Investigation into Perceptions and Expectations of Modern Education in Nepal. Research report presented to the Danish Council of Development Research
Agergaard, J., Ingrid Poulsen, Annette Skovsted Hansen & Kristine Kaaber Pors (2003) (eds.) Temanummer: Uddannelse og Udvikling. (special edition: Education and Development), Den Ny Verden, Vol. 36, No. 1.
Agergaard, J. & Ingrid Poulsen (2003) ’Kan uddannelse bane vejen for udvikling?’(Is education the road to developement?) Den Ny Verden, Vol. 36, No. 1.
Agergaard, J. (2003) ‘Pigers skolegang i Nepal: Fra målsætning til praksis’. (Girls’ Education: From Vision to Praxis) Den Ny Verden, Vol. 36, No. 1.
Agergaard, J. & Winther, L. (eds.) (2003) Geografiernes globalisering - geografi om globalisering, (edited book in Danish about geography and globalization), Akademisk Forlag, København.
Agergaard, J. & Winter, L. (2003) Er verden ude af kontrol?, i Agergaard, J. & Winther, L. (eds.) Geografiernes globalisering - geografi om globalisering, (edited book in Danish about geography and globalization), Akademisk Forlag, København.
Agergaard, J. 2003. ‘En verden uden grænser? Overvejelser om sammenhængen mellem globaliserings- og migrationsprocesser’ (about migration and globalisation), i Agergaard, J. & Winther, L. (eds.) Geografiernes globalisering - geografi om globalisering, (edited book in Danish about geography and globalization), Akademisk Forlag, København.
Agergaard, J. 2002. ‘Who wants girls to be educated? Combating gender inequalities in Nepalese education’. Paper presented at the 17th European Conference of Modern South Asian.
Agergaard, J. 2001. ‘Challenges of Decentralizing Public Schooling in Nepal’, working paper, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen.
Agergaard, J. 2001. Folk i bevægelse. Ansatser til en (praksis)tilgang inden for udviklings- og migrationsstudier, i Simonsen, K. (red.), Praksis, rum og mobilitet – socialgeografiske bidrag. København: Samfundslitteratur: 207-237.
Agergaard, J. 2001. ‘Challenging gender inequalities through educational reforms in Nepal’. Paper presented at Nordic Symposium of Critical Geography, Oslo, October.
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