Frederik Uldall

Kort præsentation

Academic secretary/research administrator/course organiser/project manager

Main affiliations:
(1) HOBE – Center for Hydrology – a Hydrological Observatory. www.hobe.dk
(2) ICOS – Integrated Carbon Observation System. www.icos-denmark.dk

Secondary affiliations:
(1) FIVA International School of Water Ressources (Closed).
(2) EVA - Forskningsbaseret efter- og videreuddannelse i vandressourcer (Closed).
(3) Hydrologiforum. www.hydrologidag.dk
(4) Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen.

Examples of tasks
Management and design of database containing meteorological, soil moisture, groundwater, and discharge data. Maintenance of three fieldstation PCs. Installation of websites. Webmaster of two websites. Writing news stories for websites. Backup of project data and websites. Proofreading of scientific articles for peer reviewed journals. Keeping track of publications and field site instrumentation. Guest lecturing in “Theories of Science”. Financial management and preparation of annual accounts/reports to THE VILLUM FOUNDATION. Conference planning (e.g. Hydrology Day in Odense). Coordination of project meetings and annual scientific meetings with international advisory board (approx. 30 project meetings and 5 international seminars). Preparation of meeting material. Taking minutes. PhD course management (approx. 25 international courses). Planning and coordination of field trips. Travel arrangements for international researchers and PhD students. Video editing. Hotel booking and reimbursement of expenses. Administration of job applications. Fundraising. Procurement of scientific equipment. Project car management and maintenance. Miscellaneous support to department employees. Administration of university field stations: Salten Skov Laboratoriet, Skalling Laboratoriet, and Denmark House (Ghana) (latter discontinued).

CV

Work experience

2006, Jun. – 2006, Sep. - Occasional Research Assistant, LSE, London
E.g. translation of focus group discussions (Danish to English) for Dr. Michael T. Barr and Professor Nikolas Rose, for the research project: “Genome-based Therapeutic Drugs for Depression: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues”.

2005, Jan. – 2006, Mar. - Project Manager, KRING Technologies India PVT Ltd. Later renamed to: Initto Technologies India PVT
Project Manager for a team consisting of approx. 20 Indian employees. I.e., software developers, testers and designers in KRING Technologies’ offshore development centre in New Delhi (Gurgaon).

2004, Apr. – 2004, Jul. - Project Assistant and CSR researcher, Nordic Partnership Secretariat, Copenhagen (closed)
Has conducted a review of the Nordic governments’ follow-up on the agenda for Sustainable Consumption and Production agreed at the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 2002. Has in this connection interviewed 12 representatives from Nordic ministries and the Nordic Council of Ministers. Has participated in organising the seminar: “Sustainable Production and Consumption – where is the current agenda, and how can it be made attractive to business? A high-level multi-stakeholder workshop.”, June 2004.

2002, Oct. – 2003, Oct. - Research Assistant and Pre-Doc, Copenhagen Business School
Center for Corporate Values and Responsibility, Department of Intercultural Communication and Management. Renamed to CBS Sustainability, Department of Management, Society and Communication.

1997, Oct. – 2001, Feb. - Assistant Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Department for United Nations Development Assistance.
Administration of foreign aid to UN’s development organisations (e.g. ILO, UNESCO, UNAIDS, and WHO) and to several international and Danish NGOs (e.g. Fagbevægelsens Ulandssekretariat). Duties included making budgets, handling disbursements, doing accounting, writing policy papers, and monitoring the organisations. www.um.dk/en/