Manja Hoppe Andreasen

Kort præsentation

My research is situated in the cross-field between urban and development geography. My research interests revolve around urban transformations and city dynamics in the context of developing countries. Given the scale and pace of on-going urban transformations, particularly in Africa and Asia, research into this can provide crucial insights with implications for urban policymakers and planners confronting the formidable challenge of fostering inclusive, resilient and sustainable urban development. My research engages with a wide range of pressing urban issues, including informal housing, unplanned urban expansion, urban land investments, residential mobility, daily mobility, transport systems, climate change resilience and infrastructure development. I have research experience from Tanzania, Bangladesh and Ghana.

Current and recent research projects

Climate Change Resilience in Urban Mobility (2018-2022). This project is supported by DANIDA/FFU and jointly undertaken by Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management at University of Copenhagen, Department of Geography and Resource Development at University of Ghana and Institute for Scientific and Technological Information, Accra. www.ign.ku.dk/english/climaccess

The urban land nexus and inclusive urbanization in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and Khartoum (2017-2020). This project is supported by DfID East Africa Research Hub and led by the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. www.ids.ac.uk/projects/the-urban-land-nexus-and-inclusive-urbanization-in-dar-es-salaam-mwanza-and-khartoum

The rise of the African middle class: Understanding the nexus of middle class formation and urban transformation processes in Africa (2018-2019). This research is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation and has included a research stay at Utrecht University jointly hosted by The Netherlands Land Academy and the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning

African Rural-City Connections (Rurban Africa) (2012-2016). This project was supported by the European Union the 7^th Research Framework Programme (theme SSH) and led by Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management at University of Copenhagen in collaboration with nine other partner institutions from Tanzania, Rwanda, Cameroon, Ghana, the Netherlands, France and UK. www.rurbanafrica.ku.dk

Teaching 2019/2020

Globalisering og lokal udvikling i u-landene
https://kurser.ku.dk/course/ngeb10023u/2019-2020

Environment, Society and Development 
https://kurser.ku.dk/course/nigk17008u/2019-2020

Problemorienteret projektarbejde 
https://kurser.ku.dk/course/ngeb10011u/2019-2020

Kulturgeografisk feltkursus 
https://kurser.ku.dk/course/ngea09053u/2019-2020

CV

Former positions

2018-2019: Visiting researcher, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University
2016: Postdoc, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
2012-2016: PhD student, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen

Grants

2016: The Carlsberg Foundation’s Internationalisation Fellowship

Academic qualifications

2016: PhD in Geography, University of Copenhagen 
2011: MSc in International Development Studies and Public Administration, Roskilde University

Fieldwork

2018-2019: 6 weeks fieldwork in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza, Tanzania

2013-2014: 6 months fieldwork in Dar es Salam, Tanzania

2010: 4 months of fieldwork in rural district in Bangladesh

Reviewer for the following journals: Habitat International, Cities – The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, Geografisk Tidsskrift - Danish Journal of Geography, International Development Planning Review, Environmental Earth Science, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Open Geosciences, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation