Jens Friis Lund

Short presentation

I am professor of political ecology. My background is a PhD from University of Copenhagen on economic and political aspects of decentralised forest management in Tanzania. Most of my research is concerned with popular participation in management of forests and other natural resources in developing countries. Within this broad area I have been focusing on: decentralized taxation of forest products; local knowledge in forest management; the division of and struggle for power over forest resources among actors ranging from State to rural dwellers and; the impacts of popular participation on forest conservation, rural livelihoods and local enfranchisement. Geographically, my research has focused mainly on Tanzania, but I have worked on some of the above mentioned issues in Nepal, Mozambique, Laos and India. I have also done some collaborative work on the political economy of timber exploitation in Ghana. Finally, I am increasingly engaging with the political economy of climate change and mitigation and the role of social movements in this.

CV

September 2017 -

Professor of Political Ecology

Department of Food and Resource Economics, KU-SCIENCE

January 2013 - August 2017

Associate professor

Department of Food and Resource Economics, KU-SCIENCE

December 2009 - January 2013

Associate Professor

Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning (S&L)

Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark

March 2007 – December 2009

Assistant Professor

Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning (S&L)

Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark

December 2003 – March 2007

PhD student

Institute of Economics, Forestry and Planning

The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL), Denmark

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