Manja Hoppe Andreasen

Manja Hoppe Andreasen

PhD in Geography, MSc in International Development Studies and Public Administration

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-3945

  • Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 København K, 06 OmrÃ¥de VI, 06-2-639

20102017

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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 7th 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

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Education/Academic qualification

Suburbanization, intra-urban mobility and homeownership aspirations: Exploring processes and dynamics of urban expansion from the viewpoint of residents living in the periphery of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 30 Jun 2016

Struggling to survive, or adapting for the future. Understanding climate change problems, responses and capacities from the perspective of farmers, fishermen and workers in rural Bangladesh, Roskilde University

Award Date: 13 May 2011

External positions

Utrecht Universitet

1 Aug 2018 → 31 Jul 2019

Københavns Universitet

23 Jul 2016 → 31 Dec 2016

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Urban development
  • Urban expansion
  • Urbanization
  • African cities
  • Informal urban development
  • Urban planning
  • Informal housing
  • Settlement patterns
  • Residential mobility patterns
  • Mobility
  • Infrastructure development
  • Climate change adaptation

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