Maya Pasgaard

Short presentation

RESEARCH AREAS:
Integrated conservation and development projects in the Global South

Sociopolitical dimensions of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation

Policy discourses concerning ‘equity’, ‘efficiency’, ‘effectiveness’ and ‘local community’

Actor networks and the multidirectional translation of policy and outcomes

Meso-level experts: conservation and development practitioners, community representatives;

Distribution, production and exchange of scientific knowledge, in particular on climate change

Securitization, expertise and the shifting governance of Ecosystem Services

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ACADEMIC EDUCATION

2014 PhD in Environmental Science and Policy Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

2009 M.Sc. in Biology Section for Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen. Topics: conservation and invasion biology, environmental law and economics, conflict management. Defended November 20, 2009.

2006 B.Sc in Biology Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2016 –   Assistant professor, Section for Geography, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen.

2014 – 2016 Post-doctoral researcher, Section for Geography, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen.

2009 – 2014 PhD Scholar, Section for Global Development, University of Copenhagen. Project title: “Challenges of ensuring equity. The study of a forest protection policy (REDD+) in Cambodia”. Key activities include 4 months field work in Cambodia, 100+ interviews in villages, bibliometric analyses, peer reviewed publications, conference presentations, teaching. Funded by a competitive scholarship from Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, and a WWF/Novo Nordisk grant. Collaborating with Pact Cambodia. Submission of thesis: December 20, 2013 (on time¹). Defended February 28, 2014.

OTHER SCIENTIFIC QUALIFICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Main organizer of research workshops “Approaching the Political in Mineral Resources”, June 16, 2016, Copenhagen, and “Securitization and the boundaries of security”, May 8, 2015, Copenhagen

Initiator and coordinator of Social Theory reading group at the research group “Ecology and Society in Developing Countries”, 2015-2016.

Main organizer of international conference “Carbon-Land-Property”, 130 participants, July 1-4, 2014, Copenhagen

Co-organizer of PhD course in Political Ecology, 2012

Main organizer of seminar “Social Dimensions of REDD – A Comparative Perspective”, June 2012

Observer at the Conference of the Parties (COP) climate change negotiations in Cancun, Mexico (2010) and in Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)

Software skills: iMap Builder version 2.50 for interactive world maps, HistCite version 11.9.12 for bibliometric analysis of publications, Endnote X6 reference software, QSR Nvivo version 10 for qualitative data analysis

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

2015 - 2016 Part of international research network “Ecosystem Services, Wellbeing and Justice” coordinated at University of East Anglia, UK

2014 Part of international research project “Impacts of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks”, 2011-2014, SP1-Cooperation, FP7-ENV-2010.

2011 Visiting researcher Pact Cambodia, implementing partner of Cambodian REDD+, Phnom Penh

2011 Screening study Conflict management in the natural resource sector, Nepal and Cambodia

2010 Visiting scholar Oregon State University, Department of Speech Communication

2009 Research in Kruger National Park / Hluhluwe National Park, South Africa Fieldwork for M.Sc. thesis on lion preservation in South Africa

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