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Quentin Gausset

Associate Professor

  • Øster Farimagsgade 5, Opgang E

    1353 København V

19962020

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Primary fields of research

Regional specialisation: West-Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso), Southern Africa (South-Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia), East-Africa (Tanzania, Uganda), Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand) and Denmark. 

Thematic specialisation: Environmental anthropology, natural resource management, development, AIDS, action research, identity, ethnicity, autochthony and indigeneity, kinship, religion, field methods.

Research groups: Nature and environmental change + Globalisation and development

My research has dealt with different themes and regions, from classical ethnography with focus on religion and ethnicity in Cameroon, to AIDS prevention in Zambia and Burkina Faso, and to socio-cultural aspects of natural resource management in Burkina Faso, Tanzania (agro-forestry), Cameroon (agro-pastoral conflicts), Malaysia (management of Niah national park), Thailand, Botswana, Swaziland, South-Africa (sustainable use of natural resources) and Denmark (reduction of CO2 emissions).

Research gate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Quentin_Gausset

Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.is/citations?user=mRLjct0AAAAJ&hl=en

 

CV

Born
27/03/1969

Education
PhD in Anthropology, Free University of Brussels (1997)

Previous positions
Teaching assistant, External Lecturer, Post-Doc at the Department of Anthropology, Copenhagen University (1997-2004)

Current position
Associate Professor (since 2005). International coordinator

Knowledge of languages

Francais, English, Dansk

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 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Environment
  • Development
  • Africa
  • Interdisciplinarity
  • South East Asia

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