Short presentation

I am interested in research and education in relation to social and environmental justice and political ecology, from the forests of Nepal to urban green spaces in Scandinavia. I also enjoy working with education development, knowledge management, and the use of new technologies for education and knowledge dissemination.

I am Course Responsible for Natur og Landskabspolitik and Motivation and Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Managing Change. I co-teach on Environmental Justice, Urban Forestry Urban Greening, and Environmental Management in Europe. I also teach Environmental Policy in Practice at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS).  

Selected publications

Whose Park? The forty-year fight for Folkets Park under Copenhagen’s evolving urban managerialism. / Rutt, RL; Loveless, S. In: People, Place and Policy, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2018, p. 99-117.

FLEGT : another "forestry fad"? / Rutt, RL; Myers, R; Ramcilovic-Suominen, S; McDermott, C. Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 89, 2018, p. 266-272.

Quests for justice and mechanisms of suppression in Flint, Michigan. / Rutt, RL; Bluwstein, J. In: Environmental Justice, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2017, p. 27-35.

Green justice in the city : a new agenda for urban green space research in Europe. / Rutt, RL; Gulsrud, N. In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Vol. 19, 2016, p. 123-127.

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Education

Ph.D., Development Studies, (2014), Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 

MS.c., International Development, (2007), International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands

B.A., International Relations, (2004), Rollins College, Florida, U.S.A.

Employment

University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Denmark (2018-present)

University of East Anglia, School of International Development, U.K. (2017-2018)

University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability, USA (2016)

University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Denmark (2010-2016)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Forestry Department, Italy (2007-2010)