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Research
My research is based on an interdisciplinary approach to navigating ‘landscapes’ affected by what Bent Flyvbjerg terms as “Science Wars”. Interdisciplinarity has the capacity to accommodate diversity, to “orchestrate the sciences” by combining them productively and applying them to an understanding of the complexities related to the environment and sustainability. I am inspired by social constructivism, discourse analysis, and critical political ecology, among other approaches.
Primary fields of research:
Environment and Sustainability
* The role of the market in relation to environmental sustainability
* Ecotourism, both North-South and South-South, rural and urban
* Wildlands/biodiversity conservation
* Integration of development and conservation policies
* Climate change, both mitigation and adaptation
Higher education and capacity building in Africa
* Knowledge and knowledge production under changing conditions in African universities
* North-South cooperation linked to higher education and capacity building
Political development and governance in Africa
* Trends in Africa’s political development
* National and local governance related to institutional capacities
* The on-going Zimbabwe crisis with special focus on socio-economic and environmental issues
Security and Conflict in Africa
* Rural land conflicts, land/green grabbing
* International strategies related to security and development
Development Aid
* Bilateral development policy with special focus on Danish aid
* Aid and poverty alleviation in Africa
* Entrepreneurial private sector and NGO aid interventions
Current research:
The following are concrete research areas:
The Role of the Market in Promoting Sustainability:
This research focuses on payments for environmental services or other forms of market mechanisms (such as tourism) designed as a pro-poor strategy for sustainable development in Africa. It examines stakeholder perceptions of synergies between poverty alleviation and conservation of natural resources. A new focus is on the implications of urban-based eco-tourism for rural livelihoods and biodiversity.
Governing Natural Resources under Globalisation
This focuses on multi-layered environmental governance systems - the roles and effects of international, national and local governance actors on natural resource management in Africa with special focus on conservation of biodiversity in Africa.
The future of capacity building in African higher education
This focuses on the geography of knowledge and knowledge production in African institutions, scholars and student. Looking and working around African universities struggling to balance demands for internationalisation and/or Africanisation linked to knowledge, knowledge production and specific curriculum.
Helping Africa?
This focuses on Danish development aid policies, as well as the implications of new entrepreneurial private sector/ NGO initiatives in Africa.
Teaching and supervision
Current core teaching:
* Nature, Population and Society in Africa (core course)
* Africa and Globalisation: Linking and Delinking Practices in Perspective
* Governing Africa’s Natural Resources
Recent/past teaching:
* Helping Africa?
* Thesis seminar
* Modern Conflict – New Wars (in cooperation with Thomas Mandrup, FAK)
* Politics, development and change in Africa
* In a climate of climatic changes
* Society and Environment in Africa
* New hope for Africa?
* Africa on Business Class
* External sources for Africa's Development
* Is Africa on the way to achieving the Millennium Development Goals?
* Africa under globalisation
* Academic dissimilation
Occasional teaching experiences at other Danish and international universities.
Supervision of PhD and MA students with different topics related to Africa.
Short presentation
Research
My research is based on an interdisciplinary approach to navigating ‘landscapes’ affected by what Bent Flyvbjerg terms as “Science Wars”. Interdisciplinarity has the capacity to accommodate diversity, to “orchestrate the sciences” by combining them productively and applying them to an understanding of the complexities related to the environment and sustainability. I am inspired by social constructivism, discourse analysis, and critical political ecology, among other approaches.
Primary fields of research:
Environment and Sustainability
* The role of the market in relation to environmental sustainability
* Ecotourism, both North-South and South-South, rural and urban
* Wildlands/biodiversity conservation
* Integration of development and conservation policies
* Climate change, both mitigation and adaptation
Higher education and capacity building in Africa
* Knowledge and knowledge production under changing conditions in African universities
* North-South cooperation linked to higher education and capacity building
Political development and governance in Africa
* Trends in Africa’s political development
* National and local governance related to institutional capacities
* The on-going Zimbabwe crisis with special focus on socio-economic and environmental issues
Security and Conflict in Africa
* Rural land conflicts, land/green grabbing
* International strategies related to security and development
Development Aid
* Bilateral development policy with special focus on Danish aid
* Aid and poverty alleviation in Africa
* Entrepreneurial private sector and NGO aid interventions
Current research:
The following are concrete research areas:
The Role of the Market in Promoting Sustainability:
This research focuses on payments for environmental services or other forms of market mechanisms (such as tourism) designed as a pro-poor strategy for sustainable development in Africa. It examines stakeholder perceptions of synergies between poverty alleviation and conservation of natural resources. A new focus is on the implications of urban-based eco-tourism for rural livelihoods and biodiversity.
Governing Natural Resources under Globalisation
This focuses on multi-layered environmental governance systems - the roles and effects of international, national and local governance actors on natural resource management in Africa with special focus on conservation of biodiversity in Africa.
The future of capacity building in African higher education
This focuses on the geography of knowledge and knowledge production in African institutions, scholars and student. Looking and working around African universities struggling to balance demands for internationalisation and/or Africanisation linked to knowledge, knowledge production and specific curriculum.
Helping Africa?
This focuses on Danish development aid policies, as well as the implications of new entrepreneurial private sector/ NGO initiatives in Africa.
Teaching and supervision
Current core teaching:
* Nature, Population and Society in Africa (core course)
* Africa and Globalisation: Linking and Delinking Practices in Perspective
* Governing Africa’s Natural Resources
Recent/past teaching:
* Helping Africa?
* Thesis seminar
* Modern Conflict – New Wars (in cooperation with Thomas Mandrup, FAK)
* Politics, development and change in Africa
* In a climate of climatic changes
* Society and Environment in Africa
* New hope for Africa?
* Africa on Business Class
* External sources for Africa's Development
* Is Africa on the way to achieving the Millennium Development Goals?
* Africa under globalisation
* Academic dissimilation
Occasional teaching experiences at other Danish and international universities.
Supervision of PhD and MA students with different topics related to Africa.
Short presentation
Research
My research is based on an interdisciplinary approach to navigating ‘landscapes’ affected by what Bent Flyvbjerg terms as “Science Wars”. Interdisciplinarity has the capacity to accommodate diversity, to “orchestrate the sciences” by combining them productively and applying them to an understanding of the complexities related to the environment and sustainability. I am inspired by social constructivism, discourse analysis, and critical political ecology, among other approaches.
Primary fields of research:
Environment and Sustainability
* The role of the market in relation to environmental sustainability
* Ecotourism, both North-South and South-South, rural and urban
* Wildlands/biodiversity conservation
* Integration of development and conservation policies
* Climate change, both mitigation and adaptation
Higher education and capacity building in Africa
* Knowledge and knowledge production under changing conditions in African universities
* North-South cooperation linked to higher education and capacity building
Political development and governance in Africa
* Trends in Africa’s political development
* National and local governance related to institutional capacities
* The on-going Zimbabwe crisis with special focus on socio-economic and environmental issues
Security and Conflict in Africa
* Rural land conflicts, land/green grabbing
* International strategies related to security and development
Development Aid
* Bilateral development policy with special focus on Danish aid
* Aid and poverty alleviation in Africa
* Entrepreneurial private sector and NGO aid interventions
Current research:
The following are concrete research areas:
The Role of the Market in Promoting Sustainability:
This research focuses on payments for environmental services or other forms of market mechanisms (such as tourism) designed as a pro-poor strategy for sustainable development in Africa. It examines stakeholder perceptions of synergies between poverty alleviation and conservation of natural resources. A new focus is on the implications of urban-based eco-tourism for rural livelihoods and biodiversity.
Governing Natural Resources under Globalisation
This focuses on multi-layered environmental governance systems - the roles and effects of international, national and local governance actors on natural resource management in Africa with special focus on conservation of biodiversity in Africa.
The future of capacity building in African higher education
This focuses on the geography of knowledge and knowledge production in African institutions, scholars and student. Looking and working around African universities struggling to balance demands for internationalisation and/or Africanisation linked to knowledge, knowledge production and specific curriculum.
Helping Africa?
This focuses on Danish development aid policies, as well as the implications of new entrepreneurial private sector/ NGO initiatives in Africa.
Teaching and supervision
Current core teaching:
* Nature, Population and Society in Africa (core course)
* Africa and Globalisation: Linking and Delinking Practices in Perspective
* Governing Africa’s Natural Resources
Recent/past teaching:
* Helping Africa?
* Thesis seminar
* Modern Conflict – New Wars (in cooperation with Thomas Mandrup, FAK)
* Politics, development and change in Africa
* In a climate of climatic changes
* Society and Environment in Africa
* New hope for Africa?
* Africa on Business Class
* External sources for Africa's Development
* Is Africa on the way to achieving the Millennium Development Goals?
* Africa under globalisation
* Academic dissimilation
Occasional teaching experiences at other Danish and international universities.
Supervision of PhD and MA students with different topics related to Africa.
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):
Keywords
- Faculty of Theology
- Developmental and environmental issues in Africa. Development: Aid, poverty reduction, tourism, governance, India in Africa. Environmental issues: Stakeholders in the management of biodiversity, climate change in relation to natural resources.
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Klimaet bidrager til samfundsmæssige transformationer i Afrika og udfordre (måske) Giddens paradoks
Jensen, S. E. B., 2019, 6 p. Globalnyt : Global Nyt.Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
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Afrika-ekspert: Socialdemokratiets Afrika udspil minder om tv-serien Liberty
Jensen, S. E. B., 2018, Altinget.dk, Frederiksholmskanal 20, 1. sal, 1220 København K,.Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
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Afrikaforsker om S-udspil: Afstanden mellem problemer og initiativer er galaktisk
Jensen, S. E. B., 28 Feb 2018, Altinget.dk, Frederiksholmskanal 20, 1. sal, 1220 København K,.Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
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Danmarks nationalparker kan forværre den globale biodiversitetskrise
Jensen, S. E. B., 27 Oct 2018, In: Dagbladet Information.Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to newspaper - Newspaper article
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Dansk bistand til Uganda forhindrer ikke demokrati
Jensen, S. E. B. & Laursen, J., 2018, Global Nyt.Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication
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Fishing in Dangerous Waters? How narratives of ‘piracy’ and ‘security’ shaped development initiatives in the Somaliland fishery sector
Jensen, S. E. B. & Rasmussen, A. M., 1 Jan 2018, Marketing Management in Africa. Tesar, G. & al, E. (eds.). Routledge, p. 40-69 31 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Is Growing Urban-Based Ecotourism Good News for the Rural Poor and Biodiversity Conservation? A Case Study of Mikumi, Tanzania
Jensen, S., 31 May 2018, The Environmental Crunch in Africa. Abbink, J. (ed.). Springer, p. 113-135 Chapter 5Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Is growing urban ecotourisme good news for the rural poor and biodiversity conservation
Jensen, S. E. B., 2018, The Ecological Crunch in Africa?: Growth Narratives vs. Local Environmental Realities. Abbink, J. (ed.). Leiden University, The Netherland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 113-135 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review