Section for Global Development

The group engages in inter-disciplinary research on economic, political, environmental, and institutional dynamics in developing countries. Research areas include issues of livelihoods, small-scale industry, trade, and labour; of climate change mitigation and adaptation; of forest and natural resource management; of resource conflicts and land grabbing; and of governance, state formation, and corruption.
Currently, research takes place in Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Senegal.
Professor Christian Lund is head of the section for Global Development.
News
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How a PhD Became a Documentary
2020.04.03 -
Historical inequalities and uncertain land tenure systems create problems in protected areas of Patagonia
2020.01.29 -
Board game about sustainability designed by a research project wins award
2019.11.26 -
Another prestigious award for the UCPH project ‘It’s Our Forest Too’
2019.08.02