Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO)

Section for Global Development

Onions on sale, Tanzania 2010, Photo: Jens Friis Lund — Onions on sale, Tanzania 2010 (Photo: Jens Friis Lund)

About the section

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.

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How a PhD Became a Documentary

2020.04.03

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Historical inequalities and uncertain land tenure systems create problems in protected areas of Patagonia

2020.01.29

Systematic repression through harassment, violence and bureaucracy. This is how families experience … »
Board game about sustainability designed by a research project wins award

2019.11.26

Savanna Life was designed by an interdisciplinary team working with a game designer to facilitate … »
Another prestigious award for the UCPH project ‘It’s Our Forest Too’

2019.08.02

The Prey Lang Community Network in Cambodia has with help from UCPH researchers started protecting … »

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Christian Lund

Elsebeth Vidø

Section for Global Development

About the section

News

How a PhD Became a Documentary

Historical inequalities and uncertain land tenure systems create problems in protected areas of Patagonia

Board game about sustainability designed by a research project wins award

Another prestigious award for the UCPH project ‘It’s Our Forest Too’