Lasse Møller-Jensen

Professor, Ph.d
Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning

Ph.D, Geografi/Geoinformatik, 1993
Kandidat, Kulturgeografi, 1989 
Bifag, Datalogi, 1989

Forskningsområder

Geografiske informationssystemer og geoinformatik i bystudier og byplanlægning. Rumlig analyse af byudvikling med brug af satellitbilleder. Analyse af transportnetværk, tilgængelighed og mobilitet. Opbygning af forsknings- og undervisningskapacitet i udviklingslande.

Andre aktiviteter

• Head of Geography Section 2012-2016
• Head of research group: Cities, Landscapes and Geoinformatics, IGG 2009-2012
• Head of IT-board, IGG, 2009-2012
• Reviewer for various journals including International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing and Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Remote Sensing of Environment, TESG, Journal of Economic and Social Geography, Earth Interactions.
• Evaluation of research applications: Faroese Research Council, 2012
• Innovation Ambassador, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen 2006-2009
• Scientific evaluation for the AARSE conference, Ghana, 2008
• Member of Editorial Board, Geoforum Perspektiv, 2008-
• Member of Evaluation Board / Associate Professorship, Aalborg University
• Member of Evaluation Board / Associate Professorship, Roskilde University
• Member of programme committee for the ScanGIS 07 conference
• Member of organizing committee for the AGILE 07 conference
• Board member, Institute of Geography 2000-2006
• Board member of the IT-competence centre of the Faculty of Science 2002-2004
• Member of the commission for IT strategy of the Faculty of Science 2000-2002
• Member of AGILE (association of Geographic Information laboratories in Europe)
• Evaluation of research project proposals for Fundacão para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Ministry of Science and Technology, Portugal, March 2000.
• Member of the Scientific Committee for the Third Int. Remote Sensing of Urban Areas Symposium 2002
• Danida mission to Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 1994

Feltarbejde og forskningsophold

Mere end 30 års erfaring med feltarbejde, forskningssamarbejde og kapacitetsopbygning i Vestafrika (Ghana, Senegal), Østafrika (Tanzania) og Asien (Mongoliet, Thailand, Vietnam)

2012: Forskningsbesøg ved SDSU, San Diego. 

1997 – 1998: 8 måneders ophold ved Department of Geography and Resources Development, University of Ghana, Accra. Danida-financieret forskningssamarbejde, kapacitetsopbygning og vejledning af studerende.

Eksterne forskningsmidler

• Climate Change Resilience in Urban Mobility. (2018-2023). FFU. DKK 9.8 mill. PI
• RurbanAfrica. (2012-2016) EU – FB/Collaborative project.   
• Agricultural growth and poverty pockets in Mekong Danida-FFU (2011-2014) - consultant
• Future of Urban Tanzania. (2010-2013). Strategic Research Council: Development Research (FFU).  PI/North
• Small scale mining (2008-2010).  Geocenter Denmark.
• WANSEC - West African Network for Studies of Environmental Change, FFU (2008-2012)
• E-science, University of Copenhagen  (2008-2009)
• Rural-Urban Dynamics in a Globalizing World: Changing Livelihoods and Settlement Patterns in Frontier Regions of Africa and Asia in collaboration with participants from four program countries, Ghana, Vietnam, Thailand, and Tanzania. Financed by Danish Council for Development Research. (2005-2009)
• Urban growth in Denmark. Ministry of the Environment (2005-2007)
• ESPON 1.3.3 The role and spatial effects of cultural heritage and identity. EU-ESPON-2006 program. (2004-2006)
• Application of remote sensing and digi­tal image processing for environ­mental monitor­ing, education and research. Capacity Building - University of Ghana. Danida-Enreca. (1992-2005). PI from 1997.
• Strategic Environmental Research Programme: TRIP- Commuting, teleworking and transport, 2. Integrated traffic, regional economic and impact models 2001-2004

Undervisning og vejledning

More than 50 masters students completed. 8 ph.d students in Denmark and Ghana. Extensive teaching experience within Geographical Information Systems, Satellite Remote Sensing and Urban Planning on all levels.

Aktuel undervisning:

GIS og Kartografi
GIS i planlægning og administration
Applied GIS and geoinformatics for urban spatial analysis 
Applikationsprogrammering til GIS (Python)
Felt- og metodekurser i USA og Vietnam
PhD-, speciale og bachelorvejledning

Forskningsinteresser

Geografiske informationssystemer og geoinformatik i bystudier og byplanlægning. Rumlig analyse af byudvikling med brug af satellitbilleder. Analyse af transportnetværk, tilgængelighed og mobilitet. Opbygning af forsknings- og undervisningskapacitet i udviklingslande. Web- og mobilbaserede GIS-løsninger. Geodata.