Education

1989. High School degree, Christianshavns Gymnasium

1997. M.Sc. Biology, University of Aarhus

2001. Ph.D. in Agroecology. Dept. Agricultural Sciences, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University

Appointments

1997-2000. Ph.D. studies at Agroecology and Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

2001-2005. Assistant professor at Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

2005-2013. Associate professor in Biological Soil Fertility in the Tropics, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

2013- 2017. Professor with special responsibilities for education development at Department of Plant and Environmental Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Academic focus: Agricultural Development.

2017- 2021. Associate Dean and Professor at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen

2021-2023. Dean at Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University

2023-          Associate Dean at Faculty of SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen

Education development and capacity building

2008-2017   Study Director for Agricultural Development MSc

2009-2017   Program director for Agris Mundus Erasmus MSc program

2010-   Program director for AgTraIn Erasmus Joint Doctorate program

2013-2017   Study director for Natural Resources BSc

2004-2010 and 2015-2017  Coordinator of Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management – SLUSE. MSc capacity development program

2007-2010. University coordinator of Integrated Management of Natural Resources and Agricultural Development – INRAD. Asia-Link program (Denmark, France, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia).

2008 – 2011. Coordinator of ASPS – LIFE MSc program in Agricultural development. (Denmark, Mozambique, Benin and Uganda)

2013 – 2016. University coordinator of Agricultural and Rural Innovation in Eastern Africa (ARI). EDU link program (Denmark, Netherlands, France, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya).