John Rand

Born: 22 September 1974.

Education: PhD in Economics, University of Copenhagen (2005).

Previous positions: Professor (mso) in Economics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen (2015-2020). Professor (mso) in Economics at the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen (2011-2014). Associate Professor in Economics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen (2008-2011). Assistant Research Professor in Economics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen (2005-2008).

Current position: Professor in Development Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (since 2021)

Open Office Hours: 

Mondays 10.00-12.00 (February-May)

Tuesdays 12.00-13.00 (November-December) 

Research profile

Professor in development economics. Member of Development Economics Research Group (DERG - www.econ.ku.dk/derg). Research primarily empirical, with a focus on being policy relevant in a developing country context. Research often carried out in collaboration with national ministries and research institutions (e.g. Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, South Africa, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia) but also with international organizations such as the ILO, OECD, UN and the World Bank. For further information please see Ideas/Repec profile https://ideas.repec.org/e/pra157.html or Google Scholar profile http://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=a3ZAY-gAAAAJ&hl=da.

Current externally funded research

- “Energy transition and climate-smart agriculture in Vietnam”. Details: ETCAV

- “Economic Research and Policy Making in Kenya”. Details: KENYA

- “Responding to heatwaves in displacement context”. Details: HEATWAVES

Development Economics

Research groups

Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

Asian Dynamics Initiative (ADI)

Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE)

UCPH Migration Research Platform (https://migration.ku.dk/) 

Head of Studies, Global Development

Teaching the following courses:

Development Economics (BA Economics)

Theories, Facts and Current Issues (TFC) (MSc Global Development)