Kari Bækgaard Eriksson

Short presentation

Kari Bækgaard Eriksson is currently working on two interdisciplinary Green Solution Centre projects: agroforestry and grazing on rewetted organic soils.

She recently finished her PhD degree, where she was researching opportunities and barriers for green transition of dairy farming in Denmark. The project was part of the interdisciplinary research project Cattle Crossroads at University of Copenhagen, where animal and veterinary science is merged with anthropology.

She has a master’s in animal science from University of Copenhagen with a focus on production animals, mainly cattle and pigs. Her research interests lie in systems thinking and the relations between humans, animals, and landscapes. In her work she explores how to think beyond relative sustainability measures and incorporate absolute perspectives, inspired by the planetary boundary framework.