Researchers

Lars Tønder at climate democray festival
Lars Tønder at Climate Democracy Festival

List of researchers within the social sciences with knowledge of climate and sustainability.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caroline Bertram
PhD fellow, Department of Political Science
Phone: +45 35 32 56 22
Mail: cb@ifs.ku.dk
- The possibilities and limitations of using trade policy to foster (non-economic) foreign policy objectives; the development of social and environmental sustainability issues in the European Union's (EU) trade policy, such as labour, environmental and climate protection
Michelle Merrill Betsill
Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: +45 35 33 08 26
Mail: m.betsill@ifs.ku.dk

- Global Environmental Politics
- Understanding the role of non-state and sub-national actors and transnational forms of governance related to issues such as climate change, marine conservation, and natural resource extraction

Ingrid Helene Brandt Jensen
PhD fellow, Department of Political Science
Phone: +45 35 33 37 62
Mail: ihbj@ifs.ku.dk
- Climate change
- Climate politics
Anthropocene
Ana C. Campera de Rezende Soares
PhD fellow, Department of Political Science
Phone: +45 35 33 11 66
Mail: anasoares@ifs.ku.dk
- The development and implementation of environmental policy in the European Union and the challenges European institutions and member-states face in this process (Spring 2021)
Olaf Corry

Olaf Corry
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Mail: oc@ifs.ku.dk
Twitter: @olaf.corry
- The politics of geoengineering
- Climate politics

- Protestmovements, social movements and political  commitment
- Emerging technologies and social change
- International Environmental Politics

Carl-Johan Dalgaard

Carl-Johan Lars Dalgaard
Professor, Department of Economics
Telephone: 35 32 44 07
Mail: carl.johan.dalgaard@econ.ku.dk
- Climate and economic growth
- Aid effectiveness

Jakob Dreyer
PhD fellow, Department of Political Science
Phone: +45 35 33 69 43
Mail: Jakob.Dreyer@ifs.ku.dk
- International politics with focus on the climate dimension, expecially climate security and climate diplomacy
- Member of Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts

Mads Ejsing Mads Ejsing
Postdoc, Department of Political Science
Mobile phone: 42 65 32 75
Mail: mae@ifs.ku.dk
- Climate Politics
- New materialism
- The relationship between democracy and climate change
Janek Bligaard Eskildsen
PhD fellow, Department of Economics
Phone: +45 35 36 46 47
Mail: jbe@econ.ku.dk
- Working within the fields of environmental economics and macroeconomics, i.e. computational economics, transportation, energy markets, integrated assessment models, and macroeconomics more broadly
Mogens Fosgerau Mogens Fosgerau
Professor, Department of Economics
Telephone: 35 33 42 72
Mail: Mogens.Fosgerau@econ.ku.dk 
- Climate and transportation
- Climate and rational inattention
Henrik Hansen Henrik Hansen
Professor, Department of Economics
Telephone: 35 32 44 05
Mail: henrik.hansen@econ.ku.dk
- Development Economics
- Growth and poverty
Torsten Hasforth

Torsten Hasforth
Teaching assistant, Department of Economics
Currently employed at Danish Energy
Telephone: 35 30 04 79
Mail: torsten.h@econ.ku.dk
- Economy of the conversion of the energy system
- Renewable energys share 
- European quota system
- Energy taxes

Jens Hoff Jens Hoff
Professor emeritus, Department of Political Science and head of Centre for Sustainability and Society (SUSY)
Mail: jh@ifs.ku.dk
- The citizens involvement in climate action
- Information about the invironment in the local communities in Denmark
- IT-based solutions to energy saving
- Green GDP
Uffe Jakobsen

Uffe Jakobsen
Associate professor, Department of Political Science
Telephone: 35 32 34 04
Mail: uj@ifs.ku.dk
- Developments in Greenland and the Arctic: Climate Change, Asian Interests, Security and Governance.
- Climate change and societal consequences in the Arctic 

Peter Kielberg Fisker
Postdoc, Department of Economics
Phone: +45 35 32 04 27
Mail: pkf@econ.ku.dk

Peter Kjær Kruse-Andersen Peter Kjær Kruse-Andersen
Assistant professor, Department of Economics
Telephone: 35 33 47 92
Mobile phone: 26 29 21 33
Mail: Peter.K.Kruse-Andersen@econ.ku.dk
- Climate Economy
- EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
- Economic growth and climate change
- Leakage of greenhouse gases
Kelton Minor Kelton Ray Minor
PhD fellow, Department of Economics
Mail: kmi@samf.ku.dk
Climate impacts research, climate social data science, social & behavioural adaptation, climate & health equity and climate econometrics
Jens Ladefoged Mortensen

Jens Ladefoged Mortensen
Associate professor, Department of Political Science
Telephone: 35 32 34 48
Mobile phone: 31 41 32 11
Mail: jlm@ifs.,ku.dk
- Green export- and trading politics
- EU trade agreements and sustainability
- Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA)
- WTO-disputes about climate politics

Peter Birch Sørensen Peter Birch Sørensen
Professor, Department of Economics
Mobile phone: 28 14 63 39
Mail: peter.birch.sorensen@econ.ku.dk
- Climate economy
- Optimal unilateral climate policy in an open economy faced with the risk of climate leakage
- Green GDP
Finn Tarp Finn Tarp
Professor, Department of Economics
Mobile phone: 93 50 91 61
Mail: finn.tarp@econ.ku.dk
- Development economics
- Economic politics
- Poverty and income distribution
Ole Wæver

Ole Wæver
Professor, Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts (CRIC)
Telephone: 26 17 40 77
Mail: ow@ifs.ku.dk
Twitter: @ole_waever
- Global power structures, conflict analysis and conflict
- Climate change as security issue

Lars Tønder Lars Tønder
Professor, Department of Political Science
Telephone: 35 32 04 89
Mail: lt@ifs.ku.dk
- Climate, democracy and leadership
- Anthropocene

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kristoffer Albris Kristoffer Albris
Assistant professor, Department of Anthropology
Mobile phone: 26 20 23 77
Mail: kristoffer.albris@anthro.ku.dk
- Climate adaption
- Catastrophes
- Risk management
Kirsten Hastrup Kirsten Blinkenberg Hastrup
Professor emeritus, Department of Anthropology
Telephone: 35 32 34 60
Mail: kirsten.hastrup@anthro.ku.dk
- The Arctic
- Nature and Environment
Hanna Mareen Berkel
Phd fellow, Department of Economics
Phone: +45 35 33 52 52
Mail: hmb@econ.ku.dk
- Small firms and natural disasters in developing countries, in particular in Mozambique
Søren Damsbo-Svendsen
PhD fellow, Department of Political Science
Phone: +45 35 32 14 46
Mail: sdas@ifs.ku.dk
- Opinion formation in the climate area with a focus on extreme weather events and the media coverage of the climate crisis, applying quantitative methods and data, including survey data, and have causal inference about climate opinion formation as goal
Cecilie Rubow Cecilie Rubow
Associate professor, Department of Anthropology
Telephone: 35 32 35 68
Mail: cecilie.rubow@anthro.ku.dk
- Climate change in Oceania
Susan Whyte Susan Whyte
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Telephone: 35 32 34 77
Mail: susan.whyte@anthro.ku.dk
- Earth
- Post war conflicts in Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Søren Damsbo-Svendsen
PhD fellow, Institute of Political Science
Phone: +45 35 32 14 46
Mail: sdas@ifs.ku.dk
- Opinion formation in the climate area with a focus on extreme weather events and the media coverage of the climate crisis, applying quantitative methods and data, including survey data, and have causal inference about climate opinion formation as goal
Nicole Doerr
Associate professor, Department of Sociology and leader of CoMMonS Research Centre for Political Mobilisation and Social Movement Studies
Telefon: +45 35 33 50 57
Mail: nd@soc.ku.dk
Guido Makransky
Professor, Department of Psychology
Mail: gm@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 62 76
- Behavioral climate change interventions
- Environmental education
- Immersive virtual reality as a mean to experience climate futures
Thomas Morton
Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: +45 35 32 63 56
Mail: thomas.morton@psy.ku.dk
- Identities, environment perception and environmental action
- Social norms and behavior change
- Climate change communication, public understanding of science, opinion polarisation
Hilda Rømer Christensen Hilda Rømer Christensen
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Telephone: 35 32 39 43
Mail: hrc@soc.ku.dk
- Gender and climate movements 
- Clima og sustainable transportation
- Climate politics relating to gender and diversity
Oluf Corry Olaf Corry
Associate professor, Department of Political Science
Telephone: 35 33 21 12
Mail: oc@ifs.ku.dk
Twitter: @olaf.corry
- Protestmovements, social movements and political commitment
- Political choices and new technologies
Mads Ejsing Mads Ejsing
PhD student, Department of Political Science
Mobile phone: 42 65 32 75
Mail: mae@ifs.ku.dk
- Climate politics
- New materialism
- The relationship between democracy and climate challenges
Quentin Gausset Quentin Gausset
Associate professor, Department of Anthropology
Telephone: 35 32 34 73
Mail: quentin.gausset@anthro.ku.dk
- Environmental anthropology
- Natural resource management
- CO2 foot print
- Environmental behaviour
Bente Halkier Bente Halkier
Professor, Department of Sociology
Telephone: 35 33 50 44
Mail: beh@soc.ku.dk
- Sociology of consumption
Anette Høite Hansen Anette Høite Hansen
PhD fellow, Department of Anthropology
Telephone: 35 32 61 71
Mail: ahh@anthro.ku.dk
- Sustainability
- Environmental behaviour
Jens Hoff Jens Hoff
Professor, Department of Political Science and head of Centre for Sustainability and Society (SUSY)
Telephone: 35 32 33 86
Mail: jh@ifs.ku.dk
- The citizens involvement in climate action
- Information  about the invironment in the local communities in Denmark
- IT-based solutions to energy saving
- Green GDP
Morten Wendler Jørgensen
PhD fellow, Department of Sociology
Phone: 20 76 95 41
E-mail: mwj@soc.ku.dk
- Sustainable food habits
- Sustainable behavior
- Everyday practice
- Social context
Troels Krarup Troels Krarup
Postdoc, Department of Sociology
Telephone: 35 33 76 93
Mail: tmk@soc.ku.dk
- Urban Green Communties
- Climate Adaption
Stine Krøijer Stine Krøijer
Associate professor, Department of Anthropology
Telephone: 35 32 15 81
Mail: stine.kroijer@anthro.ku.dk
- Extractive industries
- New social movements
Simon Westergaard Lex Simon Westergaard Lex
Assistant professor, Department of Anthropology
Mobile phone:  31 43 28 39
Mail: simon.lex@anthro.ku.dk
Can also be found on LinkedIn
- Sustainable cities and organizations
- Greentech and entrepreneurship
- Innovation and design
Kelton Minor Kelton Ray Minor
PhD fellow, Department of Economics
Telephone: 35 32 81 43
Mail: kmi@samf.ku.dk
- Climate change and health
- Climate econometrics
- Urban climate change and climate adaption
- Climate beliefs and behaviour
Cecilie Rubow Cecilie Rubow
Associate professor, Department of Anthropology
Telephone: 35 32 35 68
Mail: cecilie.rubow@anthro.ku.dk
- Nature ethics
- Climate diplomacy
- Activism
Ingo Zettler
Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: +45 35 32 48 50
Mail: ingo.zettler@psy.ku.dk
- Personality and (pro)environmental behavior
- Behavior change interventions
- Economic games as a mean to study environmental decision-making and behavior