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MANAGEMENT
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Head of the Department, Dr. Gry Synnevåg. Photo: Evy Jørgensen

Gry Synnevåg, PhD
Head of Department
Phone: +47 64 96 53 22 (gry.synnevag*at*umb.no)
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Randi Kaarhus, PhD
Head of Research
Phone: +47 64 96 53 27 (randi.kaarhus*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: science and politics, local knowledge, biodiversity, democracy and accountability, participatory approaches, discourse analysis.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Esben Leifsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 04 (esben.leifsen*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: indigenous rights and natural resource extraction, indigenous economy and globalization, human rights based development and accountability, marginalization/poverty and reproductive governance, transnational migration, child welfare and child rights, ethno politics and multiculturalism, multi-sited fieldwork methodology.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Anne Kiøsterud
Personnel and Planning Manager
Phone: +47 64 96 53 10
(anne.kiosterud*at*umb.no)

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SCIENTIFIC STAFF
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Jens B. Aune, Dr. Scient.
Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 23 (jens.aune*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: agro-ecology, Integrated Plant Nutrition Management, carbon sequestration and rural development, bio-economical modeling and linkages agricultural development and environment.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Tor A. Benjaminsen, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 55 16 (t.a.benjaminsen*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Drylands, land tenure, environmental narratives, political ecology, environmental history. > Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Trygve Berg, Dr. Scient.
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 18 (trygve.berg*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: genetic resources, sustainable production systems.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Cassandra Bergstrøm, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 55 18 (cassandra.bergstrom*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: health and development, environmental health, rights and obligations, access, property issues, animate property, rule regimes, indigenous studies, inter-disciplinarity.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Ian Bryceson, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 55 07 (ian.bryceson*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: coastal and marine ecology, aquaculture, aquatic resource management, integrated coastal zone management.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Benjamin de Carvalho, Ph.D.
Aman II (20%)
Phones: (+47)22 99 41 27; mob (+47)414 29 826
(bdc[at]nupi.no)
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Bill Derman
Professor emeritus (retired but active on consultancy basis)
Phone: +47 64 96 53 09; Cell: 90217113 (bill.derman*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: agrarian change, land and water reform, human rights, Southern and West Africa, resettlement.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Lars Olav Eik
Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 51 82 (lars.eik*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: small ruminant nutrition and production systems both in temperate and tropical countries.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Siri Eriksen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 (siri.eriksen*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Social vulnerability to environmental change, in particular climatic variability and extremes such as droughts and floods.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications at UMB / UiO

Kjell Esser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 19 (kjell.esser*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: environmental sciences, soil and water in ecosystems, soil productivity and conservation, watershed management, irrigation, land degradation and rehabilitation, terrestrial pollution, environmental impact assessment.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad
Dr. Oecon., Professor (10%)
Phone: +47 40450010 (Odd.Fjeldstad*at*cmi.no)
Keywords: Corruption, public finance management, tax reforms, budgetary processes, local government reform, fiscal decentralisation, project evaluation Geographic keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa , The Middle East and Northern Africa , Africa: Angola, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia. Middle East: Palestine
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Stig Jarle Hansen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 (stig.hansen*at*umb.no)
Professional interests:
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Ruth Haug, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 36 (ruth.haug*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: rural development studies with focus on agriculture, food- and livelihood security; hunger, peace and violent conflicts, forced migration, sustainable use and management of natural resources; agricultural extension, participation and community development .
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Darley Jose Kjosavik, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 55 12 (darley.kjosavik*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Political economy of development with special reference to marginalised classes and social groups, conflict and livelihoods, gender & development, climate change adaptation and mitigation.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Kassim Kulindwa, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 27 (kassim.kulindwa*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Empirical analyses of issues concerning the environment and natural resources including; management and utilisation of water, energy, wetlands, fisheries, and wildlife. Others are climate change mitigation and adaptation, valuation of environmental goods and services, Non Timber Forest Products, livelihoods and poverty, Payments for Environmental Services, cost benefit analysis and EIA, all in the context of sustainable development.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Thor S. Larsen, Dr. Philos.
Researcher (retired but active on consultancy basis)
Phone: +47 64 96 53 13 (office); +47 90 92 92 82 (mobile) (thor.s.larsen*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: ecological research, wildlife population dynamics and management, management of protected areas and buffer zones, community participation in development, environmental impact assessment.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

John Andrew McNeish, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 41 (john.mcneish*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Regions/Countries of Interest: Latin America, Bolivia, Guatemala Professional Interests: Political Anthropology, Indigenous Rights and Politics, Political Participation, Energy and Natural Resource Politics, Legal Pluralism, Gender Relations, Development Theory, Violence, Poverty and Social Marginalization
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Lyla Mehta, Ph.D.
Professor II (20%)
Phone: +47 64 96 53 03; (lyla.mehta*at*umb.no and L.Mehta*at*ids.ac.uk )
> Curriculum vitae

Iver Neumann, PhD
Prof II (20%)
Telephones: +(047) 22 99 40 00 or 22 99 41 16
(iverb.neumann[at]nupi.no)
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Knut Nustad, PhD.
Associate Professor (20%)
Phone: +47 64 96 53 33 (knut.nustad*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: political anthropology, development discourses, poverty discourses, epistemology of policy, formal/informal organisation.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Ingrid Nyborg, PhD.
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 37 (ingrid.nyborg*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: gender, resource management, food and livelihood security, social networks, participation, mountain communities.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Gufu Oba, Dr. Philos.
Professor (on sabbatical until late autumn 2012)
Phone: +47 64 96 55 09 (gufu.oba*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: range management, ecosystem, pastoralism and pastoral development, climate change and the rangelands, pastoral production, droughts, range ecology, environmental history, indigenous knowledge of pastoral peoples, local communities participation in environmental conventions.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Nadarajah Shanmugaratnam, Ph.D.
Professor emeritus (retired but active on consultancy basis)
Phone: +47 64 96 55 08 (n.shanmugaratnam*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Political Economy and Institutional Economics; Policy and institutional aspects of rural development, Reconstruction of war-affected societies, Natural resource management.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications
> Selected articles and lectures

Bishal K. Sitaula, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 25 (bishal.sitaula*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: global change, greenhouse gases, carbon sequestration, land degradation, ecosystem restoration, soil erosion, watershed management, soil quality, water quality, soil pollution.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Espen Sjaastad, Dr. Scient.
Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00
Professional interests:
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Clive L. Spash, Ph.D.
Professor II (20%)
Phone: 64 96 52 03 (clive.spash*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Public policy with specific emphasis on environmental problems. Theoretical work on the science-policy interface, political economy, governance, institutions, human motivation, value and ethics. Interdisciplinarity with work covering interactions between economics, applied philosophy, social psychology and political science. Applications in the areas of biodiversity, climate change, water management and air pollution. For more information look here...
> Curriculum vitae; clivespash.org
> Publications

Arild Vatn, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 57 10 (arild.vatn*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Theoretical work in institutional and ecological economics. Empirical areas of interest: Environmental governance, policies related to global warming and biodiversity protection, pollution control, land management, conflict management and multifunctional agriculture.
> Curriculum vitae > UMB Competence Catalogue
> Publications

Pål Vedeld, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 07 (pal.vedeld*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Environmental governance, politics, planning and management, legitimacy of governance and participation, environmental resources and local livelihoods and dependence; protected areas policies and politics, agricultural, resource and development economics: peasant household economics; production, poverty and environmental issues, theories in and for interdisciplinarity website, http://www.engopa.no/.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Mensur Vegara, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: +47 64 96 53 16 (mensur.vegara*at*umb.no)
Mobile phone: +47 906 38 884
Professional interests: Animal breeding, animal production, farming systems; Programme and project co-ordination and management; Institutional cooperation; Agricultural engineering and consulting.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

William Warner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Writing Centre (Universitetslektor)
Phone: +47 64 96 55 15 (william.warner*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Forest resources and ecological engineering.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

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Staff on extended leave:

- Gunnvor Berge (until August 2012).
Associate Professor

- Fred Håkon Johnsen (until 31 Dec 2014).
Professor
> Curriculum vitae

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EMERITUS
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Stein W. Bie, Ph.D.
E-mail: steinbie*at*online.no
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Lars Sjøflot, Dr. Scient.
Professor emeritus
E-mail: lars.sjoflot*at*umb.no
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Frik Sundstøl, Dr. Scient.
Professor emeritus
E-mail: frik.sundstol*at*umb.no
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications

Ola Syrstad, Ph.D.
Professor emeritus

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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWS
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Andrei Florin Marin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +47 64 96 53 20 (andrei.marin*at*umb.no )
Professional interests: climate change vulnerability and adaptation in socio-ecological systems; pastoralism; multiple stressors; globalization; development studies; access and rights to resources.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications at UMB
> Publications at UiB

Synne Movik, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +47 64 96 53 05; (synne.movik*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: Development theory, political economy, natural resource governance, property rights regimes, water policy and legislation, water and sanitation issues.
> Curriculum vitae
> Publications at UMB

Charlotte Nakakaawa, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +47 64 96 53 34
> Curriculum vitae

Simon Pahle, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: +47 64 96 55 10; (simon.pahle@umb.no)
Professional interests: Labour rights and trade unions in the global political econony; wage workers and labour relations in agriculture; multilateral regimes (esp. ILO; WTO; IFIs); corporate social responsibility; comparative political development; aid Geographic keywords: Brazil; South Africa.

Poul Wisborg, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (at CAPRi/IFPRI in Washington D.C. until 1 July 2012)
> Curriculum vitae
Professional interests: Land, development, social justice, human rights, tenure, political ecology. Current research: Transnational land deals in Africa.
Publications on Poul's Mendeley Web profile page

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PhD RESEARCH FELLOWS
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Hans Nicolai Adam (Germany)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 55 13 (hans.adam*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Public Works Programmes: Prospects for climate change mitigation adaptation in combination with sustainable development. A case study of the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act).
Supervisor(s): Darley Kjosavik and N. Shanmugaratnam

Marianne Aasen (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 52 00 (marianne.aasen*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Can a combination of policy instruments increase the effectiveness and public acceptability of environmental policies?
Supervisor(s): Arild Vatn, Pål Vedeld and Hege Westskog (Cicero)

Kishor Atreya (Nepal)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 53 29 (kishor.atreya*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Environmental and health impacts of pesticide use in mid-hil watershed of Central Nepal.
Supervisor(s): Bishal K. Sitaula, Fred H. Johnsen, Cassandra Bergstrøm, Hans Overgaard, Roshan Man Bajracharya (KU) and Subodh Sharma (KU)

Yeshtila Wondemeneh Bekele (Ethiopia)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 55 13 (*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Technology of Rule and Poverty in Ethiopia: A Study in political economy
Supervisor(s): N. Shanmugaratnam and Darley Kjosavik

Grete Benjaminsen (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 55 13 (grete.benjaminsen*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Implementing REDD in Zanzibari forests: An investigation of process, actors and discourses
Supervisor(s): Randi Kaarhus and John Andrew Mcneish

Kaja Borchgrevink (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Research topic: Private Islamic Charity and Approaches to Poverty
Reduction among Pakistani Muslims: Religion, Gender and Development
Supervisor: Ingrid Nyborg

Shai A. Divon (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 55 13 (shai.divon*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Development and National security: post 9/11 process and development politics of the United States in Mali
Supervisor(s): Bill Derman, Cassandra Bergstrøm and Stig J. Hansen,

Noor Elahi (Pakistan)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 55 13
Research topic: The social and cultural roles of gender in rural livelihood and development. A study of North West Pakistan
Supervisor: Ingrid Nyborg

Getachew Sime Feyissa (Ethiopia)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 55 13 (getachew.feyissa*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Intensification of cereal crop productin through consevation tillage, microdosing and seed priming, central rift valley region of Ethiopia: Agronomic and socioeconomic return assessments.
Supervisor(s): Jens Aune, Kassim Kulindwa and Hussien Mohammed

Mohamed Gaas (Somalia)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 52 00 (mohamed.gaas*at*umb.no)
Reseach topic: The role and the impact of Somali Diaspora in conflicts, peace and state buildings, and reconstructing of Somalia.
Supervisor: Stig Jarle Hansen

Lydia Gaspare (Tanzania)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 52 00 (lydia.gaspare*at*umb.no)
Research topic: The effects of increased fishing pressure on the ecological resilience of targeted groupers (Serranidae) and analysis of impacts on livelihoods in fishing communities of Mafia Island, Tanzania.
Supervisor(s): Ian Bryceson and Dr. Albogast Kamukuru (Univ. of Dar es Salaam)

Sunetro Ghosal (India)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 52 00 (sunetro.ghosal@umb.no)
Research topic: Probing Human-Wildlife Interaction in Human-Dominated Multi-Use Landscapes in Rural India.
Supervisor(s): Darley Kjosavik and Pål Vedeld (Noragric), Ketil Skogen (NINA)

Lars Kåre Grimsby (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 53 39 (lars.grimsby*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Biofuels and acces to energy in rural livelihoods in East Africa.
Supervisor(s): Jens Aune and Fred Håkon Johnsen

Marit Heller (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 53 29 (marit.heller*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Preliminary title: Environmental policy and human action
Supervisor(s): Arild Vatn, Randi Kaarhus and Frode Alfsnes

Cecilie von Hirsch (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Research topic: Participation, sovereignties and the politics of environmental governance: A study of efforts to protect forests and the implementation of UN-REDD in Bolivia
Supervisor: John McNeish and Pål Vedeld

Camilla Houeland (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Research topic: Nigerian Trade Union’s Role in the Niger Delta Conflict
Supervisor: John McNeish

Ingvild Jacobsen (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 55 13 (ingvild.jacobsen*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Womens' security in a post-conflict context
Supervisor(s): Ingrid Nyborg and Shaheen Sardar Ali

Marianne Karlsson (Sweden)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 / 22 85 87 50 (marianne.karlsson*at*umb.no)
Research topic: The effects of climatic and other forces of change on livelihoods in coastal communities of Belize, Central America.
Supervisor(s): Ian Bryceson and Nadarajah Shanmugaratnam (Noragric), Ilan Kelman ( CICERO)

Abda Khalid (Pakistan)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 55 13
Research topic: Exploring Gender-Based Insecurities in Relation to Livelihoods and Changing Class Relations in Post-Militancy, Post-Flood Swat
Supervisor: Ingrid Nyborg

Kashif Saeed Khan (Pakistan)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 (kashif.khan*at*umb.no )
Research topic: Development discourses, security and livelihood realities in Pakistan’s North Western territories.
Supervisor(s): Ingrid Nyborg, N. Shanmugaratnam and Darley Kjosavik

Sayuni Mariki (Tanzania)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 53 43 (sayuni.mariki*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Participatory aspects of Enduimet Wildlife Management Area and Kilimanjaro National Park in villages on the western slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Supervisor(s): Tor Arve Benjaminsen and Hanne Svarstad (NINA)

Jason Miklian (USA)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 / 22 54 77 74 (jason.miklian*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Green Mining, Displacement and the Maoist conflict in India
Supervisor(s): Stig Jarle Hansen

Victoria Moshy (Tanzania)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 52 00 (victoria.moshy*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Socio-ecological Changes in the Livelihoods of Fishing Communities in the Current Epoch of Globalisation: A Case of Mafia Island, Tanzania.
Supervisor(s): Ian Bryceson, Knut Nustad and Rose Mwaipopo (Univ. of Dar es Salaam)

Joseph Perfect Mrema (Tanzania)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 52 00 (joseph.mrema*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Opportunities and challenges of linking forest conservation and livelihoods in community based forest management: The case of Duru- Haitemba Forest Reserve.
Supervisor(s): Tor Arve Benjaminsen and Espen Sjaastad

Devota Mwaseba (Tanzania)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Research topic: Outcomes of Milk-Based Interventions: Improvements in Health and Nutritional Status of Under-five Children in Rural Tanzania?
Supervisor: Randi Kaarhus and Lars Olav Eik

Sigrid Nagoda (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 52 00 (sigrid.nagoda*at*umb.no)
Research Topic: The effects of humanitarian interventions on climate vulnerability- repeated food distribution and seed security in North Western Nepal
Supervisor(s): Siri Eriksen, Ingrid Nyborg and Louise Sperling

Mary Gorett Nantongo (Uganda)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 52 00 (XX*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation; Impacts on rural populations in Uganda
Supervisor(s): Arild Vatn
Amos Robert Ngwira (Malawi)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 53 43 (robert.ngwira*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Evaluation of options to adapt the principles of Conservation Agriculture to the conditions of smallholder farmers in Malawi.
Supervisor(s): Jens Aune, Fred H. Johnsen and Bishal Sitaula

Ansha Yesufe Nure (Ethiopia)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 55 13
Research Topic: Household Food Security in Southern Rift Valley of Ethiopia: A Gendered Analysis
Supervisor(s): Darley Kjosavik

Progress Hanzwida Nyanga (Zambia)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 53 39 (progress.nyanga*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Reversing household food insecurity through conservation agriculture: Socio-economic impact of conservation farming practices among small scale farmers in Zambia.
Supervisor(s): Fred H. Johnsen and Jens Aune

Christin Ormhaug (Norway)

Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 52 00 (christin.ormhaug*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Health effects of civil war
Supervisor(s): Espen Sjaastad, Henrik Urdal (NUPI), Håvard Hegre (PRIO), Ingrid Nyborg

Nani Raut (Nepal)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 53 40 (nani.raut*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Agricultural intensification and grazing: linking farmers' practices and greenhouse gases emission with implication for policy.
Supervisor(s): Bishal K. Sitaula, Arild Vatn and Jens Aune

Raymond Achu Samndong
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 (raymond*at*samndong; rayasboy*at*yahoo.com)
Research topic: Governing REDD+: The potential for reduced forest carbon emission, biodiversity protection and enhanced rural livelihoods in the Congo Basin Forest.
Supervisor(s): Arild Vatn

Frode Sundnes (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 61 50 (frode.sundnes*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Actors & Discourses: Conflicting Claims to the Dukuduku Forest,Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.
Supervisor(s): Knut Nustad, Tor Arve Benjaminsen and Espen Sjaastad

Kjersti Thorkildsen (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 (kjersti.thorkildsen*at*umb.no)
Research topic: Between conservation and development: Quilombola communities’ struggle over resources in the Ribeira Valley, Brazil.
Supervisor(s): Randi Kaarhus and Ian Bryceson

David Mwesigye Tumusiime (Uganda)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00; mob. 463 56 284 (mwesigye.tumusiime*at*umb.no)
Research topic: The political ecology of conservation of the mountain Gorilla at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Supervisor(s): Tor Arve Benjaminsen, Espen Sjaastad, Pål Vedeld and Hanne Svarstad (NINA)

Bridget Bwalya Umar (Zambia)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: 64 96 53 43 (bridget.bwalya*at*umb.no)
Research topic: From Maize Monocropping to Conservation Agriculture: A Multi-perspective Analysis of Smallholder Conservation Agriculture in Southern, Central and Eastern Zambia.
Supervisor(s): Jens B. Aune and Fred H. Johnsen

Hege Wallevik (Norway)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
E-mail: hege.wallevik*at*agderforskning.no
Phone: 480 10 543
Research topic: Transgressing Economic Boundaries: Gender, Commodification and Social Change in Zanzibar.
Supervisor(s): Kjersti Larsen and Ian Bryceson

Abebe Seifu Weldetsadik (Ethiopia)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 (abebe.seifu*at*umb.no)
Professional interests: conflict management, co-management, and institutions.
Research topic: Conflicts and Decentralized Forest Management in Ethiopia: The case of Shahemene Forest Industry Enterprise.
Supervisor(s): Pål Vedeld

Jennifer Joy West (Canada)
Research Fellow - Development Studies
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 / 22 85 87 73 (jennifer.west*at*umb.no /j.j.west@cicero.uio.no)
Research topic: Climate change and agricultural development in Tanzania: actors, strategies, and discourses
Supervisor (s): Ruth Haug and Siri Eriksen

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
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• SUPPORT STAFF - Education

Ingunn Bohmann, M.Sc.
Senior Executive Officer, Study Coordinator (Master programmes)
Phone: +47 64 96 53 31 (ingunn.bohmann*at*umb.no)

Nicole Rezende Grynning, M.Sc.
Advisor, Study Coordinator (Bachelor Programme)
Phone: +47 64 96 53 30 (nicole.rezende*at*umb.no)

• SUPPORT STAFF - Research

Josie Teurlings, M.Sc.
Advisor, Study Coordinator (PhD and Research)
Phone: +47 64 96 55 06 (josie.teurlings*at*umb.no)

Staff on extended leave:

- Ingunn Andersen, M.Sc. (until September 2012)
Advisor, Study Coordinator (Master programmes)
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• ACCOUNTS & FINANCES

Susan Brosstad
Executive Officer, Accounting (60%)
Phone: +47 64 96 53 02 (susan.brosstad*at*umb.no)

Sidsel Ø. Gulbrandsen
Advisor, Finance Manager
Phone: +47 64 96 53 14 (sidsel.gulbrandsen*at*umb.no)

Anna Holm
Executive Officer, Accounting
Phone: +47 64 96 53 11 (anna.holm*at*umb.no)

Anne Kiøsterud
Advisor, Personnel and Planning Manager
Phone: +47 64 96 53 10 (anne.kiosterud*at*umb.no)

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• INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

- LIBRARY

Liv Ellingsen
Librarian
Phone: +47 64 96 53 08 (liv.ellingsen*at*umb.no)
Library: http://www.umb.no/noragric/library

- INFORMATION & ICT

Joanna Boddens-Hosang
Senior Advisor - Communication (50%)
Phone: +47 64 96 50 92 (joanna.boddens-hosang*at*umb.no)

Anders Dysvik
ICT
Phone: +47 64 96 50 13 (anders.dysvik*at*umb.no)

Evy Jørgensen, PhD
Advisor (Web)
Phone: +47 64 96 53 03 (evy.jorgensen*at*umb.no)

Jayne P. Lambrou, MSc
Senior Executive Officer
Phone: +47 64 96 52 00 (jayne.lambrou*at*umb.no)

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• INTERNAL SERVICES

Per Stokstad
Executive Officer (50%)
Phone: +47 64 96 53 06 (per.stokstad*at*umb.no)

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• GUESTS
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Ada
Special guest
> Profile: Chasing (roe deer, deer and cats), attacking Big Black Dogs, chewing pillows, visiting friends at Tivoli, sleeping.

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Published: 11.12.08
Updated: 17.04.12
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Department of International Environment and Development Studies

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Phone: +47 64 96 52 00
Fax: +47 64 96 52 01
E-mail: noragric@umb.no

Postal address:
Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
P.O. Box 5003
NO-1432 Aas
Norway

Visiting/delivery address:
Universitetstunet 1 (Tivoli)
NO-1432 Ås

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Scientific staff
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PhD fellows
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Non-scientific staff
- Support staff
- Accounts and finances
- Information management
-- Library
-- Information & ITC
- Internal services
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Guests