Research in Rural Development

Our research concerns rural development aspects on i.a. natural resources management, policy and governance issues and strategies for survival and improved livelihoods. The inter-relationships between local actors and actors on other societal levels are central in our research.

Ph. D studies in Rural Development

Themes

• Natural resources and social sustainablility

• The heterogenity and complexity of rural parts of a country

• Local effects of increased globalisation and internationalisation

• The relations between contiuity and change

Projects

• Institutional forms for natural resource management

• Research cooperation for sustainable rural development in Vietnam

• Learning processes in rural development

• Strategies for managing crises

• Preventivel and reconstructive measurements after natural catastrophes and conflicts

• Food-security, health and development

• Information technology with a human face. A collaborative research project to improve nutrition training in Africa and Asia (Britta Ogle, Linley Chiwona Karltun)

• Micronutrient nutrition and dietary diversity: Communication strategies in disadvantaged communities in Vietnam (Britta Ogle)

• Global NutrITion (Britta Ogle, Linley Chiwona Karltun)

• Food security and the roel fo local government in Ben Tre province, Vietnam (Trang Thi Huy, Nhat)

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