Tor A. Benjaminsen
Tor A. Benjaminsen | |
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| Born | 1960 |
| Awards | Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize; ERC Advanced Grant |
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| Fields | Human geography, development studies |
| Institutions | Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
Tor A. Benjaminsen (born 1960) is a Norwegian human geographer. He is a professor of international environmental and development studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
Career
[edit]He earned his cand.scient. degree in resource geography and landscape ecology at the University of Oslo in 1988 and his Ph.D. in geography and development studies at Roskilde University in 1998.[1]
He is known for his research on environmental change, environmental policy, land rights and the management of natural resources, especially in Africa. He researches material and discursive aspects of land-use conflicts and environmental change, including the ‘desertification’ of the West African Sahel, violent conflicts and climate change.[1]
According to Google Scholar he has been cited around 8,000 times in academic literature and has an h-index of 42.[2]
He received the Article of the Year – Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize in 2009.[3]
In 2022 he received a European Research Council Advanced Grant for a project that seeks to determine the causes of violent conflict and migration in the Sahel.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tor A. Benjaminsen
- ^ "Tor A. Benjaminsen". Google Scholar. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Årets tidsskriftartikkel". Universitetsforlaget. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "New project to determine the causes of violent conflict and migration in the Sahel". 21 July 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Tor A. Benjaminsen publications indexed by Google Scholar
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