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Lecturers

The teaching staff at the Master of disaster Management programme is a unique combination of staff from the University of Copenhagen and high profile experts from "the real world". Because of this, the students will experience a high level of research based teaching combined with real life experiences from people active in the disaster management sector. 

Visiting Lecturers

  • Samer Al-Fayadh
    Senior Advicer at  SIDA, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

  • Richard James Allan
    Malaria Control Expert and director of The MENTOR Initiative

  • David Alexander
    Professor of Disaster Management at CESPRO, University of Florence, Italy

  • Ivan Baehr
    Social Anthropologist and GIS specialist

  • Poul Birch Eriksen
    Special Correspondent at Danmarks Radio (Danish National Radio).

  • Einar Bjørgo
    Head, Rapid Mapping, Applications and User Relations, UNOSAT, Geneva

  • Terry Cannon
    Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex

  • Niels Carstensen
    Journalist and     Senior Advisor, DanChurch Aid

  • Adam Charles Bouloukos
    Director, Outreach and Partnerships, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

  • Jon Carver
    Technical Officer, Health Action in Crisis, World Health Organisation, Geneva

  • Niels Dabelstein
    Head of Secretariat, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

  • Rekha Das
    Advisor on Education in Emergencies, Save the Children Denmark.

  • Ian Davis
    Professor
    Visiting Professor at Cranfield University, Professor at Coventry University, Visiting Professor at Kyoto University, Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Civil Defense and Disaster Studies (ICDS), Visiting Fellow at York University, Visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University

  • Luca Dell' Oro
    Environmental Engineer, UNOSAT

  • Ann Enander
    Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Leadership and Management
    Swedish National Defence College, Stockholm

  • Magnus Hagelsteen
    National Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

  • Wim van der Hoek
    The National Institut for Public Health and The Environment  

  • Nanette Hale
    Communications Advisor, Wordflow

  • Lisa Henry

    Humanitarian Response Director, DanChurch Aid

  • Larry Hollingsworth

    Humanitarian Programmes Director at Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation (CIHC) as well as the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs of Fordham University

  • Henrik Ehlers Kragh
    Major in the Danish army, analyst, research unit on defence and security.
    The Danish Institute for International Studies, DIIS.

  • Jette Kjertum
    International project consultant at Save The Children Denmark

  • Anthony Land
    Senior Tutor at Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation

  • Jonas Landgren 

    Researcher at the Department for Applied IT, Gothenburg University/ Chalmers University of Technology.

  • Kirsten Larsen 
    Journalist and programme editor at DR (Danish national broadcasting corporation)

  • Kjell Larsson
    Head of International Department
    Swedish Rescue Services Agency, Stockholm 

  • Jesper Holmer Lund
    Humanitarian Affairs Officer, OCHA, UN

  • Jonas Keiding Lindholm
    Deputy Emergency Director, Save the Children International

  • Jan Mattsson
    Executive Director, UNOPS

  • Dewald van Niekerk
    Director and Senior Lecturer, African Centre for Disaster Studies (ACDS)

  • Lars Peter Nissen
    Director of ACAPS

  • Francesco Pisano
    Manager of UNOSAT - UNITAR's operational satellite applications programme

  • Gerald Rockenschaub

    Programme Manager - Country Emergency Preparednessk, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe

  • Dorte Smed
    Senior legal advisor at the Danish Refugee Council

  • Kathrine Starup
    Policy Advisor, Policy and Programme Support Unit, Danish Refugee Council

  • Sine Tarby Christensen
    Head of Section at DEMA’s Centre for Resilience and Contingency Planning at Danish Emergency Management Agency 

  • Siri Tellier
    Former director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Geneva

  • Bhupinder Tomar
    Senior Officer, Disaster Preparedness, Red Cross (IFRC)

  • Annlize Troest
    Public Health specialist, National Board of Health, Denmark

  • Peter Dahl Truelsen
    Research fellow at the Institute for Strategy at the Royal Danish Defence College. 

  • Kenneth Norman Westgate
    Adjunct professor, Dept. of International Relations, Webster University, Geneva

  • Christian Willach
    Lieutenant Colonel (Reserves) at the German Bundeswehr

Lecturers from University of Copenhagen