Ole Mertz

My research and teaching responsibilities are focused on global environmental change, land use transitions and Food Security/Sovereignty in the Global South. Specifically, I have worked for two decades on the dynamics of forest-agriculture frontiers looking at how changes in land use affect socio-economic and environmental systems. I also work with climate change adaptation and mitigation and have a general interest in the interface between development, environmental management and land use change. My Regional (subnational) specialization is Southeast Asia and West Africa, but I have also worked in the Pacific, East and Central Africa and Latin America.