Dr. Jytte Agergaard

Biography

Jytte Agergaard is a Full Professor at the University of Copenhagen, where she teaches and conducts research in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management. Her research focuses on the interconnections between climate change, migration, urbanization, and policies at both national and international levels. She critically examines the dynamics of human mobility and migration, with particular attention to rural-urban transformations. Agergaard has extensive fieldwork experience in Nepal, Vietnam, South Africa, and Tanzania, and her studies encompass social and economic development geography. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has played a significant role in various research projects funded by Danish and EU bodies concerning migration and urban resilience. Agergaard employs her expertise to teach courses on international migration, rural-urban connections, and transnational actors in the Global South. She is also involved in advising PhD and Master’s students, responsible for supervising numerous theses in her field. Her involvement in academic governance and leadership reflects a long-standing commitment to institutional development and shaping academic programs at her university.

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