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Mads Barbesgaard is a senior lecturer at Lund University, specializing in Human Geography. His main research and teaching areas include natural resource extraction, agrarian change, political economy, ecology, and geopolitics. He is particularly engaged in exploring the political economic aspects of energy transition and the role of mining companies, traders, and investors in the extraction of 'transition minerals' essential for current decarbonization technologies. Barbesgaard's ongoing research also focuses on the relationship between emerging infectious diseases and industrial meat production, with a specific emphasis on poultry production systems in Denmark and Norway. His doctoral work investigated struggles over the use and control of natural resources in Myanmar during the post-colonial period. His work has been published in prominent journals such as the Journal of Peasant Studies, Journal of Agrarian Change, Journal of Rural Studies, Geoforum, and Marine Policy. Additionally, he holds an associate position at the Transnational Institute, contributing his expertise to matters related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Lund University • Lund, Sweden
Teaching and researching in the field of Human Geography, with a focus on natural resource extraction and political economy.
Includes Master of Science in Politics and Society of the Contemporary Middle East and European Affairs.