Dr. Marianne Zandersen

Biography

Marianne Zandersen is a professor in environmental economics at Aarhus University, with over 20 years of experience in research and advisory services across Europe, Africa, and Asia. She obtained her Ph.D. from Hamburg University under the International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling. Her research focuses on environmental behavioral economics, urban and peri-urban systems, nature-based solutions, climate change, and ecosystem management of various habitats, including forests, agricultural areas, coastal zones, and marine environments. She analyzes perceptions, values, and the willingness to pay for improvements to environmental conditions while accepting certain deteriorations, utilizing incentive-based mechanisms and environmental taxation to enhance the delivery of public goods related to clean air, water, and biodiversity. She has been involved in several significant projects, including the H2020 project ‘REGREEN’, which fosters equitable, healthy, green urban transitions in Europe and China, and currently leads work packages in Horizon Europe-funded projects such as Invest4Nature and GoNaturePositive. As a principal investigator of the Danida-funded CREAM project, she is also a part of the Danish National Biodiversity Partnership, advising on actions to enhance biodiversity.

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