Dr. Lara Lundsgaard-Hansen

Senior Research Scientist

Sustainability Governance Impact Area

Phone
+41 31 684 88 22
E-Mail
lara.lundsgaard@unibe.ch
Office
242
Postal Address
Lara Lundsgaard-Hansen
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern

Areas of professional focus at CDE

  • Land governance: actor networks, institutions, land use changes in relation to war- and state-making
  • Mega-infrastructure projects: impacts and local community-based initiatives
  • Multi-stakeholder processes and social learning
  • Fair and conflict-sensitive South-North collaboration
  • Regional focus: Myanmar, China, Caucasus-South

​Projects

Further professional interests

  • Gender equality
  • International development cooperation
  • China and its influence in the world – The challenges and possibilities for sustainable development
  • Organisational development (processes, structure & quality management, change management, project management etc.)
  • Teaching and “Education for Sustainable Development” at Universities

Field experience

  • Several years based Myanmar
  • Short field stays (under 3 months): Tanzania, Thailand, China, Russia

Languages

German, English, French, Spanish

Jump to: 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2014

2020

Zaehringer, Julie G.; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Thein, Tun Tun; Llopis, Jorge C.; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Myint, Win; Schneider, Flurina (2020). The cash crop boom in southern Myanmar: tracing land use regime shifts through participatory mapping. Ecosystems and people, 16(1), pp. 36-49. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/26395916.2019.1699164

2019

Schneider, Flurina; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara Maria; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Myint, Win; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Oberlack, Christoph; Feurer, Melanie; Nydegger, Katharina Barbara; Messerli, Peter (2019). Sustainable and Just Development in Myanmar: Land disputes in Tanintharyi Region between commercial interests, nature conservation and human well-being (Unpublished). In: Global Land Project 4th Open Science Meeting (GLP-OSM). Bern, Switzerland. 24-26 April 2019.

Oberlack, Christoph; Lundsgaard, Lara; Bastide, Joan (2019). Governance innovations for sustainability transformations: the case of multi-stakeholder platforms on oil palm in Myanmar (Unpublished). In: Leverage Points 2019: International Conference on Sustainability Research and Transformation. Lüneburg, Germany. 06-08 February 2019.

Lundsgaard, Lara; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Hunt, Glenn; Bastide, Joan; Myint, Win; Schneider, Flurina; Messerli, Peter (2019). Does it really contribute to peace- and state-building? Land governance and land use changes during the civil war in southern Myanmar (Unpublished). In: Global Land Project 4th Open Science Meeting (GLP-OSM). Bern, Switzerland. 24-26 April 2019.

2018

Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Zimmermann, Anne; Graf, David; Herweg, Karl Günter; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Rufer, Lydia; Tribelhorn, Thomas; Wastl-Walter, Doris (2018). Mainstreaming Education for Sustainable Development at a Swiss University: Navigating the Traps of Institutionalization. Higher education policy, 31(4), pp. 471-490. Springer 10.1057/s41307-018-0102-z

Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Schneider, Flurina; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Oberlack, Christoph; Myint, Win; Messerli, Peter (2018). Whose Agency Counts in Land Use Decision-Making in Myanmar? A Comparative Analysis of Three Cases in Tanintharyi Region. Sustainability, 10(10), p. 3823. MDPI 10.3390/su10103823

Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Don Nuam, Cing; Nydegger, Katharina Barbara; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Tun, Aung Myin; Myint, Win; Schneider, Flurina (2018). Voices of Land from Southern Myanmar: Hein Ze - A Rural Village in Yebyu Township about Land Use Change and Wellbeing (Voices of Land from Southern Myanmar 1). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara Maria; Nuam, Cing Don; Nydegger, Katharina Barbara; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Tun, Aung Myin; Myint, Win; Schneider, Flurina (2018). Voices of Land from Southern Myanmar: Ein Da Rar Zar – A Karen Village in Yebyu Township about Land Use Change and Wellbeing (Voices of Land from Southern Myanmar 2). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Tun, Nwe Nwe (2018). Voices of Land from Southern Myanmar: Kanpauk Oil Palm Estate and Palm Oil Mill Project of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (Voices of Land from Southern Myanmar 3). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

2017

Schneider, Flurina; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Vongvisouk, Thoumthone; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin (15 May 2017). Impacts of Social Learning in Transformative Research. In: Blog: Integration and Implementation Insights.

Herweg, Karl Günter; Zimmermann, Anne; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Tribelhorn, Thomas; Hammer, Thomas; Tanner, Rolf Peter; Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Bieri, Sabin; Kläy, Andreas (2017). Integrating Sustainable Development into higher education — Guidelines with in-depth modules for the University of Bern. Foundations. [Textbook] . Bern, Switzerland: University of Bern, Vice-Rectorate Quality, Vice-Rectorate Teaching, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Educational Development Unit (ZUW), and Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

2016

Herweg, Karl Günter; Zimmermann, Anne; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Tribelhorn, Thomas; Rufer, Lydia; Hammer, Thomas; Tanner, Rolf Peter; Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Bieri, Sabin; Kläy, Andreas (2016). Nachhaltige Entwicklung in die Hochschullehre integrieren — Ein Leitfaden mit Vertiefungen für die Universität Bern. Vertiefung 1: Konzepte, Instrumente, Anleitungen, Hinweise und Beispiele. [Textbook] . Bern, Switzerland: Universität Bern, Vizerektorat Qualität, Vizerektorat Lehre, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Bereich Hochschuldidaktik & Lehrentwicklung und Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

Herweg, Karl Günter; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Zimmermann, Anne; Camenzind, Ephraim Joseph; Tribelhorn, Thomas; Hammer, Thomas; Tanner, Rolf Peter; Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Kläy, Andreas (2016). Nachhaltige Entwicklung in die Hochschullehre integrieren — Ein Leitfaden mit Vertiefungen für die Universität Bern. Vertiefung 3: Weiterführende Hilfen. [Textbook] . Bern, Switzerland: Universität Bern, Vizerektorat Qualität, Vizerektorat Lehre, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Bereich Hochschuldidaktik & Lehrentwicklung und Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

Herweg, Karl Günter; Zimmermann, Anne; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Tribelhorn, Thomas; Hammer, Thomas; Tanner, Rolf Peter; Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Bieri, Sabin; Kläy, Andreas (2016). Nachhaltige Entwicklung in die Hochschullehre integrieren – Ein Leitfaden mit Vertiefungen für die Universität Bern. Grundlagen. [Textbook] . Bern, Switzerland: Universität Bern, Vizerektorat Qualität, Vizerektorat Lehre, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Bereich Hochschuldidaktik & Lehrentwicklung und Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

2014

Herweg, Karl Günter; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Zimmermann, Anne (15 October 2014). Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung an der Universität Bern: Tools and Guidelines for Sustainable Development in Tertiary Education : Projekt im Rahmen des SUK-Programms «Sustainable Development at Universities»: sd-universities.ch (Unpublished). In: Workshop, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE). Bern. 15.10.2014.