Teaching

I currently teach the foundational natural science course in the LUMES program, Earth Systems Science. We focus on developing skills in scientific research and experimental design, quantitative data analysis in the open-source statistical programming language R, and scientific writing through learning about the biophysical basis and functioning of the Nine Planetary Boundaries (Rockström et al., 2009). 

Under the previous LUMES curriculum, I taught the courses Environmental Problem Awareness (2011, 2012), Rural Systems and Sustainability (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013), and the module Quantiative Methods in Sustainability (2011, 2012, 2013).

With Stefan Anderberg, I co-taught a course in Global Climate and Environmental Change through the summer Global Collaborative Program at Kyung Hee University in South Korea in 2012.

LUMES students making dinner at the annual Breanäs field camp.

Scholarship of teaching and learning

I am currently piloting a peer writing tutor program in collaboration with Ladaea Rylander of the Lund University Academic Support Centre. We will be running this program for the first time in LUMES in Fall 2014. Please check back for results! 

I have been active in pedagogical training at Lund University, where I have participated in the Docent course at LTH, focusing on best practices in graduate student supervision and mentoring. As a part of this course, I designed and led a team research project using a survey (N=123) to evaluate how well PhD students at Lund and Malmö Universities met the national learning objectives of Swedish PhD education. The resulting report is available here.

I have also participated in two courses through the Lund University Centre for Educational Development emphasizing student-centered learning and theories of knowledge acquisition and application and the use of constructive alignment in curriculum design. Through these courses, I have redesigned teaching activities and the course curriculum for my Earth Systems Science course (my analysis for this course project using curricular alignment can be downloaded here). One outcome is an increased use of rubrics for assessing writing, which I find (and research also shows) both increases student learning and improves writing, and makes assessment faster and easier. I have written a short rubric for a general academic essay, as well as a rubric for writing natural science papers analyzing original data, and a detailed rubric for writing a natural science paper. I'd be very happy if these are of use to others- and feedback on these is welcome!  

Letters of Reference 

I'm generally happy to write letters of reference for current and former students, given reasonable notice and enough information to do a good job! Students requesting letters from me, please follow instructions here. Thanks! 

student Supervision

In the Montado landscape near Lisbon at the OPERAs meeting with Marius and Shrina, May 2014.

Current PhD Students

I currently co-supervise two PhD students in the Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of the Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability, LUCID.

Emma Johansson
PhD Candidate in Physical Geography (co-supervised with Jonathan Seaquist). Dissertation: “Virtual land and water: Social and environmental consequences on local to global scales.”  Expected completion: August 2017.


Molly MacGregor
PhD Candidate in Sustainability Science (co-supervised with Lennart Olsson). Dissertation: “Land dynamics of coffee.” Expected completion: August 2015.

Current MSc students and thesis titles

6. Marius von Essen. "Conventional vs. sustainable land management in the Montados: An economic comparison and its contribution to landscape preservation." 

5. Shrina Kurani. "Tourists and ecosystem services in the Balearic Islands." 

4. Luisa Suarez: “We are what we eat: Investigating enabling factors for dietary change and sustainable diets in Skåne.”

3. Aurora Lindström: “Urban beekeeping and social entrepreneurship in Sweden.”

2. Nadia Karami: “The Swedish consumer’s guide to the environmental impact of dietary choices.”

1. Rhianna Dean: “The lot of the farmer: Climate change adaptation in the Victorian wine industry.”

Alumni

2013 MSc students and families at graduation celebration at my kolonistuga.

PhD Students 


Torsten Krause
With Lennart Olsson, I co-supervised the PhD dissertation of Torsten Krause in Sustainability Science through LUCID. Dissertation: “Buying Conservation: Financial incentives for tropical forest conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon.” 





MSc students with theses in Lund University International Master’s Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES)

2014

13. Verena Hermelingmeier: “Harmonizing OPERAs voices: An investigation of different perspectives on the ecosystem services concept and their implications for research and practice.”

12. Klara Winkler: “More than wine: Cultural ecosystem services in vineyard landscapes.”




2013

11. David Lam. “Environmental impacts in global value chains: Using Hot Spot Analysis to identify priorities for improving the sustainability of German coffee production and consumption.” 

10. Þórhildur Ósk Halldórsdóttir. “Local food in Iceland: Identifying behavioral barriers to change towards increased production and consumption.”



2012

9. David O’Byrne. “Sustainability now! A review of the current state of academic programmes in sustainability.” Revised article published in Sustainability Science. 




8. Kate Whitfield. “Walking in two worlds… and not doing too well in either: Investigating vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change in Nunavut, Canada.”



7. Cormac Woods. "A cross national comparative study on the utilisation of private forestry in the development of local wood energy supply chains." 




6. Leila McElvenney. “Can Africa feed the world? Land acquisitions as a food security solution.” (co-supervised with PhD candidate Torsten Krause)




5. Mulugeta Gessei. “Towards improving smallholder agriculture: Role of climate information services in Ethiopia.” (co-supervised with PhD candidate Elina Andersson)





2011

4. Kyle Clark. “Urban food forestry: low-hanging fruit for improving food security?” Revised article published in Landscape Ecology in 2013. 




3. Salome Hallfreðsdóttir. “Eco Schools – Are They Really Better? Comparison of Environmental Knowledge, Attitude and Actions between Students in Environmentally Certified Schools and Traditional Schools in Iceland.” 




2. Chia Sui Hsu. “Resilience in space: an experimental analysis of resilience in urban flood management in the Taipei Basin.” 



1. Joshua Darrach. “The role of youth in climate negotiations: An exploratory study into the effects of constituency status on youth participation in the UNFCCC.”