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Jón Geir Pétursson

Professor Environment and Natural Resources. Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics and Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Environment and Natural Resources
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I am a Professor (full) in Environmental Governance at the Environment and Natural Resources Program, University of Iceland. I have an interdisciplinary background, Bsc in Biology, Msc in Forestry and Phd in Environment and Development with a focus on Environmental Governance from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. I teach and do research with a focus on governance of environment and natural resources on public policy, institutions, livelihoods, environment/development, and sustainability with an interdisciplinary focus. I have worked on wide array of environmental challenges and multiple types of natural resources such as forests, fish, conservation, land-use in general and renewable energy. Much focus has been on common-pool resources and their systems of governance. I have international scope on my work, and quite a focus has been on Sub-Saharan Africa. I am engaged in multiple research collaboration.

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Education
  • 2011 Ph.D. Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) Environment and Development Studies
  • 2005 Masters courses Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) Management of Natural Resources and Sustainable Agriculture (MNRSA)
  • 1995 MS Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences forestry
  • 1991 BS University of Iceland biology
Courses 2024 - 2025