Torben Birch-Thomsen

Torben Birch-Thomsen

Associate Professor

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    1. Published

      Rural Transformation and Changing Rural–Urban Connections in a Dynamic Region in Tanzania: Perspectives on Processes of Inclusive Development

      Ørtenblad, Sinne Borby, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Msese, L., 2019, In: European Journal of Development Research. 31, 1, p. 118-138 21 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    2. Published

      Trends, drivers and impacts of changes in swidden cultivation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers: a global assessment

      van Vliet, N., Mertz, O., Heinimann, A., Langanke, T., Pascual, U., Schmook, B., Adams, C., Schmidt-Vogt, D., Messerli, P., Leisz, S., Castella, J-C., Jørgensen, L., Birch-Thomsen, T., Hett, C., Bruun, T. B., Ickowitz, A., Chi Vu, K., Yasuyuki, K., Fox, J., Padoch, C. & 2 others, Dressler, W. D. & Ziegler, A. D., 2012, In: Global Environmental Change. 22, 2, p. 418-429 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. Published

      Is there a continuing rationale for swidden cultivation in the 21st century?

      van Vliet, N., Mertz, Ole, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Schmook, B., 2013, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 41, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    4. Published

      Bridging the rural-urban dichotomy in land use science

      van Vliet, J., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Gallardo, M., Hemerijckx, L., Hersperger, A. M., Li, M., Tumwesigye, S., Twongyirwe, D. & van Rompaey, A., 6 Nov 2020, In: Journal of Land Use Science. 15, 5, p. 585-591 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    5. Published

      Exotic Wattle Species in the Drakensberg Region of South Africa - and invasive alien or potential resource?

      de Neergaard, A., Saarnak, C. F. L., Hill, T., Khanyile, M. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2003, Kbh.: DUCED - SLUSE, p. 139-161.

      Research output: Working paperResearch

    6. Published

      Multi‑activity, Multi‑locality and Small‑Town Development in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania

      Steel, G., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Cottyn, I., Lazaro, E., Mainet, H., Mishili, F. & van Lindert, P., 2019, In: European Journal of Development Research (EJDR). 31, 1, p. 12-33 22 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. Published

      Collaborative education across continents: lessons from a partnership on sustainable resource management education

      Sithole, B., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Mertz, Ole, Hill, T., Bruun, Thilde Bech & Thenya, T., 2016, Higher Education and Capacity Building in Africa: The geography and power of knowledge under changing conditions. Adriansen, H. K., Madsen, L. M. & Jensen, S. (eds.). London and New York: RoutledgeFalmer, p. 58-82 25 p. (Routledge Studies in African Development).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

    8. Published

      Event driven adaptation, land use and human coping strategies: human-environment interaction in a smaller SWP island society

      Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Fog, Bjarne, 2007.

      Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

    9. Published

      Coupled human-environment timelines of SWP small island societies: event driven adaptation of human coping strategies

      Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Fog, Bjarne, 2007, Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Livelihoods and Resource Management  in Small Islands. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, p. 4-5

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

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    12. Published

      Adaptation of human coping strategies in a small island society in the SW Pacific: 50 years of change in the coupled human-environment system of Bellona, Solomon Islands

      Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Mertz, Ole, Fog, Bjarne & Christiansen, S., 2008, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 36, 6, p. 807-819

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    13. Published

      The effect of cassava-based bioethanol production on above-ground carbon stocks: a case study from Southern Mali

      Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard & Traoré, O., 2012, In: Energy Policy. 41, p. 575-583 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    14. Published

      Levevilkår på små øer i Stillehavet (CLIP)

      Rasmussen, Kjeld, Mertz, Ole, Bruun, Thilde Bech, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Fog, Bjarne, Agergaard, Jytte, Reenberg, A., Egelund Christensen, Andreas, Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, May, W., Birk, T., Rothausen, S., Krogh, L., Breuning-Madsen, H., Elberling, Bo & Egelund Christensen, Andreas, 2007, In: Geoviden. 3, p. 8-11

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    15. Published

      The sustainability of cassava-based bioethanol production in southern Mali

      Rasmussen, Kjeld, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Bruun, T. B., Egsmose, R. M. R., Elberling, Bo, Fold, Niels, Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, Ouattara, O., Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Togola, I., 2015, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift/Danish Journal of Geography. 115, 1, p. 14-26

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    16. Published

      The impact of black wattle encroachment of indigenous grasslands on soil carbon, Eastern Cape, South Africa

      Oelofse, M., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Magid, Jakob, de Neergaard, Andreas, van Deventer, R., Bruun, Sander & Hill, T., 2016, In: Biological Invasions. 18, 2, p. 445-456 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    17. Published

      Australian wattle species in the Drakensberg region of South Africa - An invasive alien or a natural resource?

      de Neergaard, Andreas, Saarnak, C. F., Hill, T., Khanyile, M., Martinez Berzosa, A. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2005, In: Agricultural Systems. 85, 3, p. 216-233 18 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    18. Published

      A Narrative Report of a pilot study in rural Mbulu Town and Itigi Councils, Tanzania: The Role of Rural-Urban Linkages for Enhanced Climate Resilience (RUL4CLI)

      Mwema, S. D., Thabit, O., Innocent, R., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Yanda, P., Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, Busck, Anne Gravsholt, Pauline, N., Moshy, V. & Mwaipopo, R., 2022, University of Copenhagen. 55 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

    19. Published

      Land use decisions in smallholder rural communities in developing countries

      Mertz, Ole, Reenberg, A., Bruun, Thilde Bech & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2008, In: CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources. 3, 48, p. 1-11

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    20. Published

      Changes in shifting cultivation systems on small Pacific islands

      Mertz, Ole, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Elberling, Bo, Ruzanski, S. G. S. A., Bruun, Thilde Bech, Reenberg, A., Fog, Bjarne, Egsmose, R. M. R. & Breuning-Madsen, H., 2012, In: Geographical Journal. 178, 2, p. 175-187 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    21. Published

      Subsistence or cash: Strategies for change in shifting cultivation

      Mertz, Ole, Egelund Christensen, Andreas, Højskov, P. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1999, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. 1, p. 133-142

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    22. Published

      Education and research on sustainable land use and natural ressource management. A new Danish-Malaysian university programme

      Mertz, Ole, Mohammad, M., Magid, J., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Oksen, P. & Gausset, Q., 1999, In: Borneo Research Bulletin. 30, p. 66-73

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    23. Published

      Education and Research on Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management: A New Danish-Malaysian University Program

      Mertz, Ole, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Gausset, Quentin, 2000, In: Borneo Research Bulletin. 30, p. 66-73

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    24. Published

      Collaboration on environmental research and education between universities in Denmark, Malaysia, Thailand and Southern Africa

      Mertz, Ole, Murtedza, M., Magid, Jakob, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Oksen, P., 2000, In: Current Issues in International Rural Development. 23/24, p. 31-35

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    25. Published

      Igowole emerging urban centre

      Makindara, J., Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Kilima, F., Mshote, E. & Msese, L., 2013, Rural-urban complementarities for the reduction of poverty (RUCROP): Proceedings of the RUCROP Stakeholders' Workshop August 20th 2012 Mikumi, Tanzania. p. 23-32 10 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

    26. Published

      Rural Transformation and the Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania

      Lazaro, E., Agergaard, Jytte, Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2017, Copenhagen: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 34 p. (IGN Report, Vol. October 2017).

      Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

    27. Published

      Urban Frontiers and Rural Transformation: Formation of Emerging Urban Centres and Ambiguous Governance in Tanzania

      Lazaro, E., Agergaard, Jytte, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Jun 2015. 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

    28. Published
    29. Published

      Urbanisation in Rural Regions: The Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania

      Lazaro, E., Agergaard, Jytte, Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2019, In: European Journal of Development Research (EJDR). 31, 1, p. 72-94 22 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    30. Published
    31. Published

      The role of credit facilities and Investment practices in rural Tanzania: a comparative study of Igowole and Ilula emerging urban centres

      Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2015, In: Journal of Eastern African Studies. 9, 1, p. 55-73 19 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    33. Published

      Should I stay or should I go? Rural youth employment in Uganda and Zambia

      Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2013, In: International Development Planning Review. 35, 2, p. 175-201 27 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    34. Published

      Cassava as an energy crop: A case study of the potential for an expansion of cassava cultivation for bioethanol production in Southern Mali

      Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Traoré, O., 2014, In: Renewable Energy. 66, p. 381-390 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    35. Published

      Domestic practices for accessing water and rural-urban transformations: example of emerging urban centres in Tanzania

      Kironyi, L. L., Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2023, In: International Journal of Water Resources Development. 39, 5, p. 869-894

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    36. Published

      Ilula emerging urban centre

      Kilima, F., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Lazaro, E., Makindara, J., Saga, G. & Mshote, E., 2013, Rural-urban complementarities for the reduction of poverty (RUCROP): Proceedings of the RUCROP Stakeholders' Workshop August 20th 2012 Mikumi, Tanzania. p. 15-22 8 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

    37. Published

      Transformation of shifting cultivation: Extent, driving forces and impacts on livelihoods in Tanzania

      Kilawe, C. J., Mertz, Ole, Aristaricky Silayo, D. S., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Mohamed Maliondo, S., 2018, In: Applied Geography. 94, p. 84-94 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    38. Published

      The effect of shortening fallow length on recovery of plant species richness, composition and growth in shifting cultivation landscapes of Kilosa District, Tanzania

      Kilawe, C. J., Aristaricky Silayo, D. S., Mohamed Maliondo, S., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Mertz, Ole, 2018, In: Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation. 87, 2, p. 15-30 16 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    39. Published

      The Intensification of Shifting Cultivation in Tanzania: Effects on Soil and Vegetation

      Kilawe, C. J., Mohamed Maliondo, S., Bruun, Thilde Bech, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Silayo, D. S. A. & Mertz, Ole, 2022, Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development: Experiences and Case Studies. Rukhsana & Alam, A. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 21-42 22 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

    40. Published

      Biofuels, land use change and smallholder livelihoods: a case study from Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia

      Hought, J. M., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Petersen, J., de Neergaard, Andreas & Oelofse, M., 2012, In: Applied Geography. 32, p. 525-532 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    41. Published

      Theoretical background (Chapter two)

      Hill, T. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2005, The SLUSE model of natural ressource management: From theory to practice through field-based training - experiences from southern Africa. Pinetown, South Africa: SACUDE-SLUSE, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, p. 11-24

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

    42. Published

      Clear the mind of pre-conceived ideas and get your hands dirty! an approach to field-based courses: The SLUSE-southern Africa Experience

      Hill, T., Traynor, C. H., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, de Neergaard, Andreas, Bob, U., Manyatsi, A. M. & Sebego, R. J., 2008, In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 32, 3, p. 441-457 17 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    43. Published

      Introduction to SLUSE (Chapter one)

      Hill, T. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2005, The SLUSE model of natural ressource management: From theory to practice through field-based training - experiences from southern Africa. Pinetown, South Africa: SACUDE-SLUSE, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, p. 1-10

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

    44. Published

      Problem-based, interdisciplinary field-based courses: reflections from south african experiences

      Hill, T., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Traynor, C., de Neergaard, Andreas & Bob, U., 2008, In: South African Geographical Journal. 90, 2, p. 122-133 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    45. Published

      Transition of shifting cultivation and its impact on people’s livelihoods in the Miombo Woodlands of Northern Zambia and South-Western Tanzania

      Grogan, K. J., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Lyimo, J., 2013, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 41, 1, p. 77-92 16 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    46. Published

      Mobility in the Solomon Islands: place, livelihood and identity on Bellona, Ontong Java and Tikopia

      Gough, K., Agergaard, Jytte, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Egelund Christensen, Andreas, 2008, Book of abstracts: 7th ESfO Conference. 1 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

    47. Published

      Mobile rural youth in northern Ghana: combining near and distant opportunity spaces

      Gough, K. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2016, Young entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Gough, K. & Langevang, T. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, p. 117-131 15 p. 8. (Routledge spaces of childhood and youth series).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

    48. Published

      Beyond territory and scarcity - exploring conflicts over natural resource management

      Gausset, Q. (ed.), Whytw, M. A. (ed.) & Birch-Thomsen, Torben (ed.), 2005, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. 215 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

    49. Published

      The role of external investors for agricultural transformation and new rural-urban connections: [Project no. 290732: RurbanAfrica - African Rural-City Connections, 2012-2016. - SP1-Cooperation, FP7-SSH-2011-2, Deliverable No. 1.3]

      Brønd, F., Fold, Niels, Bart, F., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Blache, A., Buosi, J., Charlery de la Masselière, B., Kuete, M., Lazaro, E. A., Lukumay, J., Mishili, F. J., Msese, L. R., Thibaud, B. & Ørtenblad, Sinne Borby, 2016, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. 32 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

    50. Published

      Agricultural transformation and socio-economic dynamics in rural areas: [Project no. 290732: RurbanAfrica - African Rural-City Connections, 2012-2016. - SP1-Cooperation, FP7-SSH-2011-2, Deliverable No. 1.2]

      Brønd, F., Fold, N., Azemao, D., Birch-Thomsen, T., Douanla, L., Essah, N., Frempong, R., Hansen, N. T., Kaffo, C., Kelodjoue, S., Kuete, M., Lazaro, E. A., Mbeng, E., Mishili, F. J., Msese, L. R., Nzeket, C., Osei, R. D., Owusu, G., Pasini, J., Tsalefac, M. & 1 others, Yaka, L., 2015, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. 33 p.

      Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

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