Torben Birch-Thomsen

Torben Birch-Thomsen

Associate Professor

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    ORCID: 0000-0002-4164-2486

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    1. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    2. 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 conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research

    3. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    4. Published

      Transitional rural landscapes: the role of farming in former homelands of Post-Apartheid Kwa-Zulu Natal

      Agergaard, Jytte & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2006, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. 106(2), p. 87-102

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    5. Published

      Transitional rural landscapes: The role of small-scale commercial farming in former homelands of Post-Apartheid KwaZulu-Natal

      Agergaard, Jytte & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1 Jan 2006, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. 106, 2, p. 87-102 16 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    6. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    7. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    8. 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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research

    9. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    10. 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/Report › Report › Research

    11. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    12. Published

      The role of Universities in Knowledge Enhancement and Dissemination for better Natural Ressource Management - The link between theory and practice

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Buch-Hansen, M., Hill, T., Oksen, P. & Magid, J., 2002, Beyond the Summit - The role of Universities in the search for Sustainable Futures. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Sydafrika, p. 73-86

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

    13. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    14. Published

      The emergence of urban centres: An exploration of the intertwinement of rural transformation and urbanization in Tanzania

      Lazaro, E., Agergaard, Jytte, Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 30 Jun 2017. 16 p.

      Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research

    15. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    16. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    17. Published

      The dwindling role of population pressure in land use change: a case from the Southwest Pacific

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Reenberg, A., Aug 2014, Ester Boserup’s legacy on sustainability: orientations for contemporary research. Fischer-Kowalski, M., Reenberg, A., Schaffartzik, A. & Mayer, A. (eds.). New York: Springer, p. 45-60 15 p. (Human - Environment Interactions, Vol. 4).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

    18. 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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

    19. Published

      Temporal and spatial trends in soil organic carbon stocks following maize cultivation in semi-arid Tanzania, East Africa

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Elberling, Bo, Fog, Bjarne & Magid, Jakob, 2007, In: Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 79, 3, p. 291-302

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    20. Published

      Temporal and spatial trends in soil organic carbon stocks following maize cultivation in semi-arid Tanzania, East Africa

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Elberling, Bo & Fog, Bjarne, 2005.

      Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research

    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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    22. Published

      Soil organic matter decline and compositional change associated with cereal cropping in Southern Tanzania

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, McDonagh, J. & Magid, J., 2001, In: Land Degradation and Development. 12, p. 13-26

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    23. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    24. Published

      Shifting cultivation in transition - variable impacts on people's livelihoods -two African cases (Zambia and Tanzania): "Social-ecological outcomes of shifting cultivation in transition" - Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme Bern 24-26th 2019

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2019. 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research

    25. Published

      SLUSE – an innovative fieldbased learning and research approach

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Mertz, Ole, de Neergaard, Andreas & Juul, K., 2011, Forskningsbaseret undervisning – realiteter og potentialer: Proceedings fra 10. majkonference i naturvidenskabsdidaktik, København 18-19. maj 2010. Christiansen, F. V., Horst, S., Holm, C. & Laursen, K. B. (eds.). Institut for Naturfagenes Didaktik, Københavns Universitet, p. 141-146 6 p. (IND’s Skriftserie; No. 21/2011).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research

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