Aarhus University

Integrated Geographical and Social Studies

Research group for Integrated Geographical and Social Studies
Department of Agroecology and Environment
Faculty of Agricultural Science
Aarhus University

Email: hugo.alroe (AT) djf.au.dk

International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems - ICROFS
[Internationalt Center for Forskning i Økologisk Jordbrug og Fødevaresystemer - ICROFS’ danske sider]

International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems - ICROFS
[Internationalt Center for Forskning i Økologisk Jordbrug og Fødevaresystemer - ICROFS’ danske sider]

Senior scientist [Projektseniorforsker]

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus,

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Senior scientist at the
Danish Research Centre for Organic Food and Farming, DARCOF
[Forskningscenter for Økologisk Jordbrug og Fødevaresystemer, FØJO]
Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Aarhus,

Postbox 50, 8830 Tjele, Denmark

Born 22. February 1964 in Denmark.
Married, two boys born in 1989 and 1999.

• Philosophy of science, research and cognition
  • systemic research methodology, reflexive objectivity
  • phenomenology of observation; cognitive contexts; complementarity; cognition and learning
  • pragmatist philosophy, peircean semiotics, second order cybernetics
  • social systems theories and network theories
  • polyocular approach to crossdisciplinary and crosscultural studies; expertise and experience
  • participatory approaches; science communication and access
• Ethics and value inquiry
  • systemic ethics; ethics, cognition and awareness;
  • sustainability, commons and ecological justice; precaution and responsibility
  • relationary theories of quality and value; implications of construing problems in terms of qualities, values or ethics
  • perspectival analyses of animal welfare, nature quality, sustainability etc.
  • ethical principles and logo-poietic organizations; participation and access to knowledge
  • sustainable food systems and organic agriculture; technology assessments in a broad sense

And, not least, the interplay between these two broadly construed areas.

Employments

Education

• Thesis: Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture. [Helhedsorienteret forskning i jordbrug - bidrag til systemisk metodik og etik: En undersøgelse af forholdet mellem videnskab og værdier med særlig reference til økologisk jordbrug]

• Thesis: At tænke sig en tilblivelse. Overvejelser om forklaring og forståelse af natur og evolution. [Subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, theories of evolution.]

Community responsibilities (organizing, editing, reviewing, …)

Networks and societies

2004–2007: Member of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) and ESEE-Scandinavia.

• Publications etc. from 1998 to present

These two broadly construed fields and their interplay:

• phenomenology of observation; cognitive contexts; complementarity; cognition and learning

• social systems theories and network theories
• polyocular approach to crossdisciplinary and crosscultural studies; expertise and experience
• participatory approaches; science communication and access

• systemic ethics; ethics, cognition and awareness;
• sustainability, commons and ecological justice; precaution and responsibility
• relationary theories of quality and value; implications of construing problems in terms of qualities, values or ethics
• perspectival analyses of animal welfare, nature quality, sustainability etc.
• ethical principles and logo-poietic organizations; sustainable food systems and organic agriculture

• Philosophy of science, research and cognition
  • systemic research methodology, reflexive objectivity
  • phenomenology of observation; cognitive context; complementarity; cognition and learning
  • pragmatist philosophy, peircean semiotics, second order cybernetics
  • crossdisciplinary and crosscultural studies; social systems theories and network theories; polyocularity
  • participatory approaches; expertise and experience; science communication and access
• Ethics and value inquiry
  • systemic ethics; ethics, cognition and awareness; responsibility
  • relationary theories of quality and value
  • sustainability; commons and ecological justice; precaution,

• sustainable food systems and organic agriculture
• concepts of animal welfare, nature quality, sustainability

• Thesis: Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture. [Helhedsorienteret forskning i jordbrug - bidrag til systemisk metodik og etik: En undersøgelse af forholdet mellem videnskab og værdier med særlig reference til økologisk jordbrug]

• Thesis: At tænke sig en tilblivelse. Overvejelser om forklaring og forståelse af natur og evolution. [Subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, theories of evolution.]

[Forskningscenter for Økologisk Jordbrug og Fødevaresystemer, FØJO]

• systemic research, research methodologies,
• pragmatist philosophy, semiotics,
• epistemology, observation, complementarity, cognition and learning,
• crossdisciplinary and crosscultural studies, social systems and network theories
• participation, communication and access

• Ethics and value inquiry, especially in relation to
  • systemic ethics
  • sustainability, common goods, ecological justice, access,
  • precaution, responsibility
  • ethical principles and logo-poietic organizations
  • animal welfare
  • Sustainable agriculture, food systems and societies, organic food and farming

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Community responsibilities (organizing, editing, reviewing, …)

2004–2007: Member of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) and ESEE-Scandinavia.

Networks and societies

2004–2007: Member of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) and ESEE-Scandinavia.

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Danish Research Centre for Organic Food and Farming, DARCOF
[Forskningscenter for Økologisk Jordbrug og Fødevaresystemer FØJO]

2001: Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
Ph.D. thesis: Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture. [Helhedsorienteret forskning i jordbrug - bidrag til systemisk metodik og etik: En undersøgelse af forholdet mellem videnskab og værdier med særlig reference til økologisk jordbrug]

1989: M.Sc. (cand. hort.), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
Candidate thesis: At tænke sig en tilblivelse. Overvejelser om forklaring og forståelse af natur og evolution. [Subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, theories of evolution.]

Senior scientist at the

Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Aarhus,

Postbox 50, 8830 Tjele, Denmark

Born 22. February 1964 in Denmark.
Married, two boys born in 1989 and 1999.

<2007-present: Co-planning and coordinating a DARCOF knowledge synthesis on Market based growth, development and integrity in the Danish organic sector

• 2005–2008: Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on articulating the Definition of Organic Agriculture.

2003–now: Member of various Open Access networks, including the Open Archives Initiative (OAI).

• 2003–2005: Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on Rewriting the Principles of Organic Agriculture. The participatory work process is documented at ecowiki.org.

• 2002–2006: Initiator, main developer and administrator of Organic Eprints, the international open access archive for papers related to research in organic agriculture.

2002–2004: Member of the Delphi panel for the research project Organic Agriculture in Social Entirety – Principles versus Practices (DARCOF II, project no. III.9).

2000–2005: Responsible for work package 3 Systems research methodology and value inquiry in the project “Co-ordination, synergy and education – increasing the width and depth of research in organic farming” (DARCOF II, no. V).

1999–2000: Co-writer on the application for the project Co-ordination, synergy and education – increasing the width and depth of research in organic farming (DARCOF II, no. V).

• 2005-now: Senior Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Food and Farming.
• 2001–2005: Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming.
• 1998–2001: Research assistant and Scholarship, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming.
• 1992–1995: Postgraduate Scholarship, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark.

2007-present: Co-planning and coordinating a DARCOF knowledge synthesis on Market based growth, development and integrity in the Danish organic sector

reorganiser, se fx ans om iagttagelse

• Philosophy of science, research and cognition, including
  • research methodologies, pragmatist philosophy, semiotics, epistemology, observation, complementarity, learning, crossdisciplinary and crosscultural studies, systems and network theories, systemic research, participation, communication and access.

systemic ethics, ethical principles

Candidate thesis: At tænke sig en tilblivelse. Overvejelser om forklaring og forståelse af natur og evolution. [Subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, theories of evolution.]

Community responsibilities, organizing, editing and reviewing tasks

• 2005: Peer reviewer for The International Scientific Conference On Organic Agriculture (ISOFAR)
• 2004–2006: Leader of Work Package 2 on Identifying and integrating basic ethical values of organic agriculture in the development of the EU Regulation in the EU research project Organic Revision that is to support the revision of the EU regulation on organic agriculture.
• 2003–2005: Planning and coordinating a DARCOF knowledge synthesis on Organic agriculture in a global perspective and co-editing a CABI book based on the knowledge synthesis: Global Development of Organic Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects.

• 2002–2006: Initiator, main developer and administrator of the international open access archive for papers related to research in organic agriculture, Organic Eprints.

• Publications etc. from 1998 to present

Det Jordbrugsvidenskabelige Fakultet, Aarhus Universitet,

Current research interests

• Philosophy of science, research and cognition, including research methodologies, pragmatism, semiotics, epistemology, observation, complementarity, learning, crossdisciplinary and crosscultural studies, systems and network theories, systemic research, participation, communication and access.
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• Ethics and value inquiry, especially in relation to sustainability, common goods, ecological justice, access, precaution, responsibility and animal welfare.
• Sustainable agriculture, food systems and societies, organic food and farming.ind

systemic ethics

Education

2001 Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

Ph.D. thesis: Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture. [Helhedsorienteret forskning i jordbrug - bidrag til systemisk metodik og etik: En undersøgelse af forholdet mellem videnskab og værdier med særlig reference til økologisk jordbrug]

1989 M.Sc. (cand. hort.), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

Candidate thesis: At tænke sig en tilblivelse. Overvejelser om forklaring og forståelse af natur og evolution. [Subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution.]

• 2007-present: Co-planning and coordinating a DARCOF knowledge synthesis on Market based growth, development and integrity in the Danish organic sector

Employments

• 2005 - 2008: Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on articulating the Definition of Organic Agriculture.

Recent work tasks

• 2004–2006: Leader of Work Package 2 on Identifying and integrating basic ethical values of organic agriculture in the development of the EU Regulation in the EU research project Organic Revision that is to support the revision of the EU regulation on organic agriculture.
• 2003–2005: Planning and coordinating a DARCOF knowledge synthesis on Organic agriculture in a global perspective and co-editing a CABI book based on the knowledge synthesis: Global Development of Organic Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects.
• 2002-present: Developing and managing the Organic Eprints international open access archive for papers related to research in organic agriculture.

• Publications 1998 to present

Hugo Fjelsted Alrøe (picture)

Work place:

Hugo Fjelsted Alrøe
Born 22. February 1964 in Denmark.
Married, two children.

Postboks 50, 8830 Tjele, Denmark

CV for Hugo Fjelsted Alrøe
(picture)

Postal address (work):

Forskningscenter Foulum, Blichers Allé 20
Postboks 50,
8830 Tjele, Denmark

• 2005 - 2007: Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on articulating the Definition of Organic Agriculture.
• 2003 - 2005: Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on Rewriting the Principles of Organic Agriculture. The participatory work process is documented at ecowiki.org.

Candidate thesis title: At tænke sig en tilblivelse. Overvejelser om forklaring og forståelse af natur og evolution.
Candidate thesis subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution, nature.

• 2003 - 2005: Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on Rewriting the Principles of Organic Agriculture. The participatory work process is documented at ecowiki.org.
• 2005 - 2007: Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on articulating the Definition of Organic Agriculture.

• Selected Publications

• 1999 - 2003: Member of the Board of Editors for Studies in Pragmatism and Values, a special series of the Value Inquiry Book Series published by Editions Rodopi.
• 2003 - 2005: Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on Rewriting the Principles of Organic Agriculture. The participatory work process is documented at ecowiki.org.

• 1999 - 2003: Member of the Board of Editors for Studies in Pragmatism and Values, a special series of the Value Inquiry Book Series published by Editions Rodopi.
• 2003 - 2005: Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on Rewriting the Principles of Organic Agriculture. The participatory work process is documented at ecowiki.org..

• Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on articulating the Definition of Organic Agriculture. The work process is documented at ecowiki.org.

• Developing and managing the Organic Eprints international open access archive for papers related to research in organic agriculture.

• Planning and coordinating a DARCOF knowledge synthesis on Organic agriculture in a global perspective and co-editing a CABI book based on the knowledge synthesis: Global Development of Organic Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects.

• Planning and coordinating a DARCOF knowledge synthesis on Organic agriculture in a global perspective, and co-editing a CABI book based on the knowledge synthesis: Global Development of Organic Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects.

Ph.D. thesis title: Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture. [Helhedsorienteret forskning i jordbrug - bidrag til systemisk metodik og etik: En undersøgelse af forholdet mellem videnskab og værdier med særlig reference til økologisk jordbrug]
Ph.D. subjects: research philosophy, research methodology, ethics, organic agriculture.

Candidate thesis subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution.

Current work tasks

• Leader of Work Package 2 on Identifying and integrating basic ethical values of organic agriculture in the development of the EU Regulation in the EU research project Organic Revision that is to support the revision of the EU regulation on organic agriculture.
• Planning and coordinating a http://www.darcof.dk? knowledge synthesis on Organic agriculture in a global perspective, and co-editing a book based on the knowledge synthesis: Global Development of Organic Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects CABI Publishing
• Expert member of the IFOAM Task Force on Rewriting the Principles of Organic Agriculture and Task Force on articulating the Definition of Organic Agriculture. The participatory work process is documented at ecowiki.org.

• Sustainability, sustainable agriculture and organic farming.

Publications

• Selected Publications
• All Publications

Danish Research Centre for Organic Food and Farming DARCOF
[Forskningscenter for Økologisk Jordbrug og Fødevaresystemer FØJO]

Thesis title: Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture. [Helhedsorienteret forskning i jordbrug - bidrag til systemisk metodik og etik: En undersøgelse af forholdet mellem videnskab og værdier med særlig reference til økologisk jordbrug]

• 2005 - present: Senior Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Food and Farming.
• 2001 - 2005: Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming.

Picture

Email: hugo.alroe (AT) agrsci.dk

Thesis title: Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture.

Subjects: research philosophy, research methodology, ethics, organic agriculture.

Thesis subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution.

Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming http://www.darcof.dk DARCOF

[Helhedsorienteret forskning i jordbrug - bidrag til systemisk metodik og etik]

Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming http://darcof.dk DARCOF
[Forskningscenter for Økologisk Jordbrug http://foejo.dk FØJO]

[Helhedsorienteret forskning i jordbrug]

Work postal address:
Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

Email: hugo.alroe@agrsci.dk
Phone: +45 8999 1679
Fax: +45 8999 1673
Email:

• 2001 - present: Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming.
• 1998 - 2001: Research assistant and Scholarship, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming.
• 1992 - 1995: Postgraduate Scholarship, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark.
• 1993: Visiting Scholar, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle.
• 1991: Research assistant, Research Centre Foulum, Denmark

• 1999 - 2003: Member of the Board of Editors for Studies in Pragmatism and Values, a special series of the Value Inquiry Book Series published by Editions Rodopi.

Thesis title: Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture.

2001 - present: Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming.

1998 - 2001: Research assistant and Scholarship, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming.

1992 - 1995: Postgraduate Scholarship, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark.

Community services

1999 - 2003: Member of the Board of Editors for Studies in Pragmatism and Values, a special series of the Value Inquiry Book Series published by Editions Rodopi.

Current research interests

• Philosophy of research and science, research methodology, transdisciplinary science, systemic research, systems theories.
• Ethics and value inquiry, especially in relation to sustainability, precaution, responsibility and animal welfare.
• Sustainability, sustainable agriculture and organic farming.

• Thesis title:

• Subjects: research philosophy, research methodology, ethics, organic agriculture.

The thesis consists of five english articles with a danish synopsis.

Employments and grants

• 2001 - present: Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

1998 - 2001: Research assistant and Scholarship, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

Education

2001 Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

1989 M.Sc. (cand. hort.), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

• 2001 Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

• 1989 M.Sc. (cand. hort.), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

Thesis subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution.

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Education

Thesis subjects: philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution.

Employments and grants

• 2001 - present

Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

• 1998 - 2001

Research assistant and Scholarship, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

Community services

Current research interests

Postal address: Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming
Forskningscenter Foulum
Postboks 50, DK-8830 Tjele

Education
2001 Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

research philosophy, research methodology, ethics, organic agriculture.

Dissertation (five english articles with a danish synopsis):
Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture.

1989 M.Sc. (cand. hort.), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.
Thesis subjects:
philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution.

Employments and grants

2001 - present Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

1998 - 2001 Research assistant and Scholarship, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

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Postal address: Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming
Forskningscenter Foulum
Postboks 50, DK-8830 Tjele

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						<p>Hugo Fjelsted Alrøe<br>
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					<td valign=“top”>Postal address:</td>
					<td width=“80%”>Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming<br>
						Forskningscenter Foulum<br>
						Postboks 50, DK-8830 Tjele</td>
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					<td>Fax:</td>
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							<b>Education</b></div>
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					<td valign=“top”>2001</td>
					<td width=“80%”>Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.
						<p>Subjects:<br>
							research philosophy, research methodology, ethics, organic agriculture.</p>
						<p>Dissertation (five english articles with a danish synopsis):<br>
							Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture.</p>
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					<td valign=“top”>1989</td>
					<td width=“80%”>M.Sc. (cand. hort.), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.
						<p>Thesis subjects:<br>
							philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution.</p>
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							<p><b>Employments and grants</b></p>
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					<td valign=“top”>2001 - present</td>
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						<p>Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming<br>
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						<p>Research assistant and Scholarship, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming</p>
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					<td valign=“top”>1992 - 1995</td>
					<td width=“80%”>Postgraduate Scholarship, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark</td>
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					<td valign=“top”>1993</td>
					<td width=“80%”>Visiting Scholar, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle</td>
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					<td>1991</td>
					<td width=“80%”>Research assistant, Research Centre Foulum, Denmark</td>
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							<b>Community services</b></div>
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					<td valign=“top”>1999 - 2003</td>
					<td>Member of the Board of Editors for Studies in Pragmatism and Values, a special series of the Value Inquiry Book Series published by Editions Rodopi.</td>
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							<b>Current research interests</b></div>
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							<li>Philosophy of research and science, research methodology, transdisciplinary science, systemic research, systems theories.
							<li>Ethics and value inquiry, especially in relation to sustainability, precaution, responsibility and animal welfare.
							<li>Sustainability, sustainable agriculture and organic farming.
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Education
2001 Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

research philosophy, research methodology, ethics, organic agriculture.

Dissertation (five english articles with a danish synopsis):
Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture.

1989 M.Sc. (cand. hort.), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.
Thesis subjects:
philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution.

Employments and grants

2001 - present Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

1998 - 2001 Research assistant and Scholarship, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

Postal address: Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming
Forskningscenter Foulum
Postboks 50, DK-8830 Tjele

Education
2001 Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

research philosophy, research methodology, ethics, organic agriculture.

Dissertation (five english articles with a danish synopsis):
Wholeness-oriented research in agriculture – contributions to systemic methodology and ethics: An inquiry into the relation between science and values with particular regard to organic agriculture.

1989 M.Sc. (cand. hort.), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.
Thesis subjects:
philosophy of science, theories of knowledge, evolution.

Employments and grants

2001 - present Postdoctoral Scientist, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

1998 - 2001 Research assistant and Scholarship, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming

1992 - 1995 Postgraduate Scholarship, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
1993 Visiting Scholar, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle
1991 Research assistant, Research Centre Foulum, Denmark
Community services
1999 - 2003 Member of the Board of Editors for Studies in Pragmatism and Values, a special series of the Value Inquiry Book Series published by Editions Rodopi.
Current research interests
Philosophy of research and science, research methodology, transdisciplinary science, systemic research, systems theories.
Ethics and value inquiry, especially in relation to sustainability, precaution, responsibility and animal welfare.
Sustainability, sustainable agriculture and organic farming.