Student news - Inspiration seminars

The objectives of the meetings are to draw the attention of master students to possibilities and challenges in work related to Danish development assistance and in carrying out field studies in a developing country. The meetings present concrete examples from a broad spectre of people who have hands-on experiences from developing countries; and the secretariat gives information on DDRN and on possibilities of applying for Danida’s Travel Grants. The presentations offer information on current trends in Danish development aid and list a number of relevant themes for master students' theses.

If you are interested in themes for research suggested by development practitioners and researchers, you can read the themes collected by DDRN so far - follow this link.

March 2011

Inspiration seminars have been held at:

University of Copenhagen, Centre for African Studies (CAS): March 9, 2011

Presentations from the seminar at CAS can be downloaded here:
Mia Beyer, Master student, CAS
Charles Kinga, Researcher, CAS
Estelle Fanjaud, Consultant, COWI
Lone Frederiksen, DDRN

Copenhagen Business School (CBS): March 2, 2011

Presentations from the seminar at CBS can be downloaded here:
Søren Jeppesen, Associate professor, CBS
Sameer Azizi, Master student, CBS
Estelle Fanjaud, Consultant, COWI
Lone Frederiksen, DDRN

October - November 2010

Inspiration seminars have been held at:

University of Copenhagen, Department of Geography & Geology: October 7, 2010

Presentations from the seminar at KU can be downloaded here:
Niels Fold, Professor, IGG, KU
Elisabeth Rasmusen, Master student, IGG, KU
Charlotte Seidenberg, Consultant, NIRAS
Lone Frederiksen, DDRN

Roskilde University (RUC): October 11, 2010

Aarhus University (AU): November 4, 2010 - 13:15-15:00

Presentations from the seminar at AU can be downloaded here:
Thomas Nielsen, Centre manager, AU
Christina Abel, Master student, AU
Henrik Borgtoft Pedersen, Senior consultant, NIRAS
Lone Frederiksen, DDRN

April 2010

In April 2010 DDRN organised two inspiration seminars that were held at:

Technical University of Denmark (DTU): April  19, 2010 - 13:00-14:15

Aalborg University (AAU): April 20, 2010 - 12:15-13:30

Presentations from the seminar at DTU can be downloaded here:
Arne Wangel, Associate professor, DTU
Helene Ystanes Føyn, MSc, from Risoe DTU
Bo Karlsen, post-graduate student from RUC, who carried out a field study in Mozambique
Lone Frederiksen, DDRN secretariat

Presentations from the seminar at AAU can be downloaded here:
Henrik Borgtoft Pedersen, International consultant, NIRAS
Lone Frederiksen, DDRN secretariat
Jeannie Morgan, Aalborg University

September - October 2009

In September and October 2009 DDRN  organised inspiration seminars at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences.

Programmes for the the seminars can be downloaded here:

Copenhagen Business School (CBS): September 29, 2009  

University of Copenhagen (LIFE): October 5, 2009

The presentations can be downloaded here:

Ellen Buch-Hansen, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Søren Jeppesen, Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
Anna Escobar Fibla, CMI-BADS student, CBS
Andreas de Neergaard, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Nina Kirkegaard, MSc

September - October 2008

In September and October 2008 DDRN organised inspirations seminars at Roskilde University, University of Aarhus, and University of Copenhagen.

Programmes for the three seminars can be downloaded here:

Roskilde University (RUC): September 25, 2008 - 12:00-13:00

University of Århus (AU), Department of Biology: October 7, 2008 - 13:00-15:00

University of Copenhagen (KU), Centre of African Studies: October 8, 2008. 13:00-15:00.

The presentations available can be downloaded here:

Anders Barfod, Department of Biology, University of Aarhus [pdf]
Hanne Carus, Danida [pdf]
Henrik Borgtoft Pedersen, NIRAS [pdf]
Nina Kerting Iversen, Master student, AU [pdf]
Vincent Maklawe Edjabou, MSc, Togo [pdf]
 

March 2008

In March 2008 DDRN carried through inspiration seminars for Master students at the universities mentioned below. To see the programmes, please follow the links:

Aalborg University (AAU) on March 3, 2008,

University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Odense on March 4, 2008, and

Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Kgs. Lyngby on March 10, 2008.

The presentations available can be downloaded here:

Arne Wangel, Associate professor, DTU [pdf]
Tine Rechter, Master student, DTU [pdf]
Vincent Maklawe Edjabou, MSc from Togo [pdf]

September - October 2007

In September and October 2007 DDRN arranged inspiration seminars for master students at the universities of Roskilde, Copenhagen and Aarhus. 

The presentations can be downloaded here:

Hanne Carus, Mike Speirs and Søren Davidsen from Danida [pdf]
Henrik Borgtoft Pedersen, Senior consultant, NIRAS [pdf]
James Kanya, PhD student from Kenya [pdf]
Line Hauschildt, master student, who has carried out field studies in Ghana [pdf]
Mette Kjær, PhD, University of Aarhus [pdf]
Ole Mertz, associate professor, University of Copenhagen [pdf]
Pelle Gätke, master student, who has carried out field studies in Cambodia (no file)Pernille Lausen Hansen, master student, who has carried out field studies in Nepal [pdf]Peter Oksen, associate professor, Roskilde University Centre [pdf]
Samuel Nyalala, PhD student from Kenya [pdf]
Troels Hovgaard from the Project Counselling Service [pdf]