Malte Ladewig, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend his PhD thesis "Mining, livelihoods and forest conservation in the DR
Congo" on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
Norwegian title of the thesis:
“Gruvedrift, livsgrunnlag og skogbevaring i DR Kongo”
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"On the Economics of Land Rent, Land Use, Land Use Change, and Land Conservation Policies"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
8 April 2025, 12:15 at room TU101, Tower Building, NMBU, Christian Magnus Falsens vei 30, Ås. MazeMap: TU101, Tårnbygningen, NMBU - MazeMap
Program:
12:15 Welcome and trial lecture
13:05 Break
13:20 Presentation of the thesis and public defence
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor David Wuepper, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn, Germany
Second opponent: Professor Andreas Kontoleon, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK.
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Olvar Bergland, School of Economics and Business, NMBU
Supervisors: Main supervisor: Professor Arild Angelsen, School of Economics and Business, NMBU
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2025:35, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-2246-9