
Emilie Vansant
I am a PhD fellow at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen in Denmark. My PhD project aims to uncover linkages between forests and rural people’s dietary quality in Malawi.
I have a strong passion for strengthening the link between food security policy and agriculture research to improve our ecologically unsustainable and socially inequitable food system. Throughout my studies and professional experiences, I have had the chance to conduct fieldwork in many different countries, including Malawi, India, Norway, France, Guatemala, and Malaysia.
2019 Dual Degree MSc, Agroecology, Norwegian Univesity of Life Sciences in partnership with ISARA-Lyon, France
2016 BS, International Relations and Environmental Studies, Tufts University, Boston, USA
2020- PhD Fellow, Dept. of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
2020 Knowledge Management Research Fellow, ICARDA (International Center for Agriculture Research in Dry Areas)
2016-2017 Agricultural Research Fellow, Semilla Nueva, Guatemala
2015 Student in International Training, SIT Food Lab: Sikkim, India
2015 Research/Translation Intern, Alianza Por la Solidaridad, Spain
2020 ICARDA (International Center for Agriculture Research in Dry Areas), Knowledge Management Research Fellow – Remote
2016-2017 Semilla Nueva, Agricultural Research Fellow – Guatemala City, Guatemala
Office: 6.2.641
emilie.vansant@gmail.com


