Martin Rudbeck Jepsen

Martin Rudbeck Jepsen is an Associate Professor in Human Geography and Geoinformatics at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. His interdisciplinary work combines social science methodologies with geoinformatics and quantitative analysis to address complex human-environment interactions. He maintains active research collaborations across Europe, Southeast Asia, China, Mexico, and Colombia, focusing on sustainable land use systems and their societal implications.

Dr. Jepsen's primary research interests encompass land use change, farming systems, natural resource management, and agent-based modeling. His current projects include Europeland (toward sustainable land use in Europe), a living lab on leveraging land use change for the green transition, and a network focused on reducing emissions from agricultural soils. His research consistently addresses the nexus between sustainability, food production, and food security across diverse geographical contexts.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong trend toward interdisciplinary research that bridges environmental science with peacebuilding and climate action, particularly in conflict-affected regions. His work increasingly focuses on quantifying co-benefits of sustainable land management practices and developing innovative methodologies for measuring complex environmental-social interactions across multiple scales.

Dr. Jepsen teaches across all levels of the Geography program, covering Introduction to Human Geography, Natural Resource Management, GIS, and Ecological Modeling. His teaching philosophy emphasizes practical applications of geoinformatics to real-world sustainability challenges, particularly in agricultural systems and food security contexts.

His professional trajectory includes significant non-academic experience, having worked as a data analyst building dynamic models of infectious diseases during 2005-2008, and taking leave in 2020 to contribute to the Danish Council on Climate Change. This practical policy experience informs his current research on sustainable land use and climate action.