Christian Lund

Christian Lund is a Professor at the Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO), University of Copenhagen, affiliated with the Section for Global Development. His research focuses on land politics, property rights, and governance in agrarian contexts. He has published extensively on topics including land reform, resource dispossession, citizenship, and state formation.

• Research Areas: Land politics, agrarian transitions, political ecology, environmental governance, and development studies.
• Students: Ahmed Sahro, Ayele Eyob Teredie, Baldassari Christian, Cariola Eriksson Maria, Hassan Adan Rahma, Husnain Ghammaz, Jakobsen Line Jespersgaard, Khaemuro Phillip, Kisiwa Abdalla Kiteo, Law Naw Pe Tha, Mazzocco Vivianne Elaine, Mhina Edith Benedict, Mohamed Fatima Dahir, Mollo Abel, Nyamandege Bernard Julius, Obara Joshua, Sacerdoti Micol, Saleth Leonie Alena, Scheven Chiara, Siltanu Gebretzadik Teshager, Singh David Andre Karnail, Ugartetxea De La Cruz Christmas, Yeboah Daniel Kojo Leon.

Recent publications address agrarian modernity, geopolitical dynamics in postwar Laos, and resource access. He has contributed to debates on land rights, decolonization, and environmental governance in Africa and Southeast Asia.

His full description includes leadership in the Section for Global Development and collaborations with the Copenhagen Centre for Development Research.