Lasse Baaner

Lasse Baaner serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Section for Consumption, Bioethics and Governance at the University of Copenhagen. His scholarly work centers on environmental law, nature protection law, and water law, employing interdisciplinary methodologies that bridge legal scholarship with conservation biology, geographical information science, and decision-support systems for environmental governance.

Academic qualifications:

• Forestry and Landscape Engineering (BSc)
• Law (Jurist, cand. jur., PhD)

Baaner's research investigates forest nature protection in Denmark, public access regulations, biodiversity conservation through legislative frameworks, and the effectiveness of nature protection laws. His interdisciplinary approach integrates legal analysis with spatial data modeling and conservation biology to develop practical tools for environmental decision-making, particularly in Danish contexts where legal frameworks intersect with ecological management.

Analysis of his 2011-2019 publications reveals consistent focus on EU Water Framework Directive implementation, public access conflicts in natural areas, and nature conservation legislation. His work demonstrates a trajectory toward applied legal scholarship that addresses real-world environmental challenges through collaborative research with natural scientists and policymakers, emphasizing practical compliance mechanisms over theoretical frameworks.

Baaner actively supervises bachelor's and master's students across environmental law topics at both the Department of Food and Resource Economics and the Forest School. His academic home within the Faculty of Science's Department of Food and Resource Economics positions him at the nexus of legal scholarship, ethical resource governance, and bioethics research through the Section for Consumption, Bioethics and Governance.