The ILUNRM course includes supervised field work/data collection in student groups in week 4, 5 and 6 of the course (first half of March 2023). The exact dates will be communicated later and before the course starts.

The field work will take place in Sarawak (Malaysia) and Kenya in collaboration with staff and students from University of Sarawak and University of Nairobi, respectively. In November (after the deadline of enrollment), you will have the opportunity to indicate which field work destination (Sarawak or Kenya) you prefer, but the final decision rests with the lecturers because we need to ensure an equal distribution of students among the two destinations.

We will organize an information meeting in November 2022 where we will inform about the course, the field work and what practical preparations (flight ticket etc.) you need to do before the course and before the field work.

In the course, you will work in an inter-disciplinary group with students with other academic backgrounds than your own. The group will work on a thematic research area provided by the lecturers but with a great deal of freedom to define the focus of the work. We hope to be able to provide more information on the thematic research areas in January 2023. You will be given the opportunity to indicate your preference with regard to research topic, but we, the lecturers, make the groups.

The course starts on 6 February 2023 (block 3). It is a 15 ECTS course, meaning you have no other courses during the block. The exams are tentatively planned for 17 and 18 April 2023 (the interim week (mellemugen).

If you have questions about the course and the field trip, contact course responsible Christian Pilegaard Hansen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen at cph@ifro.ku.dk .