The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) The Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Noragric

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The Norwegian University of Life Sciences
(UMB)The Department of International
Environment and Development Studies, Noragric
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The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)

• Established in 1859
• Norwegian university status in 2005
• 8 departments and 3 centres
• Bachelor, Master and PhD degree programmes
• 3660 students (2011) of which 21
• are international
• 456 PhD students (2011), 54 nationalities
• 1140 staff - of which 660 scientific staff (2011)

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Norwegian University of Life Sciences
organigramme
University Board / Rector
Executive Director
Central Administration Information, Library
Computing Finance Personnel Organisation Buildi
ng Service Maintenence Property Planning
Development
International Environment and Development
Studies, Noragric
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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Established in 1986 as a centre at the
  Agricultural University of Norway (NLH) became
  academic department in 2005
• 47 staff members 34 scientific and 13
  administrative staff
• 37 PhD students (Spring 2011)
• 149 Master students (Spring 2011)
• 56 in Development Studies programme
• 54 in International Environmental Studies
  programme
• 39 in International Relations programme
• 112 Bachelor students (Spring 2011)

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Noragrics Role at UMB

• Academic responsibility for international
  environment and development studies at UMB,
  including research and education
• Environmental competence centre for NORAD and
  Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• UMBs department of interdisciplinarity and
  social sciences
• Responsible for coordination of institutional
  collaboration with countries in the South and
  Eastern Europe

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Noragrics Academic Focus
International Environment and Development
Studies

• International environment and development
  studies is an interdisciplinary field of study,
  examining processes of change in relation to
  human well-being and the environment.

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Research Programme

• Interdisciplinary approach links social and
  natural sciences
• Multidisciplinary working environment
• Carried out with partners globally
• Joint capacity building with partner institutions
• Noragrics PhD programme an integral and
  important component of the research programme
• MSc research linked to research themes
• Publications Refereed journals scientific
  monographs anthologies
• Popularisation participation in public debates

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Research Thematic Areas

• Environmental Governance, Resource Rights
  Livelihoods
• Conflict, Peace Development
• Agricultural Development, Conservation the
  Environment
• Climate Change and Development Adaptation
  Mitigation
• Globalisation, Trade and Development
• Foreign Aid and Development
• Cross-cutting issues poverty and gender

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Research activities grouped in clusters (incl.
scientific staff and PhD students)

• Environmental Governance Protected Areas
  (ENGOPA)
• Conflict, Human Security Development (CHSD)
• Governance Climate Change (GOVCLIM)
• Agricultural Development, Livelihoods and
  Environmental Change (ADLEC)
• Rights, Accountabilities and Power in Development
  (RAPID)
• Resources, Rights Governance (RRG-Net)

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PhD Programme in Development Studies (3-4 years)

• Interdisciplinary
• Focus on processes, constraints and opportunities
  for social, political, cultural, economic,
  ecological, institutional and technical change
  progress and development in different societies
  and settings. Particular focus on rural
  development and the environment.
• Mandatory and elective courses in environment and
  development studies research methodology in
  development studies research ethics and
  philosophy of science problem-oriented courses
  relevant to topic of dissertation.

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Education

• Noragric offers five interdisciplinary academic
  degree programmes (all taught in English)
• Bachelor of Science in Development Studies
• Master of Science in International Environmental
  Studies
• Master of Science in International Development
  Studies
• Master of Science in International Relations
• PhD programme in Development Studies

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Bachelor Programme in International Environment
and Development Studies (3 years)

• Interdisciplinary approach to social and natural
  sciences
• Courses include Introduction to Environment,
  Development and Globalization Social
  Anthropology Development Aid and Politics
  Economics for Environment, Development and
  Natural Resources Linking Ecological and Social
  Resilience Writing seminar Tropical Ecology
  Biology.
• Semester at a partner university Sokoine
  University of Agriculture (Tanzania), EARTH
  University (Costa Rica), University of British
  Columbia (Canada) and the University of East
  Anglia (U.K.).

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Master Programme in International Environmental
Studies (2 years)

• Focus on policy and institutional perspectives of
  environmental studies.
• Compulsory courses include Introduction to
  Environmental Studies Global Environmental
  Change Political Economy - Institutions and the
  Environment Research Methods Methods in
  Environment and Development Research
  Environmental Management in the Field (field
  course)
• 15-credit course and 15-credit field course in
  3rd semester at Sokoine University of
  Agriculture, Tanzania or Institute of Development
  Studies, Jaipur, India.

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Master Programme in International Development
Studies (2 years)

• Focus on social science perspectives of
  development including rural livelihood, poverty,
  gender, health, peace and conflict, natural
  resources and the environment.
• Compulsory courses include Introduction to
  Development Studies Development Theory and
  Policy Research Methods Development Classic
  Methods in Environment and Development Research
  Rural Development and Project Management (field
  course)
• Two-month field course in 3rd semester at Sokoine
  University of Agriculture (Tanzania) or the
  Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur (India).

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Master Programme in International Relations (2
years)

• Carried out in cooperation with the Norwegian
  Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
• Focus on international interaction in the fields
  of development, poverty alleviation and the
  environment.
• Compulsory courses include International
  Relations Theory Conflict and Development
  Global Political Economy Research Methods I
  Research Methods II
• Exchange student arrangement / internship
  encouraged in 3rd semester

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Students in the Master Programmein Development
Studies came from these countries (2006-2008)
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Universities with exchange agreements with
Noragric
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Institutional Cooperation

• Central to Noragrics activities, closely linked
  to research and education.
• Joint research and education activities, staff
  and student exchange, capacity building.
• Agreements with gt 30 partners in Africa, Asia,
  Latin America, South Eastern Europe, incl.
  universities, civil society organisations,
  research foundations and public institutions.
• Long-term academic cooperation in Africa includes
  Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania in Asia
  Nepal, Pakistan in Europe South-Eastern Europe.
• Full list of partners on Noragric website
  www.umb.no/noragric

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Collaborating Institutions in Africa

• Hawassa University, Ethiopia
• Mekelle University, Ethiopia
• Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS),
  University of Western Cape, South Africa
• University of Malawi/Bunda College of
  Agriculture, Malawi
• Institute dEconomie Rurale (IER), Mali
• Juba University, Sudan   
• Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
• University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Makerere University, Uganda
• Conservation Farming Unit of Zambia National
  Farmers Union, Zambia 

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Collaborating institutions in Asia

• Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the
  Environment (ATREE), India
• Green Foundation, India
• Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, India
• Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal
• Kathmandu University, Nepal
• COMSATS Institute of Information Technology,
  Pakistan
• University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

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Collaborating institutions in Europe

• 'Education, Research and Training for Global
  Environmental Change and Sustainable Management
  of Natural Resources in West Balkan'.
  Institutions - Agricultural University of
  Tirana, Albania - University of Banja Luka,
  Bosnia Herzegovina - University of Mostar,
  Bosnia Herzegovina - University of Sarajevo,
  Bosnia Herzegovina - University of Dz. B. of
  Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina - University of
  Osijek, Croatia - University of Prishtina,
  Kosovo - University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius,
  Macedonia - University of Belgrade, Serbia -
  University of Novi Sad, Serbia - University of
  Montenegro, Montenegro
• Azerbaijan State Agrarian University, Azerbaijan
• University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

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Collaborating institutions in North- and Latin
America

• Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Brazil
• EARTH University, Costa Rica
• University of British Columbia, Canada

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New Programmes 2010

• CCIAM Programme on Climate Change Impacts,
  Adaptation and Mitigation (2010-2014, Sokoine
  University,Tanzania)
• EPINAV Enhancing Pro-poor Innovations in Natural
  Resources and Agricultural Value-chains
  (2010-2014, Sokoine University, Tanzania)
• HERD Higher Education Research and Development
  (2010-2014, Western Balkans)
• Extended institutional collaboration agreements
  with Hawassa University and Mekelle University,
  Ethiopia (2010-2015)
• Academic institutional collaboration within
  agriculture and veterinary medicine (pilot phase,
  2009-2010, Azerbaijan)

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Networks and Agreements

• Frame agreement with NORAD for UMB Noragric
  offers scientific advisory services, usually in
  the form of consultancy assignments and
  evaluations, in the field of agricultural
  development, environment and food security.
• Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) framework
  agreement with the NGO-driven forum that
  exchanges practical experience and knowledge on
  food security and natural resource management in
  the drylands of Africa. www.drylands-group.org
• Peace Corps (NORAD-funded ESD Exchange for
  Sustainable Development programme)

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Publications and Dissemination

• Scientific staff publish international peer
  reviewed articles, chapters in scientific
  anthologies, popular scientific and newspaper
  articles.
• Noragrics library is part of UMB's library
  network closely integrated with Noragrics
  professional activities is involved in
  institutional cooperation cooperates with Eldis.
• Noragric publishes Annual Report, Noragric
  Reports, Noragric Working Papers, Master theses
  and PhD dissertations, etc.
• Website with updated information
  www.umb.no/noragric

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 Come visit us in Aas, Norway! Department
of International Environment and Development
Studies, NoragricP.O. Box 5003NO-1432
AasNorwaywww.umb.no/noragric