Per is an Associate Professor in environmental science and a Senior Lecturer in physical geography with a focus on didactics. He holds a Ph.D. in physical geography and ecosystem analysis, focusing on satellite remote sensing for estimating carbon dioxide exchange between vegetation and the atmosphere. His research focus also includes, for example, conditions for implementing the ecosystem services concept in urban planning.
Publications
Research Themes
Global Urbanism aims to explore the heterogeneity/diversity of urban conditions, practices and experiences in different geographical locations. It aims to highlight how contemporary urban theorization reflects (or fails to reflect) this diversity. The theme challenges assumed urban hierarchies and highlights urban practices outside the mainstream state-led and market-led frameworks, particularly activities carried out by people…
Green and Just Cities is a new theme within the IUR which aims to highlight and contribute to a deeper understanding of the physical geographical and ecological dimensions of urban justice. The theme provides a bridge between urban studies and environmental studies by examining the multiple ways the natural and built environments are co-constitutive, and…