Quentin Gausset

Quentin Gausset

Associate Professor

Primary fields of research

Regional specialisation: West-Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso), Southern Africa (South-Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia), East-Africa (Tanzania, Uganda), Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand) and Denmark. 

Thematic specialisation: Environmental anthropology, natural resource management, development, AIDS, action research, identity, ethnicity, autochthony and indigeneity, kinship, religion, field methods.

Research groups: Nature and environmental change + Globalisation and development

My research has dealt with different themes and regions, from classical ethnography with focus on religion and ethnicity in Cameroon, to AIDS prevention in Zambia and Burkina Faso, and to socio-cultural aspects of natural resource management in Burkina Faso, Tanzania (agro-forestry), Cameroon (agro-pastoral conflicts), Malaysia (management of Niah national park), Thailand, Botswana, Swaziland, South-Africa (sustainable use of natural resources) and Denmark (reduction of CO2 emissions).

Research gate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Quentin_Gausset

Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.is/citations?user=mRLjct0AAAAJ&hl=en

 

Selected publications

  1. Published

    The Role of Non-State Actors in the Green Transition: Building a Sustainable Future

    Hoff, Jens Villiam (ed.), Gausset, Quentin (ed.) & Lex, Simon Westergaard (ed.), 2019, London: Routledge. 275 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  2. Published

    Vigør: fortællinger fra den grønne frontlinje

    Gausset, Quentin (ed.), Jensen, K. H. B. (ed.) & Hunt, J. B. (ed.), 2019, København: Ingerfair. 171 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthology

  3. Published

    Community Governance and Citizen Driven Initiatives in Climate Change Mitigation

    Hoff, Jens Villiam (ed.) & Gausset, Quentin (ed.), 2016, London: Routledge. 272 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  4. Published

    Constructing the Kwanja of Adamawa (Cameroon): Essay in Fractal Anthropology

    Gausset, Quentin, 2010, Münster: LIT Verlag. 303 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  5. Published

    Beyond territory and scarcity: Exploring conflicts over natural resource management

    Gausset, Quentin (ed.), Whyte, Michael (ed.) & Birch-Thomsen, Torben (ed.), 2005, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. 218 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportpeer-review

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