Anton Stahl Olafsson

Anton Stahl Olafsson

Associate Professor

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ORCID: 0000-0002-7940-8126
Current and previous positions: 
2018-Associate Professor in Outdoor Recreation and Green Space Planning. Section of Landscape Architecture and Planning, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
2013-2018:  Assistant Professor. Section of Landscape Architecture and Planning, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
2012-2013:Post doc at Forest and Landscape, University of Copenhagen. Employment in the Bikeability project financed by Danish Council for Strategic Research. The position includes research devoted to the preconditions of cycling in Denmark (WP1), the position also included teaching.
 2011-2011:Research assistant at Forest and Landscape, University of Copenhagen. Three months employment in the Bikeability project WP1. The work includes elaboration, development and distribution of a representative Internet survey on transportation behavior and cycling behavior to 5.122 adults.
 2008-2011:PhD Fellow at Forest and Landscape, University of Copenhagen.
2007-2008:Research Assistant (full time), Forest and Landscape (University of Copenhagen), in the second phase of an EU-financed Interreg IIIa project: “The landscape as a resource, scenarios and strategies for a sustainable development in the Sound region”. The project was a joint venture between regional and local planning authorities in Denmark and Sweden, and scientists from the Danish and Swedish agricultural universities.
2006-2006: Research assistant (part time), Institute of Geography and International Development Studies, University of Roskilde.
 2004-2006:Research Assistant (full time), Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning (Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University). Project employed in an EU-financed Interreg IIIa project “The landscape as a resource, scenarios and strategies for a sustainable development in the Sound region”.
Academic degrees: 
2012:  PhD from Forest and Landscape, LIFE, University of Copenhagen. PhD thesis: GIS-based recreation experience mapping: Development, Validation and Implementation
2007:M.Sc. in Geography and Geoinformatics, Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Master thesis: Recreation Experience Assessment and Landscape Character Assessment at Municipality Level: Theoretical context, development and visions for practical implementation in Frederikssund Municipality
Teaching responsibility:

Master course 'Nature Perception - Theories and Methods' (block 2) and 'Outdoor Recreation - Planning and Management' (block 3). Supervision of Master Theses, and co-supervision of 2 Ph.D.

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