Laura Vang Rasmussen

Laura Vang Rasmussen

Associate Professor - Promotion Programme


  1. Published

    Wild foods contribute to women’s higher dietary diversity in India

    Cheek, J. Z., Lambrecht, N. J., den Braber, B., Akanchha, N., Govindarajulu, D., Jones, A. D., Chhatre, A. & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2023, In: Nature Food. 4, p. 476-482

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Wild food collection and nutrition under commercial agriculture expansion in agriculture-forest landscapes

    Broegaard, Rikke Brandt, Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Dawson, N., Mertz, Ole, Vongvisouk, T. & Grogan, K., 2017, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 84, p. 92-101 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    What are the links between tree-based farming and dietary quality for rural households? A review of emerging evidence in low- and middle-income countries

    Vansant, Emilie Claire, Mausch, K., Ickowitz, A., McMullin, S., Karanja, A. & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2022, In: People and Nature . 4, 2, p. 296–311 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    West African waterworlds

    Olwig, M. F. & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2015, Waterworlds: anthropology in fluid environments. Hastrup, K. & Hastrup, F. (eds.). Berghahn Books, p. 110-128 19 p. (Ethnography, Theory, Experiment, Vol. 3).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Weather, climate, and resource Information should meet the needs of Sahelian pastoralists

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Mertz, Ole, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Nieto Solana, H., Ali, A. & Maiga, I., 2014, In: Weather, Climate, and Society. 6, 4, p. 482-494

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Weather and resource information as tools for dealing with farmer–pastoralist conflicts in the Sahel

    Mertz, Ole, Rasmussen, Kjeld & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2016, In: Earth System Dynamics. 7, 4, p. 969–976

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Water quantity vs water quality

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2014, Living with Environmental Change: Waterworlds. Hastrup, K. & Rubow, C. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 76-80

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Vi har ikke råd til at tabe en generation af unge forskere

    Vallgårda, Karen Asta Arnfred, Sørensen, Thomas Just, Ulstrup, S., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Dalsgaard, P., Dimke, H., Kropp, K., Niss, K. & Pedersen, B. P., 30 Jan 2020, In: Berlingske Tidende. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  9. Published

    Unraveling the complexity of land use change and path dependency in agri-environmental schemes for small farmers: A serious game approach

    Alpuche Álvarez, Y. A., Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, Müller, D., Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Zhanli, S., 2024, In: Land Use Policy. 139, 13 p., 107067.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Unpredictable Side Effects of New Technologies

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2014, Living with Environmental Change: Waterworlds. Hastrup, K. & Rubow, C. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 126-130

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Universiteterne har brug for en reformpause

    Kropp, K., Vallgårda, Karen Asta Arnfred, Hougaard Laustsen-Kiel, A., Albrechtsen, Nicolai Jacob Wewer, Sylow, Lykke, Damgaard, R. B., Kristensen, Line Burholt, Hansen, N. C., Uusimäki, E., Jønsson, A. B., Høyland-Kroghsbo, Nina Molin, Eriksen, J. J., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Andersen, P. E., Jensen, Louise Kruse, Lomborg, Stine, Morueta-Holme, Naia, Simonsen, K. B., Zetterberg-Nielsen, S. & Autzen, A., 29 Jan 2023, In: Berlingske Tidende.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Comment/debateCommunication

  12. Published

    Unge forskere: Der er behov for en bedre model til at støtte coronaforsinket forskning

    Vallgårda, Karen Asta Arnfred, Andersen, P. E., Jauffred, Liselotte, Sørensen, Thomas Just, Møller, Niels Martin, Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Kristensen, Line Burholt, Bjørk, R., Dalsgaard, P., Dimke, H., Kropp, K., Laustsen, A. H., Nielsen, Mathias Wullum & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 16 Mar 2021, In: Altinget.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  13. Published

    Understanding smallholders' intended deforestation behavior in the Brazilian Cerrado following environmental registry

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Jung, S., Brites, A. D., Watkins, C. & Agrawal, A., 2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 9, 9 p., 094001.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    The sustainability of cassava-based bioethanol production in southern Mali

    Rasmussen, Kjeld, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Bruun, T. B., Egsmose, R. M. R., Elberling, Bo, Fold, Niels, Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, Ouattara, O., Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Togola, I., 2015, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift/Danish Journal of Geography. 115, 1, p. 14-26

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The research and practice of integrating conservation and development: self-reflections by researchers on methodologies, objectives and influence

    Pasgaard, M., Dawson, N. M., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Enghoff, M. & Jensen, A., 2017, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 9, p. 50-60 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    The influence of seasonal rainfall upon Sahel vegetation

    Proud, S. R. & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 3 Sep 2011, In: Remote Sensing Letters. 2, 3, p. 241 - 249 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    The importance of forest foods for diet quality: A case study from Sangthong District, Laos

    Jendresen, M. N. & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Mar 2022, In: Trees, Forests and People. 7, 10 p., 100166.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    The forgotten land use class: Mapping of fallow fields across the Sahel using Sentinel-2

    Tong, Xiaoye, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Tian, F., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Zhang, W. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 239, 111598.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    The effect of cassava-based bioethanol production on above-ground carbon stocks: a case study from Southern Mali

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard & Traoré, O., 2012, In: Energy Policy. 41, p. 575-583 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    The closer, the better? Untangling scientist-practitioner engagement, interaction, and knowledge use

    Lemos, M. C., Wolske, K., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Arnott, J. C. & Kirchhoff, C. J., 2019, In: Weather, Climate, and Society. 11, p. 535-548 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Staying with the system: theoretical consistency and change in Danish geographical work on the Sahel

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Nielsen, J. Ø., 2014, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift/Danish Journal of Geography. p. 3-16

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Socio-economic outcomes of ecological infrastructure investments

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Fold, Niels, Olesen, R. S. & Shackleton, S., 2021, In: Ecosystem Services. 47, 8 p., 101242.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Social-ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Coolsaet, B., Martin, A., Mertz, Ole, Pascual, U., Corbera, E., Dawson, N., Fisher, J. A., Franks, P. & Ryan, C. M., 2018, In: Nature Sustainability. 1, 6, p. 275-282 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Slow versus fast changes in Sahelian land use systems

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2014, Living with Environmental Change: Waterworlds. Hastrup, K. & Rubow, C. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 264-268

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Scientific documentation of crop land changes in the Sahel: a half empty box of knowledge to support policy?

    van Vliet, N., Reenberg, A. & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2013, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 95, p. 1-13 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Satellite passive microwaves reveal recent climate-induced carbon losses in African drylands

    Brandt, M., Wigneron, J-P., Chave, J., Tagesson, H. T., Penuelas, J., Ciais, P., Rasmussen, K., Tian, F., Mbow, C., Al-Yaari, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Schurgers, G., Zhang, W., Chang, J., Kerr, Y., Verger, A., Tucker, C., Mialon, A., Rasmussen, L. V., Fan, L. & 1 others, Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 5, p. 827-835 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Rethinking the approach of a global shift toward plant-based diets

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Hall, C., Vansant, Emilie Claire, Den Braber, B. & Olesen, R. S., 1 Sep 2021, In: One Earth. 4, 9, p. 1201-1204 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Re-Defining Sahelian ‘Adaptive Agriculture’ when Implemented Locally: Beyond Techno-fix Solutions

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2018, In: World Development. 108, p. 274-282 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Rapid response flood detection using the MSG geostationary satellite

    Proud, S. R., Fensholt, Rasmus, Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Sandholt, I., 1 Aug 2011, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 13, 4, p. 536-544 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Overcoming barriers to low carbon agriculture and forest restoration in Brazil: the Rural Sustentável project

    Newton, P., Gomez, A. E., Jung, S., Kelly, T., Mendes, T. D. A., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Reis, J. C. D., Rodrigues, R. D. A. R., Tipper, R., van der Horst, D. & Watkins, C., 2016, In: World Development Perspectives. 4, p. 5-7 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Multiple outcomes of cultivation in the Sahel: a call for a multifunctional view of farmers' incentives

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Reenberg, A., 2015, In: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 13, 1, p. 1-22 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Monitoring systems to improve forest conditions

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, 2018, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 32, p. 29-37 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Mapping and Monitoring Zero-Deforestation Commitments

    Austin, K. G., Heilmayr, R., Benedict, J. J., Burns, D. N., Eggen, M., Grantham, H., Greenbury, A., Hill, J. K., Jenkins, C. N., Luskin, M. S., Manurung, T., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Rosoman, G., Rudorff, B., Satar, M., Smith, C. & Carlson, K. M., 4 Oct 2021, In: BioScience. 71, 10, p. 1079-1090 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Local peoples´ visions and incentives for sustainable development in the Sahel

    Reenberg, A., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Some, L., Some, B., Ouaba, P. A. & Bouzou Moussa, I., 2013, In: LaSyRe Brief. 2, 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  35. Published

    Landscapes of Droughts and Floods on the Desert Margins

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2014, Living with Environmental Change: Waterworlds. Hastrup, K. & Rubow, C. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 186-190

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Land use rationales in desert fringe agriculture

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Reenberg, A., 2012, In: Applied Geography. 34, p. 595-605 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Land use intensification: The promise of sustainability and the reality of trade-offs

    Martin, A., Coolsaet, B., Corbera, E., Dawson, N., Fisher, J., Franks, P., Mertz, Ole, Pascual, U., Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Ryan, C., 2018, Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation: Trade-Offs and Governance. Routledge, p. 94-110 17 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture

    Rasmussen, L. V., Grass, I., Mehrabi, Z., Smith, O. M., Bezner-Kerr, R., Blesh, J., Garibaldi, L. A., Isaac, M. E., Kennedy, C. M., Wittman, H., Batáry, P., Buchori, D., Cerda, R., Chará, J., Crowder, D. W., Darras, K., DeMaster, K., Garcia, K., Gómez, M., Gonthier, D. & 38 others, Hidayat, P., Hipólito, J., Hirons, M., Hoey, L., James, D., John, I., Jones, A. D., Karp, D. S., Kebede, Y., Kerr, C. B., Klassen, S., Kotowska, M., Kreft, H., Llanque, R., Levers, C., Lizcano, D. J., Lu, A., Madsen, S., Marques, R. N., Martins, P. B., Melo, A., Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H., Olimpi, E. M., Owen, J. P., Pantevez, H., Qaim, M., Redlich, S., Scherber, C., Sciligo, A. R., Snapp, S., Snyder, W. E., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Stratton, A. E., Taylor, J. M., Tscharntke, T., Valencia, V., Vogel, C. & Kremen, C., 2024, In: Science. 384, 6691, p. 87-93 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Improving how meteorological information is used by pastoralists through adequate communication tools

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Mertz, Ole, Rasmussen, Kjeld & Nieto, H., 1 Oct 2015, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 121, p. 52-58 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Impacts of Jatropha-based biodiesel production on above and below-ground carbon stocks: a case study from Mozambique

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Rasmussen, Kjeld & Bruun, Thilde Bech, 2012, In: Energy Policy. 51, p. 728-736 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    From food to pest: conversion factors determine switches between ecosystem services and disservices

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Egelund Christensen, Andreas, Danielsen, F., Dawson, N., Martin, A., Mertz, Ole, Sikor, T., Thongmanivong, S. & Xaydongvanh, P., 2017, In: Ambio Special Report. 46, 2, p. 173-183 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Forests support people’s food and nutrition security through multiple pathways in low- and middle-income countries

    Olesen, R. S., Hall, C. M. & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2022, In: One Earth. 5, 12, p. 1342-1353 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Forest-linked livelihoods in a globalized world

    Oldekop, J. A., Rasmussen, L. V., Agrawal, A., Bebbington, A. J., Meyfroidt, P., Bengston, D. N., Blackman, A., Brooks, S., Davidson-Hunt, I., Davies, P., Dinsi, S. C., Fontana, L. B., Gumucio, T., Kumar, C., Kumar, K., Moran, D., Mwampamba, T. H., Nasi, R., Nilsson, M., Pinedo-Vasquez, M. A. & 4 others, Rhemtulla, J. M., Sutherland, W. J., Watkins, C. & Wilson, S. J., 2020, In: Nature Plants. 6, p. 1400-1407 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Forest regrowth improves people’s dietary quality in Nigeria

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, den Braber, B., Hall, C. M., Rhemtulla, J. M., Fagan, M. E. & Sunderand, T., 2023, In: npj Sustainable Agriculture. 1, 7 p., 3.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Forest pattern, not just amount, influences dietary quality in five African countries

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Fagan, M., Ickowitz, A., Wood, S., Kennedy, G., Powell, B., Baudron, F., Gergel, S., Jung, S., Smithwick, E., Sunderland, T., Wood, S. & Rhemtulla, J., 2020, In: Global Food Security. 25, 11 p., 100331.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Forest contributions to livelihoods in changing agriculture-forest landscapes

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Watkins, C. & Agrawal, A., 2017, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Exploring land use change in the Sahel: complementary perspectives on coupled human-environment systems

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2013, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 90 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesisResearch

  48. Published

    Explaining NDVI trends in northern Burkina Faso

    Rasmussen, Kjeld, Fensholt, Rasmus, Fog, Bjarne, Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Yanogo, I., 2014, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift/Danish Journal of Geography. 114, 1, p. 17-24 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Even low levels of tree cover improve dietary quality in West Africa

    den Braber, B., Hall, C., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Reiner, Florian, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 1 Feb 2024, In: PNAS Nexus. 3, 2, pgae067.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Environmental justice research shows the importance of social feedbacks in ecosystem service trade-offs

    Dawson, N. M., Grogan, K. J., Martin, A., Mertz, Ole, Pasgaard, M. & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2017, In: Ecology and Society. 22, 3, 13 p., 12.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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