Rebecca Leigh Rutt

Rebecca Leigh Rutt

Associate Professor


  1. 2009
  2. Creating forestry jobs to boost the economy and build a green future

    Nair, C. T. S. & Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 2009, In: Unasylva. 60, 3, p. 3-10 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 2012
  4. Published

    An urgent need for social protections in REDD+

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 2012, In: Development Briefs. Policy. 20, 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  5. 2014
  6. Published

    Institutional Choice and Recognition in Development

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 2014, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesis

  7. Published

    Social and environmental tensions: affirmative measures under REDD+ carbon payment initiatives in Nepal

    Saito, M., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Chhetri, B. B. K., 2014, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 42, 5, p. 683-694 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Social protection in REDD+ initiatives: a review

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 2014, Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA / Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 115 p. (RFGI (Responsive Forest Governance Initiative) Working Paper; No. 3).

    Research output: Working paperResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The role of environmental incomes in rural Nepalese livelihoods 2005–2012: contextual information

    Larsen, H. O., Rayamajhi, S., Chhetri, B. B. K., Charlery, L. C., Gautam, N., Khadka, N., Puri, L., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Shivakoti, T., Thorsen, R. S. & Walelign, S. Z., 2014, Frederiksberg: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. 295 p. (IFRO Documentation; No. 2014/4).

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  10. Published

    What role for government? The promotion of civil society through forestry-related climate change interventions in post-conflict Nepal

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Lund, Jens Friis, 2014, In: Public Administration and Development. 34, 5, p. 406-421 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Who benefits from taxation of forest products in Nepal’s community forests?

    Lund, Jens Friis, Baral, K., Bhandari, N. S., Chhetri, B. B. K., Larsen, H. O., Nielsen, Ø. J., Puri, L., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Treue, Thorsten, 2014, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 38, p. 119-125 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2015
  13. Published

    Reconceptualizing the social contributions of community forestry as citizenship

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 2015, In: International Forestry Review. 17, 3, p. 326-339 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    The scientific framing of forestry decentralization in Nepal

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Chhetri, B. B. K., Pokharel, R., Rayamajhi, S., Tewari, K. & Treue, Thorsten, 2015, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 60, p. 50-61 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Community forests can contribute more to rural Nepalese livelihoods

    Larsen, H. O., Rayamajhi, S., Smith-Hall, Carsten, Treue, Thorsten, Meilby, Henrik, Chhetri, B. B. K., Puri, L., Pokharel, R., Tiwari, K. R., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Walelign, S. Z. & Pouliot, Mariève, Jun 2015, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 4 p. (Policy Briefs Copenhagen Centre for Development Research; No. 02/2015).

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  16. Published

    The logic of professionalization in participatory forestry

    Lund, Jens Friis & Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Sep 2015, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. 4 p. (Policy Briefs (Copenhagen Centre for Development Research); No. 03/2015).

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  17. 2016
  18. Published

    Green justice in the city: a new agenda for urban green space research in Europe

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Gulsrud, Natalie Marie, 2016, In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 19, p. 123-127 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Place-based governance of urban forests and green speaces for climate resilient cities

    Gulsrud, Natalie Marie, Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Nielsen, A. B., Fors, H. & Konijnendijk van den Bosch, C., 2016, Nordic Forest Research Cooperation Committee (SNS). 7 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  20. 2017
  21. Published

    Extreme alignment: understanding the costs and risks of the assessment regime and identifying potential solutions

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 2017, Improving University Science Teaching and Learning: Pedagogical Projects . Christiansen, F. V., Ulriksen, L. & Prestholm, I. (eds.). Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, p. 249-258 10 p. (Improving University Science Teaching and Learning - Pedagogical Projects; No. 1-2, Vol. 9).

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

  22. Published

    Gendered impacts of large-scale land acquisitions in Western Ethiopia

    Hajjar, R., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Mulu, E., Ayana, A., Liao, C. & Agrawal, A., 2017, Washington, D.C.: Rights and Resources Initiative. 40 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  23. Published

    Quests for justice and mechanisms of suppression in Flint, Michigan

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Bluwstein, J., 2017, In: Environmental Justice. 10, 2, p. 27-35 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 2018
  25. Published

    "Experimental" or business as usual? Implementing the European Union Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) voluntary partnership agreement in Ghana

    Hansen, Christian Pilegaard, Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Acheampong, E., 2018, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 96, p. 75-82 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Engaging the Forests and Livelihoods Community: The 3rd Annual FLARE Network Meeting

    Agrawal, A., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Watkins, C., 2018, In: Ecology, Economy and Society. 1, 2, p. 111-114 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  27. Published

    European Union Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Ghana: Introducing needed change or reinforcing business as usual?

    Hansen, Christian Pilegaard, Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Acheampong, E., 2018, In: Policy Briefs (Copenhagen Centre for Development Research). 2018, 03, 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  28. Published

    FLEGT: another "forestry fad"?

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Myers, R., Ramcilovic-Suominen, S. & McDermott, C., 2018, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 89, p. 266-272 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Trends in research on forestry decentralization policies

    Lund, Jens Friis, Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Ribot, J., 2018, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 32, p. 17-22 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Whose Park? The forty-year fight for Folkets Park under Copenhagen’s evolving urban managerialism

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Loveless, S., 2018, In: People, Place and Policy Online. 12, 2, p. 99-117 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    ‘Rage against the machine’? The opportunities and risks concerning the automation of urban green infrastructure

    Gulsrud, Natalie Marie, Raymond, C. M., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Olafsson, Anton Stahl, Plieninger, T., Sandberg, M., Beery, T. H. & Jönsson, K. I., 2018, In: Landscape and Urban Planning. 180, p. 85-92 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  32. 2019
  33. Published

    Making sense of conservation behaviours in Mustang, Nepal

    França, C. S. S., Kyei, E. O., Aragundi, G. S. & Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 2019, In: Banko Janakari. 29, 1, p. 33-42 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Michigan Sustainability Case: Struggles over Science: What Is the Role for Science in Community Forestry in Nepal?

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Wagner, M., 2019, In: Sustainability. 12, 1, p. 10-17 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    What the struggle for Copenhagen's Folkets Park can teach us about inclusive planning

    Loveless, S. D. & Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 22 Jan 2019, Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  36. 2020
  37. Published

    Capital, labor, and gender: the consequences of large-scale land transactions on household labor allocation

    Hajjar, R., Ayana, A. N., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Hinde, O., Liao, C., Keene, S., Bandiaky-Badji, S. & Agrawal, A., 2020, In: The Journal of Peasant Studies. 47, 3, p. 566-588 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Cultivating urban conviviality: urban farming in the shadows of Copenhagen's neoliberalisms

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 2020, In: Journal of Political Ecology. 27, 1, p. 612-634 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Imposing legality: hegemony and resistance under the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade (FLEGT)

    Myers, R., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, McDermott, C., Maryudi, A., Acheampong, E. & Câm, H., 2020, In: Journal of Political Ecology. 27, 1, p. 125-149 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    “A level playing field”? – What an environmental justice lens can tell us about who gets leveled in the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan

    Maryudi, A., Acheampong, E., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Myers, R. & McDermott, C., 2020, In: Society & Natural Resources. 33, 7, p. 859-875 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Collaborative Feminist Degrowth: Pandemic as an Opening for a Care-Full Radical Transformation

    Feminist and Degrowth Alliance (FaDa) & Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 20 Apr 2020, Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  42. Published

    Vi må gøre op med vækstmanien

    Lund, Jens Friis, Røpke, I., Jacobsen, Stefan Gaarsmand, Buch-Hansen, H. & Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 6 Jun 2020, In: Dagbladet Politiken. p. 5 (sektion 2)

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature article

  43. 2022
  44. Published

    A Green, Livable Copenhagen in the Shadow of Racializing, Neoliberalizing Politics

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 2022, The Green City and Social Injustice : 21 Tales from North America and Europe. Anguelovski, I. & Connolly, J. J. T. (eds.). Routledge, p. 241-254 14 p. (Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City).

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

  45. Published
  46. Published

    Nature for All: How can we uproot structural inequity in the provision of nature and its benefits to people?

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Steiner, Henriette, 2022, The Nature of Cities.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  47. 2023
  48. Published

    The "brother layer problem": Routine killing, biotechnology and the pursuit of ‘ethical sustainability’ in industrial poultry

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Jakobsen, J., 2023, In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. 6, 3, p. 1785-1803

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  49. E-pub ahead of print

    Growing up sustainable? Politics of race and youth in urbanplan, Copenhagen

    Ritts, M. & Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, 7 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Urban Geography.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  50. 2024
  51. E-pub ahead of print

    Animal geographies of industrial animal agriculture in the Pandemic Era: the tragedy and insecurity of multispecies ethnography

    McLoughlin, E., Rutt, Rebecca Leigh, Nielsen, Niels Duus & Møller, A. S., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scottish Geographical Journal. 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Killing with care? The potentials at the sustainability/masculinity nexus in an ‘alternative’ Danish slaughterhouse

    Rutt, Rebecca Leigh & Tjørring, Lise, 2024, In: Agriculture and Human Values.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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