Department of Urban and Rural Development Division of Rural Development

2016-09-20

Curriculum Vitae Flora Hajdu Ulls väg 28 Box 7012 750 07 Uppsala Phone: +4618672162 [email protected] Research positions 2011 –

Researcher at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Sweden. http://www.slu.se/en/faculties/nl/about-the-faculty/departments/urd/rural/staff/hajdu/

Current research projects: - Can cash transfers have long-term effects on rural livelihoods poor countries: Learning lessons from the effects of the child grant in South Africa. Project leader, main applicant, main supervisor of PhD student. Funded by Formas with 3,7 mill. SEK, period 2015-17 - Social cash transfers, generational relations and youth poverty trajectories in rural Lesotho and Malawi. Co-investigator, funded by ESRC-DFID, 2015-17. - Conservation for carbon or communities? Swedish climate and community forestry initiatives in Uganda and Tanzania. Project leader, main applicant, funded by Sida/Vr with 2,6 mill. SEK, 2013-16. - Large scale agro investments in Africa – impacts on smallholder land access and food security. Co-investigator, main supervisor of PhD student, funded by Formas and Sida, 2012-2015. - The prospects for Swedish farming: Agrarian change and household strategies. Coinvestigator, co-applicant, funded by Formas. 2008-2011

Researcher at Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development, Sweden. Part-time work (35%) on research project entitled “Global Patterns of Production and Consumption: Current Problems and Future Possibilities”. (GloPat) Funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vr) 2008-2011.

2009

Guest Researcher at Centre for African Studies and St Antony’s College, Oxford University during Hilary Term 2009. This was part of postdoctoral research during January – September 2009, funded by a grant from Nils-Erik Svenssons Fund, The Swedish Bank Tertiary Foundation (Riksbankens jubileumsfond).

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Curriculum V itae Flora Hajdu

2007-2008

Employment as postdoctoral Research Fellow at Brunel University, West London. Full-time on research project “Averting ‘New Variant Famine’ in Southern Africa: Building Food Secure Rural Livelihoods with AIDS affected Young People”. (NVF) The work included 10 months of fieldwork in rural Malawi and Lesotho, followed by analysis of research results and dissemination at workshops and conferences locally as well as internationally, and writing of reports and articles. Read more at: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/shssc/research/chg/research-projects/averting-new-variantfamine

2008

Co-Investigator in research project entitled “Trading Out of Poverty? The SocioSpatial Impacts of Lesotho’s Garment Industry”. National University of Lesotho and Brunel University, London.

PhD education 2001-2006

Employment as PhD student at Department of Water and Environmental Studies (Tema Vatten), Linköping University, Sweden. Doctorate degree on 22nd September 2006. Thesis title: Local Worlds – Rural Livelihood Strategies in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Research School affiliation: Cefo, Centre for Environment and Development Studies, Uppsala university/SLU. Supervisors: Prof. Anders Hjort af Ornäs, Linköping University, Prof. Lennart Strömquist, Uppsala University.

Primary, secondary and tertiary education 1996-2000

MSc degree at Uppsala University, Sweden. Studied Geography, Anthropology and Earth Sciences. Bachelor’s thesis in Human Geography on participatory water resources management, fieldwork was carried out during three months in India. Master’s thesis in Human Geography on tourism as a means for local development, one month of fieldwork in South Africa.

1993/1994

High School Studies at Pinole Valley High School, Pinole, California, USA.

1983-1996

Elementary and High School (Natural science orientation), Uppsala, Sweden.

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Supervision 2006 - 2013 Supervisor to PhD student Klara Jacobson (Fischer), Dept. of Urban and Rural Development, SLU. Klara defended her thesis “From Betterment to Bt maize: Agricultural Development and the Introduction of Genetically Modified Maize to South African Smallholders” on 6th June 2013. 2012 -

Main supervisor to PhD student Linda Engström, Department of Urban and Rural Development, SLU. Prel. title: “Large-Scale Agro Investments in Tanzania: Impacts on smallholder land access and food security.” Main supervisor since May 2014.

2013 -

Main supervisor to PhD student Jovita Amurwon, Department of Urban and Rural Development, SLU. Prel. title: “Life trajectories and long-wave events in rural Uganda: Difficulties in Assessing the Impacts of AIDS.” Main supervisor May 2014.

2015 -

Main supervisor to PhD student Stefan Granlund, Dept. of Urban and Rural Development, SLU. Main supervisor since recruitment.

2010-

Supervision of Master’s Students in Sustainable Development, at Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development and in Rural Development at SLU.

Research Coordination and Academic Teaching 2015 -

Steering group board member at Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development.

2012 -

Member of the Research Education Committee at Dept. of Urban and Rural Development, SLU and the Faculty Research Education Committee.

2012-

Lectures at different levels (introductory to master’s level), Division of Rural Development, Dept. of Urban and Rural Development, SLU.

2009-2012

Lectures on academic writing and supervision of B-level students at Centre for Environment and Development Studies, Uppsala University.

2009-2011

Co-ordinator for DevNet, the development research network for nature, poverty and power at Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development, Uppsala University.

2009-2010

Co-ordinator for Cefo research school at Centre for Environment and Development Studies, Uppsala University.

2006-2007

Student counsellor, Department of Cultural and Economic Geography, Uppsala University.

Curriculum V itae Flora Hajdu

2003-04

Research Secretary for IGFA (International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research), at the Swedish Research Council Formas.

2003-2004

Course Examiner for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, 7,5 ECTS for the International Master's Course on Water Resources and Sustainable Livelihoods, Linköping University.

2002-2003

Course assistant and lecturer at for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, 7,5 ECTS in the International Master's Course on Water Resources and Sustainable Livelihoods, Linköping University

2000

Research assistant, Linköping University, Institute of Tema Research.

Fieldwork experience

Extensive fieldwork experience in South Africa, including 16 months of fieldwork in total between 2000-2016. Fieldwork included organizing a semi-qualitative survey with local field assistants, conducting more than 70 qualitative interviews and 40 policy level interviews. Extensive fieldwork experience also from Malawi and Lesotho, including 7 months of fieldwork in total in each country 2007-2016. Fieldwork included household surveying, more than 40 qualitative interviews with young people, 74 PRA/focus group meetings and 20 policy interviews at national level. Shorter fieldwork experiences from Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia during one visit to each country including local level interviews and policy interviews.

Research dissemination activities and stakeholder engagement National Steering Groups In the NVF-project we worked with National Steering Groups in Malawi and Lesotho, i.e. a group of representatives of relevant government bodies, NGOs, researchers and other stakeholders interested in our research. An NSG was set up in each country, and meetings were held before starting up the field data collection, in the middle of data collection and after right after finalizing data collection. National stakeholders could during these meetings give their input to the project, which we took on board and worked with. After processing field data and before writing articles, we drafted a Stakeholder report which was ventilated with the NSG as well as with more stakeholders before continuing the research process. These steering groups have also been set up in the ESRC-funded Cash transfers research project.

Dissemination meetings, seminars and workshops 2010 Sept

Organised two community dissemination meetings in villages Xopozo and Cutwini, South Africa, for the Glopat project.

2010 Oct

Organised research dissemination Workshop on Governmental Interventions in

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Smallholder Agriculture, at On the Summit Lodge, East London, South Africa for the Glopat project. 2008 Jul/Aug Organised two weeks of different local community dissemination activities, in Malawi and Lesotho respectively. 2008 July

Organised Research dissemination workshop with NGOs and Kabula Lodge, Blantyre, Malawi

2008 July

Organised Research dissemination workshop with government representatives at Korea Garden Lodge, Lilongwe, Malawi

2008 Aug

Organised Research dissemination workshop with government representatives and NGOs at Lehakoe Club, Maseru, Lesotho

2008 July

Organised research dissemination seminar at University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi

2008 Aug

Organised research dissemination half-day workshop at University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho

Stakeholder reports: Hajdu F. Friman E. Jacobson K. Salomonsson L. 2010. Governmental Interventions in Rural Agricultural Livelihoods in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Stakeholder Report. Distributed widely to South African stakeholders as part of dissemination activities in 2010. Ansell N, Robson E, van Blerk L and Hajdu F. 2008. Averting ‘New Variant Famine’ in Southern Africa: Building Food-secure Rural Livelihoods with AIDS-affected Young People. Stakeholder Report. Distributed widely in Malawi and Lesotho during dissemination activities in 2008. Research collaboration and networking Sweden Initiator of the Network of Researchers on Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa, a network for Swedish researchers established at a workshop organized by me at the Centre for Sustainable Development, Uppsala in April 2011. The network has had several seminars and keeps in contact continuously. Joint planning trip to Ethiopia April 2015, for research application writing with Sharon Hill and Rickard Ignell from Division of Chemical Ecology, SLU Alnarp. South Africa Tessa Hochfeldt, University of Johannesburg, co-investigator in Cash transfers South Africa research project and co-supervisor oh PhD student Stefan Granlund. Joint publications planned.

Curriculum V itae Flora Hajdu

Devid Neves, University of the Western Cape, co-investigator in Cash transfers South Africa research project and co-supervisor oh PhD student Stefan Granlund. Joint publications planned. Geography Department, University of Transkei, South Africa. Collaboration during Master’s and PhD work, frequent visits and participation in/organization of joint seminars and field trips. Environmental Evaluation Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Visit, discussions and joint seminar held in March 2009, for the “GloPat” project. The Agricultural and Rural Development Research Institute (ARDRI), Fort Hare University, South Africa. Visit, discussions and joint seminar held in October 2009, for the “GloPat” project. Malawi Geography Department, Chancellor College, University of Malawi. Joint seminars held in 2007 and 2008, jointly written articles with collaborator Lucy Chipeta, for the “NVF” project. Joint research project on cash transfers with Dr. Evance Mwathunga 2015-18, including several joint publications. Lesotho Institute of Southern African Studies (ISAS), National University of Lesotho. Mini conference held in 2008, jointly written article with collaborator Seroala Tsoeu, for the “Garment” project. Joint research project on cash transfers with Thandie Hlabana 2015-18, including several joint publications. Tanzania Department of Forest Economics, Sokoine University of Agriculture. Joint research project on agricultural investments including joint writing of articles with collaborator Jumanne Abdallah, for the “TanAgro” project. Uganda School of Forestry, Makerere University. Collaboration with David Tumusiime during the research project on Ugandan carbon forestry. Joint application writing to Sida and joint supervision of 4 Swedish master’s students. Ethiopia College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University. Contact with Prof. Engdawork Assefa during workshop organized at his college, planning for joint application to Sida/Vr in 2017.

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Courses and conferences 2007-08

Postdoctoral Courses included a course on Research Ethics in Practice at Lancaster University, UK and a two-day workshop with Robert Chambers on Participatory approaches.

2001-05

PhD Courses: More than 60 weeks of PhD courses at three universities in Sweden and South Africa: Scientific theory, limitations and methods, Linköping University. Qualitative research methods, Linköping University. Environmental Management in South Africa, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Global Ethics, Centre for Environment and Development Studies, Uppsala University. African Environmental History, Development Studies, Uppsala.

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Africa and the World, Centre for Environment and Development Studies, Uppsala University. 2000-

Conferences: Attended more than 30 international conferences, Made paper or poster presentations at most of these, took part in panels or convened sessions.

Evaluation / Referee assignments 2012 -

External reviewer for International Development Planning Review (IDPR) and Ambio.

2015

Opponent at licentiate defense at Stockholm Resilience Center.

2005

Part of an Evaluation Group evaluating the work of the Collegium for Development Studies at Uppsala University.