Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Anne Merrild Hansen Manutooq 1, 3905 Nuussuaq Ilisimatusarfik Email: anmh@uni.gl Education Ph. D. (2011) Strategic Environmental Assessment, Aalborg University M.Sc. (2002) Engineering, Environmental Management, Aalborg University Academic and Professional Positions (Present) (Present) (Present) Professor of Social Science within the field of Oil and Gas, Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland Head of cross faculty research platform, AAU Arctic, Aalborg University Associate Professor in Environmental Assessment and the Arctic, the Danish Centre for Environmental Assessment, Department of Planning, Aalborg University (2010-2014) External lecturer, Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland (2011-2013) Greenland Environmental Advisor, Maersk Oil (2010-2012) Postdoc, the Danish Centre for Environmental Assessment, Aalborg University (2005-2007) Head of the Department of Business and Labour, Qaqortoq Municipality, Greenland (2002 2005) Planner, Technical Department, Qaqortoq Municipality, Greenland Page 1 of 7
Fields of Scholarly Interest Extractive industries and development in the Arctic. Social and environmental impact assessment and protection plans. Implementation of large-scale industry projects and ventures for social and environmental performance. Honors and Awards Awarded one our of seventeen Fulbright Arctic Initiative Grants in relation to the US Arctic Chairmanship in Arctic Council (2015) Aalborg University Expert appointed by Eskild Holm Nielsen, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University (2014) Award for Excellent Project Management, by Eskild Holm Nielsen, Dean at the Faculty of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University (2011) Business Advisor of the Year, Appointed by Greenland Tourism and Business Council (2005) Present teaching and supervision of students Coordinating and lecturing in course on Current Topics in Sustainability Research at Master in Environmental Management and Sustainability Science, Aalborg University. Lecturing in course on Environmental Assessment at Bachelor in Planning, Aalborg University. Lecturing in course on Change Management at bachelor in Geography, Aalborg University. Lecturing in course on Sustainability by design at the Master in Environmental Management and Sustainability Science, Aalborg University. Lecturing on PhD course on Applied Theories. Supervising four PhD students on research projects related to aggregates, mining, oil extraction and public participation. Supervising Master students enrolled at the program: Environmental Management and Sustainability Science, Aalborg University. Unscheduled Instructional Activity 2014: Capital Region, Environmental Assessment Day. Seminar for regional planners in Denmark 2012: Danish Center on Soil Contamination. Course on Strategic Environmental Assessment of aggregate plans 2010: KANUKOKA, course on Environmental Assessment and Public Participation Page 2 of 7
Peer Reviewed Publications Anne Merrild Hansen and Pelle Tejsner. Challenges and opportunities for residents in the Upernavik District while oil companies are making a first entrance in Baffin Bay, Arctic Anthropology, Vol. 53, No. 1 (2016). Trine Skovgaard Kirkfeldt, Pernille Olsen, Lucia Mortensen, Kamelia Krumova, Alexander Welsch, Anne Merrild Hansen. Exploring the practice of assessing cumulative impacts related to offshore oil activities in the Arctic, Regional Environmental Change, 2016. Anne Merrild Hansen, Fran Vanclay, Peter Croal, Anna-Sofia Hurup Skjervedal. Managing the social impacts of the rapidly expanding extractive industries in Greenland, The Extractive Industries and Society, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2016): 25-33. Anne Merrild Hansen. Offshore oil exploration and impact assessment in Greenland, Northern Public Affairs (2016). Anne Merrild Hansen, Julia Adamson, Hans-Peder Barlach Christensen, Eimund Garpestad, Huge Le Breton. Corporate collaboration: drivers behind a joint industry social baseline study related to hydrocarbon exploration in Greenland, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Volume 33, Number 4 (2015): 284-289. Sanne Vammen Larsen, Anne Merrild Hansen, Ivar Lyhne, Sara Bjorn Aaen, Eva Ritter, Helle Nielsen. Social Impact Assessment in Europe: A Study of Social Impacts in Three Danish Cases, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, Vol. 17, No. 4 (2015). Anne Merrild Hansen, Sanne Vammen Larsen. Use of scenarios and strategic planning to explore an uncertain future in Greenland. Regional Environmental Change, Vol. 14 (2014): 1575-1585. Morten Bidstrup, Anne Merrild Hansen. The Paradox of Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 47 (2014): 29-35. Anna-Sofie Hurup Olsen, Anne Merrild Hansen. Perceptions of public participation in impact assessment: A study of offshore oil exploration in Greenland, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Vol. 32, No. 1 (2014): 72-80. Anne Merrild Hansen, Lone Kørnov, Matthew Cashmore, Tim Richardson. The significance of structural power in Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 39 (2013): 37-45. Lucia Margheritini, Anne Merrild Hansen, Peter Frigaard. A Method for EIA Scoping of Wave Energy Converters: Based on Classification of the used Technology, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 32, No. 1 (2012): 33-44. Page 3 of 7
Lone Kørnøv, Ivar Lyhne, Sanne Vammen Larsen, Anne Merrild Hansen. Change agents in the field of strategic environmental assessment: What does it involve and what potentials does it have for research and practice?, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management. Vol. 13, No. 2 (2011): 203-228. Anne Merrild Hansen. Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) as a means to include environmental knowledge in decision making in the case of an aluminium reduction plant in Greenland, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 54, No. 9 (2011): 1261-1278. Anne Merrild Hansen, Lone Kørnøv. A value-rational view of impact assessment of mega industry in a Greenland planning and policy context, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. Vol. 28, No. 2 (2010): 135-145. Jannick H. Schmidt, Peter Holm, Anne Merrild Hansen, Per Christensen. Life cycle assessment of the waste hierarchy: A Danish case study on waste paper, Waste Management. Vol. 27, No. 11 (2007): 1519-1530. Anne Merrild Hansen. Beslutning om placering af en aluminiumssmelter, Groenland (Charlottenlund), Vol. 59, No. 4 (2011): 268-278. Christian Vium, Anne Merrild Hansen. Værdiportrætter i en tid med industriudvikling og klimaforandringer, Tidsskriftet Grønland, Vol. 4, No. 12 (2009): 304-317. Klaus Georg Hansen, Anne Merrild Hansen. Miljø og megaindustri: strategisk miljøvurdering af Grønlands potentielt første aluminiumsprojekt, Tidsskriftet Grønland, Vol. 56, No. 2-3 (2008): 72-83. Books Anne Merrild Hansen, 2011. SEA effectiveness and power in decision-making: A case study of aluminium production in Greenland. PhD. Dissertation. Institut for Samfundsudvikling og Planlægning, Aalborg Universitet. Chapters in Academic Books Anne Merrild Hansen, Sanne Vammen Larsen, Bram Noble. Section 5, Development and Polar Resource Futures: Social and Environmental Impact Assessments in the Arctic, in Mark Nuttall, Torben Christensen, Martin Siegert, eds., The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions, (Routledge Handbooks, 2017). Anne Merrild Hansen, Pelle Tejsner, Petrina Parnuna. Traditional Knowledge and Industrial Development: On the potential use of indigenous and local knowledge as a resource to access competencies in Greenland, in Rebekka Knudsen, Mark Jacobsen, eds., The Human Dimension, (Greenland Perspective, 2016). Page 4 of 7
Non-refereed contributions Reports Anne Merrild Hansen, Sanne Vammen Larsen, 2015. Benchmarking af miljøvurderingslovgivning for olieaktiviteter i Grønland: Bilagsrapport 1 - Opsamling fra Workshop 1. Institut for Planlægning, Aalborg Universitet. Anne Merrild Hansen, 2014. Community Impacts: Public Participation, Culture and Democracy. Aalborg: University of Copenhagen. Anne Merrild Hansen, 2014. kalaallit nunaannut iluaqutissaaqqullugu. Ilisimatusarfik (Grønlands Universitet): Udvalget for samfundsgavnlig udnyttelse af naturressourcer i Grønland. Anne Merrild Hansen, 2014. Til gavn for Grønland. Ilisimatusarfik (Grønlands Universitet): Udvalget for samfundsgavnlig udnyttelse af naturressourcer i Grønland. Anne Merrild Hansen, 2014. To the benefit of Greenland. Ilisimatusarfik (Grønlands Universitet): Udvalget for samfundsgavnlig udnyttelse af naturressourcer i Grønland. Anne Merrild Hansen, 2012. The Rise of Oil Industry in Greenland and subsequent development of environmental strategies in supplier networks: Aktivitetsrapport 2011. Aalborg: Institut for Samfundsudvikling og Planlægning, Aalborg Universitet. Anne Merrild Hansen, 2008. Erhverv og Miljøvurdering: miljøvurdering ved etablering af nye erhvervsprojekter i Grønland. Aalborg: Institut for Samfundsudvikling og Planlægning, Aalborg Universitet. Peter Holm, Anne Merrild Hansen, Tannick Schmidt, 2002. Miljøvurdering af affaldshierarkiet. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitet, Civilingeniøruddannelsen i Miljø- og Energiplanlægning. Research and Contract Information Co-Investigator: Arctic Health and Infrastructure Team, Development of a new Arctic Health Model, Fulbright Arctic Initiative, 2015-2016. Co-Investigator: Regional Development Team, Adaptation Action for a Changing Arctic (AACA), Arctic Council, 2014-2017. Principal Investigator: Benchmarking environmental assessment legislation related to offshore oil activities in Arctic, 2014-2016. Principal Investigator: Environmental Assessment and Social Impacts, case studies of three conflict-ridden energy projects in Denmark, 2014-2015. Page 5 of 7
Coordinator of corporate collaboration project: Social Baseline Study in Baffin Bay, Greenland, on behalf of the operating oil companies, Maersk Oil, ConocoPhillips, Shell and Cairn Energy, 2012-2013. Co-Investigator: Imagining the future of Greenland. The project was undertaken in corporation with the Government of Greenland s Portfolio Secretariat and Ilisimatusarfik, 2012-2013. Postdoc and principal investigator: The Rise of oil industry and subsequent development of environmental strategies in supplier networks in Greenland, 2011-2012. Own PhD project: Power and effectiveness in Strategic Environmental Assessment -A case study of Aluminium Production in Greenland. Supported by Alcoa Foundation, 2007-2010. Presentations at Conferences (selected) Polar Research Conference, Aalborg (Key note), 3 Dec 2015 4 Dec 2015 EU Arctic Futures Symposium (Speaker) Bruxelles 16 Nov 2015 18 Nov 2015 Arctic Circle (Speaker), Reykjavik, 16 Oct 2015 18 Oct 2015 Arctic Energy Summit (Speaker), Fairbanks 25 Sep 2015 2 Oct 2015 Public Information Tour on Uranium Mining in South Greenland (Presenter/speaker), Narsaq, Qaqortoq, Nanortalik, Qassiarsuk, Paamiut, Nuuk, Maniitsoq, May-Aug 2015 IAIA15 (Speaker), Firenze, 18 apr 2015 23 Apr 2015 ICASS VIII (Speaker), Prince George, 22 May 2014 26 May 2014 Seminar on large scale activities in Arctic (Speaker), Qaqortoq, 17 Sep 2014 18 Sep 2014 Arctic Workshop 2014, (Participant), Nuuk, 29 Sep 2014 30 Sep 2014 IAIA13 (Speaker), Calgary, 17 May 2013 20 May 2013. Nordregio Forum on Territorial Capital, (Speaker), Stockholm, 24 Jan 2012 Nordic-Baltic Conference on Impact Assessment (Organizer, Session chair and speaker), Kurresare, 13 September 2012 15 September 2012 Scenario Workshop, The Portfolio secretariat, Government of Greenland, Nuuk (Organizer) 2012 Inuit Leaders Summit, (Speaker), Ottawa, 23 Feb 2011 25 Feb 2011. Research seminar on SIA and mining in the Nordic countries, Fiskars (Key note), 2011 Arctic Dialogue Greenland, Nuuk (Speaker) 2011 Page 6 of 7
Professional and Associate Offices and Committee Activity: Chair of the assessment committee: Agenda-setting the unknown: a study of climate change adaptation governance at the local and regional level in Norway, PhD by Halvor Dannevig, Western Norway research institute for Vestlandsforskning and Aalborg University (2015) Affiliated researcher at CIRCLA - Centre for innovation and research in culture and learning in the Arctic (2013-Present) Steering committee member, Polar Research Day. (2014-2015) Member of BBDS Team on Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic, Arctic Council (2014-present) Member of The Committee for Greenlandic Mineral Resources to the benefit of Society (2013 2014) Chair of assessment committee: Power and Participation in Greenlandic Fisheries Governance, the becoming of problems, selves and others in the everyday politics of meaning, PhD by Rikke Becher Jakobsen, Aalborg University, 2014 Chair of assessment committee: The Role of Indicators in Strategic Environmental Assessment experience from Chinese practise. PhD by Jingjing Gao, Aalborg University, 2013 Steering committee member, Centre of Excellence for Environmental Assessment in the Nordic-Baltic Countries (2011-2013) Polar Dialogue Forum, Ministry of Education and Innovation (2011 2013) Arctic Business Network (2010 present) International Association for Impact Assessment (2008- present) Page 7 of 7