Teaching and Training

UCPH-DERG members carry out a wide range of teaching and training activities.

Professor Henrik Hansen was Head of Studies at the Department of Economics from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2019 and Professor Thomas Markussen is the present Head of Studies since 1 July 2019.

UCPH-DERG staff are responsible for a range of regular BSc and MSc courses in Economics at the Department of Economics such as:

BSc level
MSc level

To this comes supervision of Bachelor and Master’s theses in development economics as well as PhD supervision and advice and the running of regular economic seminar series.

In addition, UCPH-DERG supports the Faculty of Social Sciences MSc in Global Development. Professor Henrik Hansen was Head of Studies at Global Development between 1 January 2014 and 31 January 2019, and took up the position again 1 February 2021 until 1 February 2023 where Professor John Rand took over.