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Personal Data____________________________________________________________________

 

Brian Long

Vognmandsmarken 58, 2th

2100 København Ø

 

Phone.: 39 20 13 50

Cell: 31 33 45 46

E-mail: brian@long.dk  

WWW: www.long.dk

 

 

Education_______________________________________________________________________

 

2007              MSc. in Geography and International Development Studies from Roskilde University.

2009              Retail Management, Sjælland Syd Business College.

2012              Academy Profession Degree in Management, Copenhagen Business College.

 

Work experience_________________________________________________________________

 

2008-Now     Department Manager, Metro Cash & Carry

 

1998-2008     Environmental co-ordinator, Wittrup Motel A/S

                     

2003                            Student worker with the Danish Refugee Council

 

2000                            Project worker with PACOS Trust, Sabah, Malaysia

 

Experience abroad________________________________________________________________

 

2001              3 months field study of tenure conflicts in Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia)

 

1999              1 months field course in Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia)

 

1998                            2 months field study of the division of labour in India (Chennai/Madras)

 

1997              1½ month field course in Indonesia

 

Organisational experience_________________________________________________________

 

2001 – Now  SLUSE Alumni Administrator

 

2002 – Now  Treasurer and member of the board, ”Farlige Lyn” Football Club

 

2005 – Now  Active member of Amnesty International


 

IT experience____________________________________________________________________

 

  • Geographical Information Systems (ArcMap, Idrisi and introduction to MGE)
  • Extensive experience with the “MS Office” pack
  • Development of websites

 

Language skills___________________________________________________________________

 

  • Danish (native language)
  • English (secondary native language)
  • Rudimentary German

 

Specialisation____________________________________________________________________

 

·         General and business management

·         Land tenure and resource conflicts

·         Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management

·         GIS & Planning (ArcMap)

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
  • Regional planning, industrial geography and network theory

 

Publications & reports____________________________________________________________

 

Land Tenure in relation to Crocker Range National Park. In I. Ghazally (ed.): A Scientific Journey Through Borneo, Crocker Range National park, Sabah. Vol. 2 (2003): Socio-Cultural and Human Dimension. ASEAN Academic Press, London. Pp. 89-105.

 

The Political Ecology of Tenure Struggles in Sabah (Malaysia) – Old wine in new bottles? A study of new forest policies seeking to implement a sustainable forest management and how it affects access strategies on a local level.

 

The Struggle for Access to Land in Sabah, Borneo. A study of the establishment of national parks and the effect is has on access to natural resource among local communities.

 

Local Knowledge in Development. A critical assessment of the significance of local knowledge i relation to development and environmental management projects in the third world.

 

The software industry and the international division of labour. A study of the spatial significance for the localisation of high technology production in relation to users and producers and its significance for the international division of labour.

 

Coastal zone development at Tinkerup beach (Denmark). An analysis of coastal zone management at Tinkerup beach. Modelling of the transport of sedimentation, coastal dynamics and coastal morphology using GIS. Only available at RUC library.

 

These texts and others can be read at http://www.long.dk/ under the heading:”Academic work”

 

Hobbies_________________________________________________________________________

 

Literature, plays football, scuba diving, travels a lot and has a keen interest in politics, the environment and culture.