Mikkel Funder
Senior Researcher
Sustainable development and governance
Bio
Primary research areas
I'm a social scientist working on sustainable development, with a focus on the social and political dimensions of climate change, natural resources and environmental governance in the Global South.
Current research
I'm working with colleagues in Africa, Asia and elsewhere to investigate the everyday governance and outcomes of climate- and environment agendas and how different actors respond.
Topics
Climate change governance; climate finance politics; climate change adaptation and mitigation; biodiversity conservation; natural resources and development; knowledge and power; actors, conflicts and institutional change.
Featured publications
DIIS Report
2024
Claire Bedelian, Judith Mulwa, Beatrice Sumari, Peter Rogers, Marie Ladekjær Gravesen & Mikkel Funder
Journal Article
2022
Norm localization and the politics of climate finance coordination in Zambia
Mikkel Funder & Kendra Dupuy
Journal Article
2023
Suburban pastoralists: Pastoral adaptation strategies at the rural-urban interface in Nairobi, Kenya
Sylvia Rotich, Mikkel Funder & Martin Marani
Journal Article
2022
Finn Danielsen, Hajo Eiken, Mikkel Funder, Noor Johnson, Olivia Lee, Ida Theilade, Dimitios Argyriou & Neil D Burgess
Journal Article
2021
Dilemmas and agency at the frontline of South Africa’s energy transition
Mikkel Funder, Holle Wlokas, Tasneem Jhetam & Karen Holm Olsen
Research and activites
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DIIS Report2024Claire Bedelian, Judith Mulwa, Beatrice Sumari, Peter Rogers, Marie Ladekjær Gravesen & Mikkel Funder
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Report2023Key insights from peer-to-peer learning across the Adaptation Research AllianceUma Swaminathan, Vishal Pathak, Taylor Martin, Laure Tankpinou, Alice Kone, Anna Colquhoun, Edward Sparkes, Aprajita Singh, Bijal Brahmbhatt, Prabhakar S.V.R.K, Ashali Bhandari, Bruce Currie-Alder, Manuela Di Mauro, Mikkel Funder, Carol Emma Mweemba,…
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Journal Article2023Politics and depoliticization in practiceJakob Skovgaard, Kevin Adams, Kendra Dupuy, Adis Dzebo, Mikkel Funder, Adam Moe Fejerskov & Zoha Shawoo
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Journal Article2023Suburban pastoralists: Pastoral adaptation strategies at the rural-urban interface in Nairobi, KenyaSylvia Rotich, Mikkel Funder & Martin Marani
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Journal Article2022Finn Danielsen, Hajo Eiken, Mikkel Funder, Noor Johnson, Olivia Lee, Ida Theilade, Dimitios Argyriou & Neil D Burgess
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Journal Article2022Zoha Shawoo, Adis Dzebo, Mikkel Funder & Kendra Dupuy
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Journal Article2022A framework for analysis of energy transitions in the global SouthMark Swilling, Ivan Nygaard, Wikus Kruger, Holle Wlokas, Tasneem Jhetam, Megan Davies, Merin Jacob, Mike Morris, Glen Robbins, Mikkel Funder, Ulrich Elmer Hansen, Karen Holm Olsen, Elder Davy, Lena Kitzing, Bilal Siddique Khan & Tom Cronin
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Journal Article2022Norm localization and the politics of climate finance coordination in ZambiaMikkel Funder & Kendra Dupuy
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DIIS Report2022Esbern Friis-Hansen, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Marie Ladekjær Gravesen, Mikkel Funder & Lasse Pinderup
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DIIS Working Paper2022An overview and lessons learntMarie Ladekjær Gravesen & Mikkel Funder
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DIIS Working Paper2021The evolution of Community Based Conservation and implications for Danish development cooperationMikkel Funder & Marie Ladekjær Gravesen
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Journal Article2021Dilemmas and agency at the frontline of South Africa’s energy transitionMikkel Funder, Holle Wlokas, Tasneem Jhetam & Karen Holm Olsen
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DIIS Working Paper2021Understanding ecosystem-based adaptation approachesMarie Ladekjær Gravesen & Mikkel Funder
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Journal Article2021Towards an expanded research agenda on street-level bureaucratsKirsty Holstead, Mikkel Funder & Caroline Upton
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Journal Article2021Finn Danielsen, Martin Enghoff, Michael K. Poulsen, Mikkel Funder, Per M. Jensen & Neil D Burgess
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Working papers etc.2021Merete Villum Pedersen, Ana Cardoso, Federico Antonio Canu & Mikkel Funder
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DIIS Working Paper2021Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Mikkel Funder & Esbern Friis-Hansen
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DIIS Report2020Past trends and ways forward for Danish development cooperationMikkel Funder, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Esbern Friis-Hansen & Marie Ladekjær Gravesen
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Book Chapter2019The role of interface bureaucrats in everyday natural resource governanceMikkel Funder
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2019Evidence from climate change adaptation in ZambiaMikkel Funder & Carol Emma Mweemba
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2018Esbern Friis-Hansen & Mikkel Funder
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseBook Chapter2017The case of local governments in rural ZambiaMikkel Funder, Carol Emma Mweemba & Imasiku Nyambe
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2017Authority, resource control and state intervention in rural ZambiaMikkel Funder, Carol Emma Mweemba & Imasiku Nyambe
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseSeminar summary2017Towards Evidence-based Policy and PracticeMikkel Funder, Jens Fugl & Louise Kronborg Sørensen
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DIIS Report2016Findings from Nepal, Uganda, Vietnam and ZambiaCharles Aben, Bernard Bashaasha, Hari Dhungana, Esbern Friis-Hansen, Mikkel Funder, Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, Dil Bahadur Khatri, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Carol Emma Mweemba, Le Duc Ngoan, Imasiku Nyambe, Hermant R Ojha, John James Okiror & Le Thi Hoa Sen
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Photo/illustration by Rasmus FlyDIIS Policy Brief2024Claire Bedelian, Judith Mulwa, Beatrice Sumari, Peter Rogers, Marie Ladekjær Gravesen & Mikkel Funder
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Photo/illustration by Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo
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Photo/illustration by IndustryAndTravel / Alamy Stock PhotoDIIS Policy Brief2024Insights and priorities for Denmark´s new Africa strategy from DIIS’ partners across the continentMary Boatemaa Setrana, Rahma Hassan, Faisal Garba, Mohamed Aden Hassan, Meron Zeleke Eresso, Adam Moe Fejerskov, Nauja Kleist & Mikkel Funder
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Brief2023Sylvia Rotich, Martin Marani & Mikkel Funder
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Brief2023Mikkel Funder, Joanes Atela, Iben Nathan, Alphonce Mollo, Charles Tonui & Leah Aoko
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Photo/illustration by Kiara Wort, UNclimatechange copyright licenseDIIS Comment2022Why land rights are important for climate actionMikkel Funder, Joanes Atela, Iben Nathan, Alphonce Mollo, Charles Tonui & Leah Aoko
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Photo/illustration by Rasmus Fly Filbert, http://rasmusfly.dk/DIIS Policy Brief2022South-North perspectivesAbdirahman Edle Ali, Alphonce Mollo, Eva Dzegblor , Fatima Dahiir, Iben Nathan, Jackson Wachira Waiganjo , Joanes Atela, Karuti Kanyinga, Kwesi Aning, Martin Marani, Mikkel Funder, Mustapha Abdallah, Nauja Kleist, Paul Stacey, Peter Albrecht, Peter Bembi…
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DIIS Policy Brief2022Recommendations for Danish development cooperationMikkel Funder & Marie Ladekjær Gravesen
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Brief2021Erik Lundsgaarde, Kevin Adams, Kendra Dupuy, Adis Dzebo, Adam Moe Fejerskov, Mikkel Funder, Zoha Shawoo & Jakob Skovgaard
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Policy Brief2021lessons from South AfricaMikkel Funder, Holle Wlokas & Karen Holm Olsen
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Brief2021Holle Wlokas, Tasneem Jhetam, Mikkel Funder & Karen Holm Olsen
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DIIS Policy Brief2020Ways forward for Denmark’s Ministry of DefenceJessica Larsen & Mikkel Funder
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Impact2020Addressing resilience in Danish development policyMikkel Funder, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Esbern Friis-Hansen & Marie Ladekjær Gravesen
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Brief2019Lessons from ZambiaKendra Dupuy, Pamela Towela Sambo, Mikkel Funder & Evans Chama
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DIIS Policy Brief2017Climate change and Planned RelocationLily Salloum Lindegaard & Mikkel Funder
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license
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DIIS Policy Brief2015Carol Emma Mweemba, Imasiku Nyambe & Mikkel Funder
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DIIS Policy Brief2015Why the poor may not benefit from major new climate fund, and what to do about itMikkel Funder, Ian Christoplos, Esbern Friis-Hansen, Lily Salloum Lindegaard & Adam Pain
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DIIS Policy Brief2014evidence from civil society in Cambodia and KenyaIan Christoplos, Mikkel Funder, Colleen McGinn & Winnie Wairimu
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DIIS Impact2014a success in the making?Neil Anthony Webster, Helle Munk Ravnborg & Mikkel Funder
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2014Mikkel Funder, Adam Pain, Esbern Friis-Hansen, Ian Christoplos & Lily Salloum Lindegaard
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DIIS Policy Brief2012Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Mikkel Funder
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DIIS Policy Brief2009recommendations for development cooperation in least developed countriesMikkel Funder, Helle Munk Ravnborg & Jacob Fjalland