About the department

Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) is a broad social science department of the University of Copenhagen contributing to solving global issues.

Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) is a broad social science department in the Faculty of Science (SCIENCE). The Head of Department is Per Svejstrup.

The department consists of a management group, an administrative support unit, and 4 research sections: Section for Consumption, Bioethics and Governance, Section for Environment and Natural Resources, Section for Global Development, and Section for Production, Markets and Policy.

The department in numbers

170
Scientific employees
57
PhD students
9
Educational programmes: 1 bachelor og 8 masters
600
Students