Dr. Anna Pedersen
Chair of International Business, Society and Sustainability
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Currently on parental leave
Anna is a postdoc at the Chair of International Business, Society and Sustainability. Her research interests include resource extraction, rural livelihoods, the sustainable development goals, social and environmental justice and global value chains, with a special focus on the extractive industries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Anna’s research is situated between political ecology, anthropology and human geography, engaging ethnographic, multimodal and participatory methodologies. Currently, Anna is interested in the increasing demand for critical minerals and its impacts on the extractive industries in Europe. Anna holds a BSc and MSc in Anthropology from University of Copenhagen, an MA in Visual Anthropology from University of Manchester and a PhD in Geography from Humboldt University.
Pedersen, A. F. Mkai, P. J., Mwenda, R. and R. Msuya (2025). One gram of gold. Journal of Anthropological Films 9 (1). DOI: 10.15845/jaf.v9i1.4052
2025
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Gold and geo-uncertainty in the making: The introduction of cyanide in Tanzania’s artisanal and small-scale mining sector
In: Geoforum 162 (2025), Article No.: 104276
ISSN: 0016-7185
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104276
2023
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Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows
In: Ecology and Society 28 (2023), Article No.: 24
ISSN: 1708-3087
DOI: 10.5751/ES-14133-280224 - :
Elusive Gold and Uncertainty in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
In: Ethnos (2023)
ISSN: 0014-1844
DOI: 10.1080/00141844.2023.2292464
2022
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Telecoupling as a framework to support a more nuanced understanding of causality in land system science
In: Journal of Land Use Science 17 (2022), p. 386-406
ISSN: 1747-423X
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2086640 - , , :
Gold, friction and resistance in a globalised land system: the case of Tanzania
In: Journal of Land Use Science 17 (2022), p. 609-628
ISSN: 1747-423X
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2063958
2021
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Mineral exhaustion and its livelihood implications for artisanal and small-scale miners
In: Environmental Science & Policy 119 (2021), p. 34-43
ISSN: 1462-9011
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.02.002 - , , , , , :
The ambiguity of transparency in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector of Tanzania
In: The Extractive Industries and Society 8 (2021), Article No.: 101004
ISSN: 2214-790X
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2021.101004
2016
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Negotiating development narratives within large-scale oil palm projects on village lands in Sarawak, Malaysia
In: Geographical Journal 182 (2016), p. 364-374
ISSN: 0016-7398
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12181
Reports and policy briefs
- Gordon, M., Gustafsson, M-T., Kløcker Larsen, R., Pedersen., A. F., & Schilling-Vacaflor, A. (2025). Human rights and environmental due diligence in the Green Transition: toward greater accountability amid geopolitical and sustainability challenges. Policy brief. Mistra Geopolitics. https://www.mistra-geopolitics.se/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/human-rights-and-environmental-due-diligence-in-the-green-transition.pdf
- Pedersen, A. F. (2021). Empowering Women in Tanzania’s Artisanal and Small-scale Mining Sector. COUPLED Policy Brief. No. 1. June.
- Coenen, J., Pedersen, A. F., Laroche, P., Laursen, S. B. (2020). Misfits in Telecoupling Research. COUPLED Report.
- Busck-Lumholt, L., Coenen, J., Pedersen, A. F., Persson, J., Malik, S., Corbera, E. (2019). Exploring Impacts and Causality in Telecoupling Research: Emerging evidence and knowledge gaps. COUPLED Report.
- Coenen, J., Sonderegger, G., Newig, J., Challies, E., Laursen, S. B., Meyfroidt, P., Friis, C., Busck-Lumholt, L., Parra Paitan, C., Corbera, E., Roux, N., Laroche, P., Pedersen, A. F., Qin, S. (2021). Fit for Purpose? Scale-sensitive Sustainability Governance in Telecoupled Systems. COUPLED Synthesis paper.
Films
- One gram of gold (2025) https://boap.uib.no/index.php/jaf/article/view/4052
- Gold (2019) https://60sec.org/epidemic
- Far away from Syria (2015) https://granadacentre.co.uk/project/a-place-elsewhere/
About Anna’s work
- Humboldts17 (2021). ‘Wie können wir Minenarbeitern einen nachhaltigen Lebensunterhalt ermöglichen?’ https://humboldts17.de/de/expeditionen/expeditionen/alles-haengt-mit-allem-zusammen/wie-koennen-wir-minenarbeitern-einen-nachhaltigen-lebensunterhalt-ermoeglichen
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2019): „Sie wissen nicht, wo in der Welt es am Ende landet“: Goldabbau in Tansania. https://www.hu-berlin.de/de/pr/nachrichten/november-2019/nr-19111-2
- Sustainable Cities Project: Applying Qualitative Methods (B.A., Winter Semester)
- Between the Global and the Local: Sustainability in Practices (M.A., Winter Semester)
- Designing a Qualitative Research Project (B.A., Summer Semester)
- Political Ecology: Resource Extraction (B.A., Summer Semester)