Regine Andersen

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
The understanding and implementation of Farmers' Rights as addressed in the International Treaty.
Plant variety release and seed marketing regulations in the EU and Norway.
The effects of multilateral environmental and economic agreements on the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in developing countries.
The role of civil society actors in the implementation of multilateral agreements pertaining to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in developing countries.
The implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, with focus on access to genetic resources and the equitable sharing of benefits from their use.
Politics and legislation related to organic food and production.
Planning and evaluation method in development co-operation (facilitation of seminars and workshops).
Community seed banks as platforms for agrobiodiversity management, food security, poverty alleviation and development
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BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

Academic background

Dr. Polit., University of Oslo, Department of Political Science, 2007.
Diplom Politologin (equivalent to Cand. polit.), Free University of Berlin, 1991 (political science) .

Professional experience

Research, project development and management, presentations and other dissemination activities, facilitation of meetings and international consultations processes, and consultancies (advice, evaluations and training seminars), Fridtjof Nansen Institute (since 1995).
Executive Director, Oikos – Organic Norway (January 2013 – May 2017)
Member of the Norwegian Genetic Resources Committee for Plants (2011-).
Member of the Norwegian delegation to all sessions of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2004-).
Member of Advisory Committee to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Results in the Development Policy, and of its working committee (2001-03).
Chair of the Board of the Rainforest Foundation Norway (2006 – 2012), Vice Chair (2002-2006) and member (2000-2002 and 2012-2016).
Staff representative in the Board of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1999-03).
Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (December 1994 – December 2012)
Course co-ordinator, NORAD Training Centre, Oslo (1993-94).
Executive Officer, Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, Unit for Environment and Resource Management, Berlin (1992-93).
Research assistant, Free University of Berlin, Department of the Politics of China, East and Southeast Asia (1987-90).
Field study experiences: Philippines, India, Nepal, Uganda and Tanzania.

Project name

Status

The Governance of Agrobiodiversity

Visser, Bert, Stephen B. Brush, Guntra A. Aistara, Regine Andersen, Matthias Jäger, Gabriel Nemoga, Martina Padmanabhan and Stephen G. Sherwood

In Karl Zimmerer and Stef de Haan (eds), Agrobiodiversity. Integrating Knowledge for a Sustainable Future. MIT Press, 2019, pp. 283-305.
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: toward the realization of farmers' rights as a means of protecting and enhancing crop genetic diversity

Regine Andersen

In Charles R. McManis and Burton Ong (eds), Routledge Handbook of Biodiversity and the Law. Abingdon, Routledte, 2018, pp. 135-153
‘Stewardship’ or ‘ownership’: how to realise Farmers’ Rights?

Regine Andersen

Chapter 28 in Danny Hunter, Luigi Guarino, Charles Spillane and Peter McKeown (eds), Routledge Handbook of Agricultural Biodiversity. Routledge, 2017, pp. 449-470.
Farmers’ Rights: Evolution of the International Policy Debate and National Implementation

Regine Andersen

In Michael Halewood (ed), Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights: Challenges in Taxonomy and Law. London/New York, Routledge, 2016 pp. 129-152.
Historical Context: Evolving International Cooperation on Crop Genetic Resources

Regine Andersen

In Michael Halewood (ed), Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights: Challenges in Taxonomy and Law. London/New York, Routledge, 2016 pp. 99-128.

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