Organisation
The Centre for Sustainable Agrifood Systems (START) is a science-driven, academic and multi-disciplinary research platform that enables basic research collaboration within the field of sustainable Agrifood Systems. The platform comprises a joint effort by researchers from the united Danish universities - together STARTS represents a European research powerhouse.
START is founded by the united Danish Universities and represents
- Aarhus University (AU)
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- University of Copenhagen (KU)
- Aalborg University (AAU)
- Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
- IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)
- Roskilde University (RUC)
- University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
The START organisation
START is based on a distributed governance model operated by the START Steering Committee under a rotation chair principal. The Chair position rotates on an annual basis.
The heart of START is the START Research Hubs. The Hubs are driven by several engaged Academic Hub Coordinators from various universities and disciplines with knowledge, insights and experiences within the topic of the Hub.
The START secretariat is coordinated from Aarhus University yet, operated by a joint Administrative Support Team represented by the individual universities.
Meet the START Steering Committee
Jens Ejbye Schmidt
START Chair, Head of the Department for Green Technologies, SDU
Hanne Harmsen
START Chair, Vice-dean, CBS
Eskild Holm Nielsen
Dean, AU
Brian Vinter
Vice-dean, AU
Andreas de Neergaard
Associate Dean for Education, KU
Tine Rask Licht
Institute Director, DTU National Food Institute
Kim Lambertsen Larsen
Head of Department, AAU
Henrik Zobbe
University Director, RUC
Jonas Valbjørn Andersen
Associate Professor, ITU
Meet the START Hub Supporters and the Administrative Team
Kristine Howe Kjer
START Coordinator, Special Consultant
Email: kjer@au.dk
Ivelina Aleksandrova Bronke
Project Administrator
Email: ivbr@food.dtu.dk
Phone: +45 93 51 15 32
- Future Agrifood Systems
- Health Aspects
- Circularity of Nutrients
- 2GETHER: Blueing the green and greening the blue
Kristian Meier
Scientific Coordinator and Special Consultant, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics
Email: kristian.meier@qgg.au.dk
Phone: +45 20 91 32 71
- Genetic Adaptation for Future Agrifood Systems
Niels Michael Petersen
Strategic Advisor, Special Advisor
Email: nimp@tek.sdu.dk
Phone: +45 93 50 76 25
- 2GETHER: Blueing the green and greening the blue
Jens Riemer
Green Transformation Officer, Executive Support and Communication
Email: jr.go@cbs.dk
Phone: +45 22 48 22 36
- People & Practices
- BioLand
- Collaborative Landscapes
- Biodiversity - BioLand
- Collaborative Landscapes
- Future Agrifood Systems
- Health
- Circularity of Nutrients
- 2Gether: Blueing the Green and Greening the Blue
- DIGITAL
- People & Practices
- Genetic Adaptation for Future Agrifood Systems
Alexander Hauer
Special Consultant, Ag-Food Connect
Email: alha@science.ku.dk
Phone: +45 93 56 54 45
Jacob Thyrsted Johansen
Special Consultant, Project Developer and Fundraiser
Email: thyrsted@food.au.dk
Phone: +45 22 21 08 22
Christian Kvorning Lassen
Project Manager and Advisor, Fundraiser
Email: chrkl@food.au.dk
Phone: +45 20 92 85 20
