Melissa Hansen

Melissa Hansen is a lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of the Free State (UFS) and a researcher in the Afromontane Research Unit based on the Qwaqwa campus. She obtained her PhD in Sustainability Science from Lund University in Sweden and an alumnus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her research interests include Social Theory, Political Ecology, Environmental Politics, Conservation, Spatial Development, Development Studies, Geography, Sustainability, Society and Environment, and Environmental Governance. She has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Environment and Development and the South African Geographical Journal.