Per Rudebjer

Title: Scientist, Capacity Strengthening

Duty post location: Bioversity HQ, Rome

Mr Per Rudebjer, a Swedish national, joined Bioversity International in September 2006 as Scientist, Capacity Strengthening. He has more than 20 years of work experience in education and capacity development positions on three continents.

With a Master’s degree in Forestry from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Mr Rudebjer has worked extensively on facilitating capacity development for on forestry, agroforestry and agricultural biodiversity. He has long experience in participatory curriculum development, in partnership with university networks in Africa and Southeast Asia.

He is the author/co-author of more than 40 publications, including curriculum guides on agrobiodiversity, and training materials on forest genetic resources.  Prior to joining Bioversity he worked for eleven years at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), based in Kenya, Indonesia and Thailand.

He has also held positions at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), SLU’s Faculty of Forestry, Sweden, and StoraEnso, a Swedish private forest company. He is a member of the Science Advisory Committee on forestry, agroforestry and biodiversity of the International Foundation for Science (IFS). Based at the Headquarters, Mr Rudebjer supports knowledge management and capacity strengthening initiatives across the organization.

Credentials:

MSc Forestry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Non-degree courses in Business Administration, Uppsala University, Sweden
Non-degree courses in Chemistry, Uppsala University

Languages:

Swedish, English, Spanish and some French

Recent publications:

Rudebjer P, Chakeredza S, Njoroge K, van Schagen B, Kamau H, Baena M. 2011. Teaching agrobiodiversity for food and agriculture: a curriculum guide for higher education. Bioversity International, Rome. [Read more]

Boshier D, Bozzano M, Loo J, Rudebjer P. (eds). 2011. Forest genetic resources training guide. Bioversity International, Rome. [Read more]

Rudebjer P, Watanabe K, Sebastian L. (eds). 2010. Reviewing plant genetic resources education in East and Southeast Asia. Proceedings of an international workshop, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 17 -19 November 2009.
Bioversity International, Serdang and University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba. [Read more]

Temu AB, Rudebjer PG, Chakeredza S. 2010. Enhancing integrated approaches in agricultural learning systems using experiences from agroforestry. Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 5(16), pp. 2179-2185. [Read more]

Rudebjer P, Van Schagen B, Chakeredza S and Kamau H, editors. 2009. Learning agrobiodiversity: options for universities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of a regional workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, 21-23 January 2009. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. [Read more]

Keywords:

Capacity development, Higher agricultural education, Forestry education, Participatory curriculum development, Neglected and underutilized species, Learning