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  Name: Bjørg Colding
Academic Title: M.Sc. Economics
Position: PhD Candidate
Office: The Institute of Local Government Studies (Amterne og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut (AKF))
Address: Nyropsgade 37
1602 København V, Denmark
Home Page http://www.akf.dk/cv/BC.htm
Phone: +45 3314 5949, extension 29
Email: bc@akf.dk
Fax: +45 3315 2875

Affiliation with AMID
PhD Candidate
AMID PhD project (PhD thesis defended October 21, 2004)

Curriculum Vitae:
Education
2002 - 2004: Graduate student, University of Aalborg, Denmark
1998-2000: Graduate student, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, USA
1987-1994: M. Sc. Economics, Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Employment
2004 - present: Researcher, PhD, AKF, Institute of Local Government Studies, Denmark
2002-2004: PhD Candidate, AKF, Institute of Local Government Studies, Denmark
2000-2002: Research analyst, AKF, Institute of Local Government Studies, Denmark
2000: Consultant, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA1998-2000: Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, USA
1998: Consultant, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
1998: Consultant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
1996-1997: Associate Professional Officer, FAO of the UN, Laos
1994-1996: Associate Professional Officer, FAO of the UN, Thailand

Scholarships and grants
The Fulbright Commission, Graduate grant, 1992
Danida, International Research Grant, 1993
Knud Højgaards Fond, 1992
American Women's Club Grant, 1992

Projects and research interests
AMID PhD project
Educational attainment of children of immigrants

Publications in the field of Migration Studies (2004)

Bjørg Colding. 2004. Education and Ethnic Minorities in Denmark. PhD Dissertation. AMID, Aalborg University and Institute of Local Government Studies - Denmark.

Publications in the field of Migration Studies (2003)

Bjørg Colding. 2003. Dynamics of educational progression: Comparing
native Danes and children og immigrants
. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Population Association of Amerca, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, May 2003.

In Danish
Bjørg Colding & Husted, Leif. 2003. 'Etniske minoriteters og danskeres
vej gennem uddannelsessystemet'. Rapport til Tænketanken om udfordringer
for integrationsindsatsen i Danmark, Ministeriet for flygtninge,
indvandrere og integration.

Colding, B. 2003. 'En sammenligning af efterkommeres og danske unges
uddannelsesvalg'. AKF Nyt, 2: 15-20.


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