Jørgen Eivind Olesen

Jørgen E. Olesen was born in 1958. He had a M.Sc. in agriculture from Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen in 1983. He has since then hold various positions at the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, and he currently holds an research professorship in adaptation and mitigation to climate change in agriculture at Aarhus University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.

He was involved in initiating Danish research on agrometeorology (1983-1991). He has lead several interdisciplinary projects, including projects on integrated wheat production, application of remote sensing and GIS in agriculture, development of a whole-farm simulation model, and several projects on organic farming and reduced tillage. He has participated in seven EU projects and concerted actions on the effect of climate change on agriculture and on greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural activities. He is currently involved in four EU projects on climate change impacts, European nitrogen fluxes, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, and foresight analysis on European agriculture. He also participates in an EU network of excellence on crop protection strategies.

He has a very broad experience on the interaction between agricultural (and agroecosystem) activities and the environment. This involves both the effect of agriculture on environment and the effect of environmental change on agroecosystems. He has been involved in assessing impact of climate change on European agricultural systems and the interaction with other sectors as well, in particular with relation to water use and availability. He was a contributing author to the third IPCC WG-II assessment report, and lead author for the IPCC WG-II fourth assessment report with particular emphasis on European aspects. He has contributed to several national governmental committees on analysis of impacts and adaptation to climate change.

More details are available at the url: http://www.agrsci.dk/jpm/jeo.

He has published 69 papers in international scientific journals and books with peer review, 164 papers at conferences and 155 in reports and technical letters.

Key publications:

• Chatskikh, D., Olesen, J.E., Berntsen, J., Regina, K. & Yamulki, S. (2005). Simulation of effects of climate, soils and management on N2O emission from grasslands. Biogeochemistry 76, 395-419.
• Dalgaard, T., Jørgensen, U., Olesen, J.E., Jensen, E.S. & Kristensen, E.S. (2006). Looking at biofuels and bioenergy. Science 312, 1743.
• Halsnæs, K., Kühl, J. & Olesen, J.E. (2007). Turning climate change information into economic and health impacts. Climatic Change 81 (in press).
• Olesen, J.E. (2005). Climate change and CO2 effects on productivity of Danish agricultural systems. Journal of Crop Improvement 13, 257-274.
• Olesen, J.E. & Bindi, M. (2002). Consequences of climate change for European agricultural productivity, land use and policy. European Journal of Agronomy 16, 239-262.
• Olesen, J.E., Carter, T.R., Diaz-Ambrona, C.H., Fronzek, S., Heidmann, T., Hickler, T., Holt, T., Minguez, M.I., Morales, P., Palutikov, J., Quemada, M., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Rubæk, G., Sau, F., Smith, B. & Sykes, M. (2007). Uncertainties in projected impacts of climate change on European agriculture and ecosystems based on scenarios from regional climate models. Climatic Change 81 (in press).
• Olesen, J.E., Rubæk, G., Heidmann, T., Hansen, S. & Børgesen, C.D. (2004). Effect of climate change on greenhouse gas emission from arable crop rotations. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 70, 147-160.
• Olesen, J.E., Schelde, K., Weiske, A., Weisbjerg, M.R., Asman, W.A.H. & Djurhuus, J. (2006). Modelling greenhouse gas emissions from European conventional and organic dairy farms. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 112, 207-220.
• Van Oost, K., Govers, G., Quine, T.A., Heckrath, G., Olesen, J.E., De Gryze, S. & Merckx, R. (2005). Landscape-scale modeling of carbon cycling under the impact of soil redistribution: the role of tillage erosion. Global Biochemical Cycles 19, GB4014 doi: 10.1029/2005GB002471.