Harry W. Fischer

My research explores the intersection between environmental governance, rural development, and democratic politics. At present, I am an Associate Professor (Docent) in the Department of Forest Ecology and Management at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.

Currently, I lead three funded projects:
  • "Restoration futures: Pathways forward with the European Union Nature Restoration Law" (with the Swedish Forest Agency) funded by FORMAS 2025-2027.
  • "Can community forest governance improve rural prosperity and well-being from forest restoration?" funded by FORMAS, 2023-2026.
  • “Building synergies between biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and rural prosperity through community forest governance” funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), 2023-2026.
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Video from my recent article: Fischer, H.W., Chhatre, A., Duddu, A. Pradhan, N, Agrawal, A. 2023. Community forest governance and synergies among carbon, biodiversity and livelihoods. Nature Climate Change.
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Harry Fischer, Photographer Anna Edlund

Previously, I was a New Generation Network (NGN) Fellow at the Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne (2016-2017) and a Research Fellow in Public Policy at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (2015-2016). During this time, I worked with the Revitalizing Rainfed Agricultural Network (RRA) on a large research program examining public support systems for rainfed livelihoods in India. I was also involved in the Sentinel Landscapes research project, a global multi-collaborator effort studying forest governance and rural livelihood systems, led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). I hold a PhD from the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014).

For more information, see my Google Scholar Profile, my ResearchGate Profile, or my staff profile at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. ​