Anders Boserup (January 15, 1940 – May 4, 1990) was a
Danish
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researcher. He graduated from the
University of Copenhagen
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in 1965 with a
Magister in
physics
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and became a lecturer in
sociology
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in 1972. He was the co-founder of the
Danish Institute for Peace and Conflict Research and the
Nordic Peace Foundation. He researched peace, security and disarmament. He is well known for his work with non-offensive defence. He worked as a consultant for the UN, SIPRI and the Danish Foreign Ministry in relation to disarmament.
References
University of Copenhagen alumni
People from Copenhagen
20th-century Danish physicists
1940 births
1990 deaths
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