Prof. Dr. Lennart Wohlgemuth University of Gothenburg

Prof. Dr. LENNART WOHLGEMUTH – born in Stockholm in 1940 – earned his degree in Business Administration at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has been active within SIDA, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, UNDP and the IMF for many years. He was director of the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala (a research and documentation centre for Nordic research on Africa) 1993–2005. He was been engaged in issues concerning Africa throughout his life, and has lived in various countries in the continent. His research interests and publications concern development issues and Africa (aid, civil society, knowledge development, education, human rights and conflicts).
Appointed from 1 March 2006 to 29 February 2008 as visiting professor in African studies with the emphasis on Swedish and European aid policies.