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I am an economist with a PhD from the University of Copenhagen’s TALENT Doctoral Fellowship Programme. My research focuses on the wildlife trade, wildlife farming, One Heath, non-market economic valuation, consumer behaviour, and social marketing. Currently, I am a researcher at the University of Copenhagen, where I lead an interdisciplinary team investigating the links between the wildlife trade and public health through the One Health approach. I am a member of the Consortium on Compensating Income Variation (ConCIV) and an expert with the Global Initiative Network of Experts. Beyond academia, I bring over 10 years of experience working with UN Agencies and international organizations across Europe and Asia.
My research on the trade and consumption of endangered wildlife products received the SCIENCE PhD Award of the year 2023 at the University of Copenhagen, and results have been featured in the award-wining TV documentary “Rhino Dollars” (ARTE France), the podcast series “Kevin Pietersen: Beast of Man” (BBC Radio 5), the new documentary “The Great Rhino Robbery” (BBC Studios Documentary and Sky Studios), and various interviews with Al Jazeera, BBC Natural History, BBC Wildlife Magazine, and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Dang, V. H. N., & Ásgeirsdóttir, T. L. (2024). Estimating the Cost of Crime Victimization: A Compensating Income Variation Approach Using Different Utility Proxies. Social Indicators Research, e10007. DOI: s11205-024-03469-7
Dang, V. H. N. (2024). A framework for conducting research on consumer demand for high-value wildlife products in Asia. In: Handbook on Wildlife Crime. Routledge (Book chapter accepted for publication).
Dang, V. H. N., Nielsen, M. R., & Jacobsen, J. B. (2022). Conserving rhinos by legal trade: Insights from a choice experiment on rhino horn consumers. Ecological Economics, 193, e107287. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107287
Dang, V. H. N., & Nielsen, M. R. (2022, January 20). Rhino horn consumers reveal why a legal trade alone won’t save rhinos. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/rhino-horn-consumers-reveal-why-a-legal-trade-alone-wont-save-rhinos-173507
Dang, V. H. N., Gadbert, K., Nielsen, J. V., Nielsen, M. R., & Jacobsen, J. B. (2022). The impact of a legal trade in farmed tigers on consumer preferences for tiger bone glue – Evidence from a choice experiment in Vietnam. Journal for Nature Conservation, 65, e126088. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126088
Dang, V. H. N., & Nielsen, M. R. (2022). Understanding determinants of demand for rhino horn through the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour. Ecological Economics, 195, e107361. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.107361
Dang, V. H. N. (2021). When cheap talk is not that cheap – interviewing the super-rich about illegal wildlife consumption. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2021.1904117
Dang, V. H. N., & Nielsen, M. R. (2021). Evidence or delusion: A critique of contemporary rhino horn demand reduction strategies. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 26(4), 390-400. DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2020.1818896
Dang, V. H. N., Nielsen, M. R., & Jacobsen, J. B. (2020). Reference group influences and campaign exposure effects on rhino horn demand: Qualitative insights from Vietnam. People and Nature, 2(4), 923-939. DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10121
Dang, V. H. N., & Nielsen, M. R. (2018, April 30). We asked people in Vietnam why they use rhino horn. Here’s what they said. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/we-asked-people-in-vietnam-why-they-use-rhino-horn-heres-what-they-said-116307
Dang, V. H. N., & Nielsen, M. R. (2018). Understanding utilitarian and hedonic value determining the demand for rhino horn in Vietnam. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 23(5), 1-16. DOI: 10-1080/10871209.2018.144038
Truong, V. D., & Dang, V. H. N. (2017). Reviewing research evidence for social marketing: Systematic literature reviews. In K. Krzysztof & S. Rundle-Thiele (Eds), Formative research in social marketing (1st ed., Chapter 3, pp. 183-250). Singapore: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-1829-9_11.
Truong, V. D., Dang, V. H. N., Hall, C. M. (2015). The marketplace management of illegal elixirs: Illicit consumption of rhino horn. Consumption Markets & Culture, 19(4): 353-396. DOI: 10.1080/10253866.2015.1108915
Truong, V. D., Dang, V. H. N., Hall, C. M., & Dam, X. D. (2015). The internationalisation of social marketing research. Journal of Social Marketing, 5 (4), 357-376. DOI: 10.1108/JSOCM-04-2014-0025
Dang, V. H. N. (2016). Social marketing operational guidelines for nutrition programs in Vietnam. National Institute of Vietnam. Hanoi, Vietnam.
Dang, V. H. N., Spohrer, R., Manus, C., Le, D. T., Bui, T. N., & Tran, K. V. (2016). Lessons learnt from the National Fortification Strategy of Vietnam. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. Geneva, Switzerland.
Dang, V. H. N. (2013). Marketing assessment on medicinal and aromatic plants. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia. Hanoi, Vietnam.
IN THE MEDIA
