Freelance ethnographer, researcher & consultant

Thesis on Visual Ethnography Featuring Jacob Langvad Nilsson

A new thesis on Visual Ethnography is using Jacob Langvad Nilsson as one of the case studies. Sarah McMahon, a senior at Indiana University is currently pursuing a double degree in Neuroscience and Ethnographic Photography. The thesis titled “Ethnographic Photography” serves as a great introduction to the discipline for aspiring sociologists and anthropologists and touches…

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Africa at Work: Employment Establishment and Inclusive Growth

Africa is currently the world’s 2nd fastest growing region, as statistics have shown that the region’s poverty rate is falling while over 90 million of its households have already joined the world’s consumer class, which marks a 31 million increase in less than a decade. However, according to McKinsey Global Institute, the continent must accelerate…

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Africa’s Dream of Economic Growth From the New Middle Class

When we think of Africa, usually what comes into mind is political conflicts, if not bloody wars, poverty and famine. But something has changed. Looking closer and you will discover the growth of the middle class, which will big part of an answer to the future growth development of Africa. According to a recent report…

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Tear Sheets from Nordea Invest Magazine No. 3 2012 – Colorado

“John Wayne as Proctor of Nature” is an 8-page feature on the land conservation in United States for Nordea Invest Magazine. Together with journalist Anders Haahr Rasmussen, we traveled to Colorado to document a story about American landowners who donated their land for the sake of protection of nature, essentially to avoid any future developments.


Africa’s Economy Converging to Consumer Market

Africa is the hot prospect for most international investors and multinational organizations. Often dubbed the next China, the rising, Africa consumer is now in the center attention. In this article we will look at the development in consumer market in mainstream Africa, since it levels to the other countries which competes on Fast Moving Consumer…

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Tear Sheets from Nordea Invest Magazine No. 3 2012 – Latin America

“Searching for Latin America’s Economic Transformation” is a 14-page feature on the economic transformation in Latin America for Nordea Invest. Together with journalist Nola Grace Gaardmand, I traveled to Brazil, Argentina and Chile to document life and development as seen from the perspective of the citizens living in these booming economies.


Searching for Latin America’s Economic Transformation

From economic crisis to booming growth lead by a new, large middle class, the countries of Latin America is undergoing an economic transformation. Together with journalist Nola Grace Gaardmand, I traveled to Brazil, Argentina and Chile for Nordea Invest, to document what is hidden behind the impressive statistics. The result is this short video embedded…

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Václav Havel

Václav Havel, playwright and former Czech president, passed away this weekend. He was widely recognized for his struggles on behalf of democracy and human dignity. The New York Times remembers Havel: A shy yet resilient, unfailingly polite but dogged man who articulated the power of the powerless, Mr. Havel spent five years in and out…

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Ellen, Leymah, and Tawakkol

At the ceremonies last night three women took center stage to accept the 2011 Nobel Peace Price. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, 73; Leymah Gbowee, 39, a social worker and a peace activist; and Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni journalist and a political activist who, at 32, were all recognized for their non-violent struggle against…

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Human-centered Design Research in Emerging Markets


Jacob Langvad Nilsson continues to work persistently in the cross-section between editorial photojournalism and visual ethnography, pushing the boundaries of human-centered design research to tell stories about globalization, cultural shift, and the aspirations and desires of people living in a changing world.

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