Mikael Bergius, a Fellow at the Oakland Institute, works on linkages between global policies/food regimes, local resource use, and land rights. His latest work has focused on the contemporary expansion of the Corporate Food Regime in Africa through the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) and its implications for rural households. Bergius has a background in development studies from the University of Agder in Norway and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. After receiving his Master's degree in International Environmental Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) in Aas, Mikael is now working at NMBU as a Phd Research Fellow.