Jordan Rydman

M.A. (Environmental) Social Science student and student researcher, part of the Global Studies Programme organized between University of Freiburg (Germany), University of Cape Town (South Africa), and Jawaharlal University (India). She conducts research in the areas of environmental governance and sustainable economics, working specifically on sovereign sustainability transitions in food cultures to improve community resiliency to climate change and climate famine. The background of her research includes primarily environmental social science, social transformations, food anthropology, sustainability, sustainability economics, international ‘development,’ sustainable food systems, political ecology, and environmental justice, all with humility and intention toward decoloniality.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Current focus: Germany, Europe. Past foci: Arctic Alaska, Brazilian Amazon, Sumatra & Borneo