Ich bin Forschungsstipendiatin und Doktorandin am Biosphere Reserves Institute an der Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde, Deutschland. Ich beschäftige mich mit der kulturellen Dimension verschiedener Beziehungen zwischen Mensch und Natur. Von besonderem Interesse sind die Machtverhältnisse innerhalb von Umweltinitiativen, ihre Entstehungs- und Wirkweisen.

In meinem Dissertationsprojekt untersuche ich am Beispiel des UNESCO-Programms „Man and the Biosphere“, inwiefern internationale Organisationen es ermöglichten und immer noch ermöglichen, dass lokales und/oder Indigenes Wissen über den lokalen Rahmen hinaus gehört und gefördert wird. Das Dissertationsprojekt nimmt eine historische Perspektive ein und ist in der Schule des kritischen Denkens und innerhalb dieser in der politischen Ökologie angesiedelt.

Land/Interessenregion/Forschungsschwerpunkt: Mittelamerika

Dr. Francesca Rosignoli (PhD 2016) is postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Public Law at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), member of the CEDAT and coordinator of EJ-ITALY, the first research group made up of women only focusing on Environmental Justice (EJ) in Italy. Her research interests include environmental justice, global environmental governance, climate change, climate-induced migration, and collective capabilities. Her current research focuses on the role of gender and justice in climate-induced migration. Her latest monograph, Environmental Justice for Climate Refugees, was published by Routledge in May 2022. She is co-editor of the volumes ‚Climate Change Integration in the Multilevel Governance of Italy and Austria‘ (Brill 2022) and ‚Racism, Environment, Health. Environmental Racism and Health Inequalities‘ (PM 2022).

Environmental Research in the Human Science area

Environmental Justice Institute

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Elena Zepharovich is a researcher at the Centre for Development and Environment at the University of Bern. She finished her PhD at University of Bern at the Institute of Geography. Before joining the CDE, she was working at Vienna University of Economics (WU) in the Department of Ecological Economics in the field of Education for Sustainable Development. Her current research focus lies on inequality, environmental justice, and deforestation in the Argentinean Chaco.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Argentinia

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Lila Sax dos Santos Gomes leads Yarrow Global Consulting gGmbH, a non-profit consulting firm based in Germany that operates at the intersection of health and the environment with a special focus on intersectional feminist approaches to socio-ecological transformation processes. She is an experienced facilitator, project manager, and gender expert with extensive expertise in participatory methods and capacity building. She supports executives, teams, non-profit organizations, start-ups, and public administrations that promote an equitable organizational culture and strive for a better future for people and the planet. Additionally, she is engaged in research and lectures on the topic of intersectional feminism and gender in climate adaptation strategies.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Germany

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Professor of society and environment, at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Member of the Academic Group of Gender Studies. Her current research in the Gulf Coast focuses on gender relations in fishermen’s households. Further research focuses on the cultural and social consequences of oil infrastructure development in the Gulf of Mexico, using theory from political ecology.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Gulf of Mexico, Southeastern Mexico

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