Nicolás is Ecologist from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), MSc and PhD in Geography from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is currently an Associate Academic Technician at the Center for Multidisciplinary Research on Chiapas and the Southern Border of UNAM. Nicolás is self-described as a critical cartographer and an academic activist committed to social and environmental causes. He is part of the Conflict, Region and Rural Societies research group ascribed to the Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies, member of the Collective for the Protection of the Province of Sugamuxi since 2012, member of the Cartographic Collective of the Global South since 2022, founder and coordinator of the Latin American Network for Community Use of Drones, and member of the Latin American Network for the Defense of Biocultural Heritage.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Latin America

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Erik van Doorns Fachgebiet ist das internationale Seerecht, mit einem Fokus auf die internationale Regulierung der Meeresressourcen sowie neue Nutzungsformen der Ozeane und die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf maritime Lebensräume.
Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen Fischerei, Bodenschätze der Tiefsee und Meeresplanung, dabei spielen Fragen der Gerechtigkeit auf internationaler Ebene eine wichtige Rolle.

Land/Interessenregion/Forschungsschwerpunkt: Hochseegebiete

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Forscherin und Dozentin am CIESAS in Monterrey, Mexiko, und Mitglied des nationalen Forschungsrates Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI). Sie engagiert sich ebenfalls beim aktivistischen WissenschaftlerInnenkollektiv Académic@s de Monterrey 43 und ist Mitglied der Redgesma (Netzwerk für Gender und Umwelt). In ihrer aktuellen Forschung widmet sie sich der sozialräumlichen Segregation und der sozialen Verwundbarkeit gegenüber hydro-meteorologischen Gefährdungen. Dabei wendet sie hauptsächlich sozial-anthropologische Methoden an. Bei der Untersuchung sozio-ökologischer Fragen integriert sie die Perspektiven der Gender Studies und der politischen Ökologie. Ihre Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind: soziale Verwundbarkeit durch Klimawandel; Geschlecht und Umwelt; Intersektionalität und Katastrophen; urbane Mobilität und Umweltgerechtigkeit. Zu den bisherigen Forschungsregionen von Libertad gehören Norddeutschland, die Halbinsel Yucatán und der Nordosten Mexikos.

Land/Interessenregion/Forschungsschwerpunkt: Mexiko, Deutschland

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I am Somaieh Samimi, a PhD student in environmental science from Iran. The field I am interested in is political ecology. The role of power at any scale in access and environmental justice fascinates me. Injustice in the distribution of natural resources, as well as recently, injustice in the distribution of the consequences of excessive consumption of resources such as fossil fuels, is an issue that must be addressed on a global scale. Countries – and within countries, peripheral regions – are being depleted and are often exposed to natural disasters of human origin. This injustice becomes a gap that widens the distance between people in every field. Here and throughout my research, I am looking for a mechanism to bridge this gap and turn injustice into justice.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Iran and East Asia

Shuma Talukdar is a Corporate Lawyer and a Corporate Governance Professional from India. She is the Director of LexEd Research an independent think-tank. She is also a Ph.D. Research Scholar (Law), Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India. She holds professional membership of the Bar Council of India. Her research interests include the intersectionality of gender, climate, business, and law. Her scholarly publications include an edited volume Judicial Responses to Climate Change in the Global South: A Jurisdictional & Thematic Review (Switzerland: Springer, 2023) and papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited collections. She has also published in popular media and presented at international conferences in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: India/North-East India, climate justice, gender, indigenous environmental justice, sustainability law

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