Daniel Bendix is Professor for Global Development at Friedensau Adventist University, Germany. His research focuses on colonial power in development policy, the politics of reproductive health and population, postcolonial critique of development in the North and transnational activism against land grabbing. He is a member of the transnational network Afrique-Europe-Interact and of glokal, a Berlin-based association for postcolonial education, and was active in the group ‘kassel postkolonial’.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Germany, Mali, Tanzania

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connecting the dots

mangoes & bullets

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Michael is a critical geographer who studies the intersecting social, economic and political inequalities caused by the impacts of, and our responses to, climate change. His research is informed by critical theory and interrogates the concepts of climate justice, adaptation, resilience and intersectionality. Michael is an Assistant Professor of Climate Justice and Urban Sustainability at the Department of Environmental Studies at SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry in Syracuse, NY. He obtained his PhD in Human Geography from the University of Manchester, UK.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Sub-Saharan Africa (Rwanda, Malawi, and São Tomé & Príncipe, in particular), North America

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She is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the University of Hamburg and an associated researcher to the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA). Her research focuses on contested international norms, more specifically on the rights of indigenous peoples in the context of conflicts over resources and land. Conceptually, she brings together norms research in International Relations, postcolonial perspectives, and critical (legal) anthropology. Her current interests is to understand and further conceptualize the politics of translation between different ontologies involved in resource conflicts. Her regional focus is on the Amazon rainforest, especially Peru.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Amazon Rainforest, Peru

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A Bangladesh born ‘Environment and Climate’ Researcher, with extensive experience in research, teaching and scientific project management. Studied Environmental Science, Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development. Working in Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) as a scientist.  Previously worked as an academic mentor for Ananth Fellowship for Climate Action in India. A passionate reader, traveler, trainer, story-teller and science communicator. Deeply engaged in capacity development for Global South and Youth engagement in environmental protection. Well-equipped to conduct mixed method research and can easily explain complex concepts in layman’s language, and relate it to local contexts. A highly motivated, resilient and outgoing individual experienced in working within multicultural teams in international settings.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: South Asia, Bangladesh

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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