Aspiring environmental researcher/consultant with an inclination in the domain of socio-environmental conflicts and local approaches to sustainability. With an engineering degree in natural resources management and studies in cultural development and sustainable tourism, I have gained professional experience in the field of sustainable community development in south Central America. Currently, I am studying a master in environmental management and working as an research assistant in the field of political geography in Kiel, Germany.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Latin America

Anna Lena Bercht ist Humangeographin und Postdoktorandin am Geographischen Institut der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. Davor war sie als Gastwissenschaftlerin am Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) der Stockholm Universität und an der Katastrophenforschungsstelle (KFS) der Freien Universität Berlin tätig. Ihre Forschung bewegt sich an der Schnittstelle zwischen Geographie und Psychologie und beschäftigt sich aktuell mit den Themen psychologische Barrieren, Klimawandelanpassung und Klimagerechtigkeit am Beispiel der Küstenfischerei. Anna Lena forscht vor allem in der norwegischen Arktis und arbeitet mit Methoden der qualitativen Sozialforschung. Ein zentrales Ziel ist es, kognitive, emotionale und motivationale Prozesse im Kontext komplexer Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen besser verstehen zu können.

Land/Interessenregion/Forschungsschwerpunkt: Norwegische Arktik

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Als transdisziplinäre Künstlerin, Pädagogin und Beraterin, die in den Bereichen Video, Installation, Performance und Zusammenarbeit arbeitet, stellt Curry ökologische, wirtschaftliche, politische und geschlechtsspezifische Strukturen in den Mittelpunkt. Currys forschungsbasierte Praxis umrahmt ihre Projekte mit den verschiedenen ortsspezifischen Erzählungen, die unkonventionelle Methoden der Forschung und des Aktivismus miteinander verbinden. Indem sie Projekte in den Bereichen Stadtplanung und Design in Zusammenarbeit mit den Gemeinden, in denen sie arbeitet, entwickelt, entstehen aus den Begegnungen und Interaktionen sehr persönliche, dynamische und zum Nachdenken anregende Erfahrungen und Konzepte.

Laura hat Projekte in Nord- und Südamerika, Europa und der Karibik durchgeführt und ist international ausgestellt worden.

PhD student (she/her) researching on the intersection of transdisciplinarity, art, and critical sustainability at the EcoArtLab. She is involved with the Institute of Geography at the University of Bern and the Bern Academy of the Arts (HKB). She focuses on transdisciplinary research in art and climate science collaborations: Investigating methodologies, procedures, and practices to reach epistemic justice in terms of knowledge co-creation between artists, climate scientists, extra-scientific actors, and the more-than-human in the context of Switzerland. She integrates critical climate justice and feminist political ecology perspectives.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Switzerland

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I hold a bachelor’s degree in Geophysics and a master’s degree in Geophysics/Geology.
Remote Sensing is my passion and I have been self-learning how to use satellite data to assess environmental issues. I am currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Science & Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). I strongly believe that it is our responsibility as a species aiming to restore the damage we have caused to our home planet and actively contribute, starting by changing our behavior and raising awareness of climate change in our communities. My current research revolves around utilizing remote sensing to address pressing environmental issues, specifically focusing on air quality after wildfires, dust events, and other natural or anthropogenic factors. I aim to, understand their impact on human health, with a strong emphasis on prioritizing the environmental justice (EJ) component and predicting health outcomes using machine learning (ML).

Country/Region of interest/research focus: US & Mexico

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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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