Laura McAdam-Otto ist Ethnographin und Kulturwissenschaftlerin. Aktuell leitet sie an der Goethe Universität in Frankfurt am Main das Forschungsprojekt „Making Algae (In-)Visible: Tourism, Responsibility and Governance along the Caribbean Coast of Mexico“ als Principle Investigator. Ihre Forschung ist an der Schnittstelle zwischen Kulturanthropologie, NaturenKulturen-Debatten und den Science and Technology Studies angesiedelt, und sie fokussiert Fragen nach Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen in der Karibik. Mit einem Fokus auf die Riviera Maya diskutiert das Forschungsprojekt, wie Verantwortung für Umweltveränderungen im Anthropozän ausgehandelt und verteilt wird, und rückt dabei Fragen nach Umweltgerechtigkeit und Governance in den Mittelpunkt.

Land/Interessenregion/Forschungsschwerpunkt: Karibik, speziell Mexiko, Yucatán Halbinsel

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Jean Carlo Rodriguez is an environmental-social scientist interested in environmental change, environmental governance and equity. At the Alexander von Humboldt Institute in Colombia and the Landbouw Economisch Instituut (LEI) in the Netherlands, he gathered significant experience in designing and implementing NbS to protect ecosystems and biodiversity for the provision of watershed ecosystem services. During his Ph.D. on the political ecology of water, he analyzed how power asymmetries and governance aspects influenced the socio-ecological outcomes of Payment for Ecosystem Services in Latinamerica. After this, he (co-)led several research groups at DIE focusing on the equity aspects of NbS for climate mitigation and adaptation in Latinamerica. Through these engagements, he has recognized the potential of rights-based and is interested in understanding its implications for people and nature.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Latinamerica and Central Asia

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Keywords: Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Politics, Degrowth, Ecological Economics, Inter-and Transdisciplinary Research Methods, Political Ecology, Postcolonialism, Socio-Ecological Transformation

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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Country/Region of interest/research focus: The Caribbean Sea

Ph.D. Law. Universidad de Granada, España. “Posdoc researcher for México.” Conahcyt-El Colef at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Baja California, México. His current research focuses on extractivism, social and environmental conflict, peace building, Human Rights, water and environmental justice and Indigenous peoples rigths.

Link:@efpasillas, research gate, academia