I am an experienced urban sustainability researcher who helps policymakers make evidence-based and equity-focused decisions. Over the past seven years at the World Resources Institute, I have authored almost 20 research publications using both qualitative and quantitative methods. My main areas of expertise are urban policy and planning, equity analysis of environmental policies, multi-level governance, just transitions, mobility, and…
Patricia Widener is a professor of sociology at Florida Atlantic University, and her research and teaching interests include social movements and environmental, climate, and marine justice. In the past, she has researched how communities and environmental groups responded to offshore and onshore oil extraction or expansion activities in Aotearoa New Zealand, Ecuador, and in Florida in the U.S. Currently,…
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…
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…
Elisa Privitera (Lizzy) is a researcher and practitioner, contributing to spatial environmental justice-related initiatives and with experiences in Italy, Canada, California, and Sweden. Her work draws on participatory planning, environmental humanities, political ecology, environmental justice and South studies. Lizzy has achieved significant academic milestones, including being awarded a Fulbright fellowship for a research exchange at the University of California,…
Isabelle Desportes is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre Marc Bloch, An-Institut at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and lecturer at the RWTH Aachen. She researches the (hidden) politics of disaster prevention and humanitarian response, including in authoritarian conflict settings, and co-coordinates the Centre Marc Bloch’s research group on ‘Environment, Climate, Energy’ since October 2024. Her current research project,…
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…
Friedrich Neu ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Umweltsozialwissenschaften und Geographie an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Hinsichtlich der Lehre liegt sein Schwerpunkt auf Klimawandelanpassung, welche er in Seminaren zu Anpassungsprozessen im Globalen Süden sowie Exkursionen in die Schweiz oder Ghana thematisiert. Die aktuelle Forschung im Rahmen seiner Dissertation fußt auf dem Zusammenwirken von durch Teile der Menschheit induziertem Klima- und…
Hartmut Fünfgeld ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Geographie des Globalen Wandels am Institut für Umweltsozialwissenschaften und Geographie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg und Adjunct Professor an der School of Global, Urban and Social Studies der RMIT University in Melbourne, Australien. Er erforscht die sozialen und institutionellen Dimensionen von Klimawandelauswirkungen und Anpassung an den Klimawandel, insbesondere im Bereich kommunaler und regionaler Planung….
p>Maria is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Governance and Politics at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Department of Geography, Planning and Environment). Her current research focuses on governance of climate change adaptation (particularly flood risk governance), nature-based solutions, energy vulnerability and understanding societal transformations (or the lack thereof). She integrates insights from discursive-institutionalism and critical theories into…
