Gül Özerol is an assistant professor at the Department of Governance and Technology (CSTM), University of Twente. She is a social-environmental scientist, specializing in public policy and focusing on water, energy and climate change. Her current research focuses on water governance, energy transition and climate resilience in diverse political, social and ecological contexts of the North Sea Region and…
Paola Villavicencio Calzadilla is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law and the Tarragona Center for Environmental Law Studies (CEDAT) of the University Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain. She received her PhD in Law, specialty in climate change law, and her Master’s Degree on Environmental Law, both from the URV. After completing her PhD, she undertook a…
Politikwissenschaftler mit Schwerpunkt Politische Ökologie und Scholar-Activism am Lehrstuhl für Globale Klimapolitik an der Universität Hamburg und Mitglied der Forschungsgruppe „GLOCALPOWER – Funds, Tools and Networks for an African Energy Transition“. Meine Forschungsinteressen sind sozial-ökologische Transformation, Transformationskonflikte sowie Energie- und Klimagerechtigkeit. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Rolle von sozialen Bewegungen und Gewerkschaften in sozial-ökoloischen Transformationsprozessen. Land/Interessenregion/Forschungsschwerpunkt: Deutschland, Südafrika…
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…
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,…
Sören Weißermel ist Humangeograph und Postdoktorand am Geographischen Institut der Universität Kiel. Interessenschwerpunkte sind Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen, Kritische Entwicklungsforschung, Stadtforschung und städtische Klimapolitik. In seinem Dissertationsprojekt beschäftigte er sich mit Prozessen der Enteignung und Prekarisierung marginalisierter und invisibilisierter Menschen und Lebensformen im Zusammenhang mit dem Bau des Kraftwerks Belo Monte (Brasilien) und ihrem Kampf um Anerkennung und (Umwelt-)Gerechtigkeit. In seinem aktuellen…
Ich arbeite als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik in Bonn. Mein Interesse gilt der politischen Ökologie von Naturschutz und Entwicklung, der Klimapolitik und dem landwirtschaftlichen Wandel. Derzeit beschäftige ich mich mit der sozio-ökologischen Transformation der Jakarta-Bucht und der Tideelbe. Meine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in Indonesien, Norddeutschland und Kolumbien. Land/Region des Interesses/Forschungsschwerpunkt: Indonesien, Norddeutschland und Kolumbien Website
