Maximilian Benner is an economist and economic geographer with a habilitation degree (venia docendi) in human geography. As senior scientist and senior lecturer at the University of Vienna and non-tenured associate professor (“Privatdozent”) at the University of Klagenfurt, he focuses on innovation-based regional development and its impacts in terms of environmental sustainability, social justice, and inclusiveness. Empirically, he is…
I am a PhD student in sociology at Freie Universität Berlin, researching activisms and discourses on climate justice based on queer, decolonial and intersectional methods, concepts and ethics. I have worked in the past on gender, climate and energy justice issues, through project and knowledge management, qualitative research, participatory methods and fundraising with NGOs, UN agencies, foundations and think…
Rebecca Bratspies is a Law Professor at City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, and the founding Director of the Center for Urban Environmental Reform. She is an internationally recognized expert on environmental justice, food justice, and the human right to a healthy environment. Professor Bratspies has written scores of law review articles, op-eds, and other publications….
Paola Villavicencio Calzadilla, legal scholar and environmental law researcher I am a Bolivian legal scholar specializing in environmental and climate change law, climate justice and environmental governance at the intersection of law, policy, and human rights. I hold a PhD in International Climate Change Law and a Master’s in Environmental Law from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain….
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…
Sören Weißermel ist Kulturgeograf und Postdoktorand am Institut für Geographie der Universität Kiel. Seine Forschung konzentriert sich auf die räumliche Aushandlung politischer Konflikte im Kontext machtgeladener Beziehungen zwischen Gesellschaft und Natur. In seiner Doktorarbeit untersuchte er die Prozesse der Enteignung und Prekarisierung marginalisierter und unsichtbar gemachter Menschen und Lebensformen im Zusammenhang mit dem Bau des Belo-Monte-Kraftwerks (Brasilien) sowie deren…
