Anthropologist (PUJ, Colombia) with an MSc in Rural Development (PUJ, Colombia) and a PhD in Development Studies (Institute of Development Policy-IOB, University of Antwerp). He holds a postdoctoral fellowship at IOB-UAntwerp and is a research associate at the Center for Alternatives to Development-CEALDES in Colombia (https://oad-cealdes.org/). He works on transformative and collaborative research with rural communities, exploring struggles for…
Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza is an Associate Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy and Management at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. She serves as the Faculty Director for Community-Engaged Scholarship for the Nicholas School, the Director for Community Engagement for the Duke University Superfund Research Center and the Co-Chair of the Community Engagement and Environmental Justice…
With a background in development studies, Nora Katharina Faltmann works on social science perspectives on food and agriculture. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the project ‚Exploring values-based modes of production and consumption in the corporate food regime‘ in which she researches alternative food initiatives across rural mountain and urban areas in Switzerland. A further research focus lies…
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….
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…
Irmak Ertör is an associate professor in the Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Bogazici University, Istanbul. Before her current position, she was working in the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) as a post-doctoral researcher in the ERC-funded ENVJUSTICE project focusing on global fisheries conflicts and environmental justice. She holds a BS in…
Judith Bopp ist Postdoktorandin am Institut für Strukturforschung und Planung in agrarischen Intensivgebieten (ISPA) der Universität Vechta. In ihrem aktuellen Projekt arbeitet sie zu lokalem Wissen in kleinbäuerlichen Praktiken, und zu nachhaltigen Anbaumethoden, die etwa Bio-Anbau, natural farming oder agroforstwirtschaftliche Ansätze einbeziehen. Das Projekt erarbeitet, welche Relevanz diesen Praktiken in alternativen livelihood-Strategien bäuerlicher Haushalte und in ihren Anpassungstrategien an klimabezogene ökologische Veränderungen zukommt. Zuvor beschäftigte sich Judith…
Birgit Hoinle ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Sozialwissenschaften des Agrarbereichs an der Universität Hohenheim. Sie hat an der Universität Hamburg im Fachbereich Geographie promoviert, mit einer Förderung durch die Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung im Cluster Transformationsforschung. In ihrem Dissertationsprojekt analysierte sie Prozesse des räumlichen Empowerments in der urbanen und periurbanen Landwirtschaft in Kolumbien. Im Rahmen der Partizipativen Aktionsforschung arbeitete sie mit…
