Virginia is currently pursuing a PhD at the Department of Environment, Development and Sustainability Studies at Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden. Her doctoral research explores contemporary environmental movements in the Western Balkans adopting an interdisciplinary approach to explore their role in facilitating stability and sustainable development pathways in the (post) conflict, post-socialist region. This work builds on her previous research…
Amit Ambekar is a climate and sustainability practitioner and doctoral researcher in Human Geography at Kiel University. His doctoral research examines proximity, responsibility and environmental justice in climate governance, with a particular focus on how institutional and spatial arrangements shape the attribution of responsibility and accountability. He is developing the concept of “Proximity Collapse” to understand how responsibility can…
Humangeograph und Senior Scientist am Institut für Nachhaltige Wirtschaftsentwicklung der Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU), Österreich. Seine aktuelle Forschung untersucht Energiewenden aus der Perspektive der Energiegeographien, Politischen Ökologie, multidimensionaler Gerechtigkeit und Multi-Level-Governance, mit einem Fokus auf umkämpfte Land–Energie-Beziehungen in ländlichen und urbanen Räumen. Er verbindet qualitative und Mixed-Methods-Ansätze mit Ko-Kreation von Wissen und partizipativer Forschung und arbeitet an der…
Dr. Vanessa Jaiteh is a transdisciplinary marine social scientist specialising in tropical fisheries governance, fishing livelihoods, working conditions at sea, and endangered species conservation. Her research bridges the social and natural sciences through extended fieldwork in West Africa, Oceania, Micronesia, and Southeast Asia, and sustained engagement with fishing communities, governments, and international organisations. Her SNSF Starting Grant project SIRENA…
Fernanda Figueroa is a full-time professor in the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources at the Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Her work lies at the intersection of political ecology, environmental governance, and socio-environmental justice, with a focus on the social processes shaping ecosystem conservation and transformation in rural and peri-urban contexts. Her work combines…
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…
SMW explores the sentient economy, cultures and transformations of elements and materializations. While forms and materials trace species and their social geopolitical context Winterling’s practice reflects upon aesthetic entanglements and power structures among human/ animal/ matter. Her time-based installations critically engage the representation of reality and investigate what pure information and form leaves out – including a sensual approach…
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…
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…
Anna-Lena Mieke is a PhD student in Environmental Science with a focus on social ecological system research at the University of Vienna, Austria. As a member of the Justice and Conservation Research Group, she contributes to interdisciplinary work on conservation and justice within complex social ecological systems. Her main research interests include political ecology, environmental justice, and the analysis…
