Marius Hübler is a PhD student within the working group of Silja Klepp at the Geography Department of Kiel University. With an interdisciplinary background in sustainability sciences and international economics, his main research interests are socio-ecological transformation processes, (economic) growth independent development models and structural possibilities to foster pathways towards climate justice and a ‘good life for all’. His PhD project investigates the current and potential role of sufficiency and degrowth approaches in municipal climate protection and regional development within rural regions in Schleswig-Holstein. With long-year experiences in hands-on sustainability education, he is keen in experimenting with transformative, participatory research methods.

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I am Somaieh Samimi, a PhD student in environmental science from Iran. The field I am interested in is political ecology. The role of power at any scale in access and environmental justice fascinates me. Injustice in the distribution of natural resources, as well as recently, injustice in the distribution of the consequences of excessive consumption of resources such as fossil fuels, is an issue that must be addressed on a global scale. Countries – and within countries, peripheral regions – are being depleted and are often exposed to natural disasters of human origin. This injustice becomes a gap that widens the distance between people in every field. Here and throughout my research, I am looking for a mechanism to bridge this gap and turn injustice into justice.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Iran and East Asia

Bachelor in Sociology, Master in Social Anthropology and PhD student in Social Sciences at the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology Western Regional Unit (CIESAS-Occidente) in the research line Environment and Society. His current research discusses, from a political ecology perspective, the unequal production of space in the peripheries, the scarcity and micro-privatization of water and water suffering.

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