PhD researcher at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at KU Leuven, Belgium. Her PhD investigates the role of social innovation and gender in attaining sustainable adaptation in coastal social-ecological systems in Bangladesh. Her research covers multi-disciplinary issues connected to gender and feminist theories. Some of the themes she works with are gendered policy, land rights, migration, religion,…
Laura is an Environmental Public Health and Policy Research Associate at the University of Bielefeld and PhD candidate at the University of Hamburg. In her dissertation she explores opportunities and challenges of a social-ecological transformation through the lens of intersectional environmental justice. Integrating diverse perspectives including the eco gender Gap, environmental racism, and critiques of Western-centric research epistemologies, Laura…
Miss Salome Gikonyo is a young researcher and environmentalist specializing in sustainability, transformative research and environmental management. She is an award-winning scholar of the leadership for Africa scholarship Award issued by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) January 2023. She is currently pursuing master’s degree in Sustainability at Kiel university Germany. She has served as a research assistant at…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Researcher and lecturer at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology in Monterrey, Mexico, and a member of the Mexican National Researchers’ System. She’s also a member of the activist scholars collective Académic@s de Monterrey 43, and a member of the Redgesma (network for gender and environment). Her current research focuses on socio-spatial segregation and social…
Sven Bergmann is a cultural anthropologist currently working as a research associate at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, Germany where he is responsible for the thematic area Ocean, Ships and Environment and coordinates the Interreg Project “North Sea Wrecks” about environmental impact of ammunition in the sea. His research focuses on question of environmental impact of emerging objects…
Researcher at the Department of Urban and Rural Development with interests in feminist political ecology, water resource management, gender and development research and geographical Education for Sustainable Development. Stephanie holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Cologne, Germany. She received a four-year Mobility Grant of FORMAS, the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial…
