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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Sophie Baban hold a Master’s degree in Environmental and Resource Economics. In her  thesis,  she applied concepts from Ecological Economics to develop a shadow price for biodiversity in order to assess the impacts of illegal elephant trade in Africa and to highlight the resulting ecological and social conflicts.This engagement with global justice issues deepened her understanding of the connections between environmental change, power dynamics, and distributional conflicts.Currently, she work at EKSH in the field of municipal climate protection in Northern Germany. She finds it especially interesting to learn how climate politics are shaped at the regional level in Schleswig-Holstein – and what socially just implications, opportunities, and challenges come with it.

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Assistant professor in public policy and geography at the University of Delaware and core faculty in the Disaster Research Center. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation decision-making, evaluation, and equity. Recent projects have explored managed retreat and relocation as coastal adaptation strategies and the social justice implications of adaptation and disaster risk reduction allocations. She is a lawyer and social scientist with interdisciplinary training.

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