Juliana Martins

Juliana Martins

Thesis Title: Implications of the nighttime traffic restriction on the highway BR-174 within the Waimiri-Atroari Indigenous Territory for biodiversity conservation and community safety Abstract: This project investigates the role of the Waimiri-Atroari (WA) indigenous...
Medhini Pathirana

Medhini Pathirana

Thesis Title: Litigating Vulnerability: Climate litigation as a means of development Abstract: As a pioneering form of legal activism, there remains a shortfall of research into the interdisciplinary analysis of climate litigation. Cases of strategic human-rights...
Anna Poppa

Anna Poppa

Thesis Title: Places of Contestation: Locating Racial Inequalities in Climate and Transition Risks in the UK Abstract: Climate change is a present, irreversible, and fundamental threat to daily life that will worsen existing inequalities in the UK, including racial...
Silvana Maria Rupprechter

Silvana Maria Rupprechter

Thesis Title: To co-produce or not to co-produce? A critical examination of the translation of IPCC climate science into national adaptation policies Abstract: Commitments to reach net zero emissions by 2050, and keep temperature rise below 1.5 ºC, will only reduce...
Toryn Whitehead

Toryn Whitehead

Thesis Title: Wolves, lynx and wild boar: human-wildlife coexistence and shifting baseline syndrome in Scotland and Estonia Abstract: Co-occurring with the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and growing support for a nature positive vision for Scotland, the...

Abha Joglekar

Thesis title: Why should we plant trees? Abstract: Large-scale land restoration efforts are concentrated in the tropics and sub-tropics, but it is unclear how these regions will respond to and implement restoration at scale. This research focuses on restoration...

Munira Elmi

Thesis title: Abstract: First supervisor: Benjamin Barratt Pathway:9-Political Ecology, Energy & Environmental Health Cohort: 2021-22

Rahinatu Sidiki Alare

Thesis title: Contested fire management: Understanding the trade-offs between traditional and government approaches to fire management and their implications for conflict reduction in the savanna woodlands of northern Ghana Abstract: Despite the scientific evidence as...

Marianne Odetola

Thesis title: Abstract: First supervisor: Katie Meehan Pathway: 9-Political Ecology, Energy & Environmental Health Cohort: 2021-22 Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianneodetola/ Twitter:...
Mara Wendebourg

Mara Wendebourg

Thesis title: Science-Policy Interfaces and Risk Governance in International Environmental Law Abstract: Mara is a PhD candidate at the Law School of King’s College London. Her research focuses on international environmental law and law of the sea, looking at how risk...
Samantha Day

Samantha Day

Thesis title: Forest Conservation NGOs performing Legitimation: a discourse analysis Abstract: Forest conservation Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) have significantly increased their role on the global stage, filling diverse roles from consultants,...
Naira Dehmel

Naira Dehmel

Thesis title: The contribution of equitable governance of protected areas to achieving effective biodiversity conservation Abstract: Protected areas (PAs) are a key tool for combating extreme rates of biodiversity loss. We have almost reached the 17% of terrestrial...