I am an environmental social scientist who conducts research at the interfaces between environmental geography, spatial planning and political science. I am intrigued by the politics of environmental and sustainability policy, particularly what might be called the micro-politics of policy enactment.
During the 2024-2025 academic year I will be on study leave. I will spend autumn as a visiting researcher at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.
My colleagues and I currently have an active call for papers for a special issue in the journal Environmental Science and Policy. The topic is 'methodological advances for locally led climate change adaption'. For further information on the aims of the special issue and the topics we are interested in exploring through it, please visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/320948/methodological-advances-for-locally-led-climate-change-adaptation
Research
My research address questions of engendering and governing change in human-environment interrelations. I have increasingly focused on notions of radical or transformation change. This topic is addressed through research that typically focuses on:
- The politics of environment policy.
- Environmental planning and appraisal.
- Sustainability transitions.
Main theoretical interests:
- Transition / radical change.
- Governmentality.
- Theories of power.
I currently lead a project called COLOCAL, on locally-led climate change adaptation, with partners in Bangladesh, Mozambique, Nepal and Uganda. I am also a member of the NMBU's Sustainability Arena, TOWARDS sustainable cities and communities, which fosters interdisciplinary and collaborative science practices to sustainable and just societal transformations.
Co-operation and Outreach
I cooperate with a number of international organisations (e.g. the European Commission and the United Nations Economic Council for Europe (UNECE)), particularly on environmental training and capacity development. I have participated in such activities in numerous European countries (including, Montenegro, Albania, and Ukraine), western Asia (e.g. Georgia, Turkey and Azerbaijan) and Southeast Asia (Vietnam).
I have also undertaken commissions from the UNECE examining the implementation of the Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context and the Kiyv Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment.
PhD Supervision
- Susan Wasswa Nanfuka, Oct 2022-ongoing. Knowledge co-creation for adaptation to drought among agropastoral farming communities of Uganda’s cattle corridor. Supervised with David Mfitumukiza (Makerere University, main supervisor).
- Fatuma Mutesi, Oct 2022-ongoing. Collaborative learning for local adaptation to agricultural drought in Uganda. Makerere University, Uganda. Supervised with David Mfitumukiza (Makerere University, main supervisor).
- Karen Wanseka de Jesus, Sept 2022-ongoing. Green buildings development: a decolonial analysis. Supervised with Roberta Cucca (NMBU, main supervisor) & Esben Leifsen (NMBU).
- Edwige Marty, Sept 2020-2024, Societal transformations and changing access regimes in Kenyan livestock systems: a political ecology approach to social differentiation dynamics in adaptation. Supervised with Siri Eriksen (NMBU), Todd Crane (ILRI, Kenya), Rene Bullock (ILRI, Kenya).
- Elizabeth MacAfree, 2018-2021, Assembling drinking water quality and inequality: the case of Kaolack, Senegal. Supervised with Synne Movik (NMBU, main supervisor), Tim Richardson (NMBU).
Administration & Leadership
I was head of the PhD Programme in Society, Development and Planning at the Faculty of Landscape and Society between February 2021 and January 2024.
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