Adapting to Environmental and Energy Uncertainties
Using a range of theoretical perspectives and working across international contexts, this theme addresses critical issues of uncertainty and change at the intersection of society and environment.
Our work focuses on the political, cultural and socio-economic dimensions of climate change, pollution, ecosystem disruption, agrarian stress, and the designation and depletion of ‘resources’ including energy, water and minerals. We examine and engage with policy and governance processes that shape historical, contemporary and future socionatures, and through which responses to environmental change and crisis are developed.
Central to our work is a concern with understanding and redressing injustices and vulnerabilities in relation to environmental and energy issues, pertaining to inter alia class, gender, age, race, Indigeneity, and their intersections.
Our research and engagement is dedicated to the development of healthy, inclusive, and resilient environments that support the well-being and prosperity of all life forms, today and into the future.
Research areas
Research areas
- Environmental justice
- Resource governance
- Environmental knowledges
- Energy vulnerability, resilience and just transitions
- Urban environmental governance and policy making
- Agrarian stress, migration and rural livelihood change
People who work in these areas
People who work in these areas
Academics
Professor Sophie Hadfield-Hill