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Health, Wellbeing, and Future Generations - Intergenerational Justice

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Health, Wellbeing, and Future Generations
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Auditorium 3&4

Speaker

Margot Cohen
University of California, Berkeley

Integrating emotional knowledge in adaptation research and practice

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Margot Jeanne Cohen is a PhD student in the division of Society & Environment at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research is rooted in critical participatory methodologies, feminist political ecology, and decolonial geographies in Ecuador and the United States to examine the coalitional politics of climate changed futures.
Prof Hallie Eakin
Professor
Arizona State University

Integrating emotional knowledge in adaptation research and practice

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Hallie Eakin is a Professor in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. Her current research focuses on the roles, responsibilities and relationships among actors involved in adaptation governance in both rural and urban areas. She has collaborated extensively with colleagues in Mexico, Central America, South Africa, and Canada in her exploration of the political economy of adaptation and the determinants of more transformative adaptive capacity.
Siri Eriksen
Norwegian University of Life Science

Integrating emotional knowledge in adaptation research and practice

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Siri Eriksen is a professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences who does work on the politics of adaptation in different geographic contexts. Her recent work has focused on climate resilient development, including the role of compassionate climate change research in advancing socially just climate action.
Ms Maria Da Graça Benedito Jonas
PhD Candidate
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Integrating emotional knowledge in adaptation research and practice

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Maria da Graca Benedito Jonas is a PhD student at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique. Her research focuses on the lived experiences and indigenous knowledge driving climate change adaptation in Chokwe district, southern Mozambique. She participates in the Co-creating knowledge for local adaptation to climate change in least developed countries (COLOCAL) research project.
Vanessa Luek
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

Integrating emotional knowledge in adaptation research and practice

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Vanessa Lueck is a Researcher-in-Residence on the Living with Water project at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. Her research and work include justice and equity, sustainable coastal adaptation, adaptation governance and innovative solutions. In the Living with Water project, she focuses on the role of Indigenous knowledge and values, nature-based solutions, and innovative governance solutions to drive local sustainable coastal climate adaptation processes.
Edwige Marty
National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Integrating emotional knowledge in adaptation research and practice

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Edwige Marty is a postdoc who conducts research on the cross-scale power relations that shape socially differentiated lived experiences of adaptation processes. Her research combines insights from the critical adaptation scholarship, feminist political ecologies and critical agrarian studies to analyze changing pastoral livelihoods in Kenya and France.
Dr Meg Mills-Novoa
Assistant Professor
University of California

Integrating emotional knowledge in adaptation research and practice

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Biography

Meg Mills-Novoa is an assistant professor with a joint appointment to the Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management and the Energy and Resources Group. Meg is the director of the Climate Futures Lab, a hub for social science research on the impact and equity of climate change responses Margot Jeanne Cohen is a PhD student in the division of Society & Environment at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research is rooted in critical participatory methodologies, feminist political ecology, and decolonial geographies in Ecuador and the United States to examine the coalitional politics of climate changed futures. Edwige Marty is a postdoc who conducts research on the cross-scale power relations that shape socially differentiated lived experiences of adaptation processes. Her research combines insights from the critical adaptation scholarship, feminist political ecologies and critical agrarian studies to analyze changing pastoral livelihoods in Kenya and France. Siri Eriksen is a professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences who does work on the politics of adaptation in different geographic contexts. Her recent work has focused on climate resilient development, including the role of compassionate climate change research in advancing socially just climate action. Vanessa Lueck is a Researcher-in-Residence on the Living with Water project at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. Her research and work include justice and equity, sustainable coastal adaptation, adaptation governance and innovative solutions. In the Living with Water project, she focuses on the role of Indigenous knowledge and values, nature-based solutions, and innovative governance solutions to drive local sustainable coastal climate adaptation processes. Hallie Eakin is a Professor in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. Her current research focuses on the roles, responsibilities and relationships among actors involved in adaptation governance in both rural and urban areas. She has collaborated extensively with colleagues in Mexico, Central America, South Africa, and Canada in her exploration of the political economy of adaptation and the determinants of more transformative adaptive capacity. Petra Tschakert is Professor of Geography at the National University of Singapore. Her research is on climate change adaptation, climate justice, loss and damage, and intersecting inequalities. She has extensive expertise in participatory methodologies to examine power differentials and validate lived experiences and was twice IPCC Coordinating Lead Author. Maria da Graca Benedito Jonas is a PhD student at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique. Her research focuses on the lived experiences and indigenous knowledge driving climate change adaptation in Chokwe district, southern Mozambique. She participates in the Co-creating knowledge for local adaptation to climate change in least developed countries (COLOCAL) research project.
Prof Petra Tschakert
Professor of Geography and Global Futures
Curtin University

Integrating emotional knowledge in adaptation research and practice

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Petra Tschakert is Professor of Geography at the National University of Singapore. Her research is on climate change adaptation, climate justice, loss and damage, and intersecting inequalities. She has extensive expertise in participatory methodologies to examine power differentials and validate lived experiences and was twice IPCC Coordinating Lead Author.
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