Alumni Spotlights

Recent PhD graduate projects:

Environmental and Resource Governance (ERG) 
Recent PhD graduates in this field have studied the impacts of social networks in regional environmental regimes through the case of the Carpathian Convention (Marta Vetier); the illegal tiger trade in the Amur-Heilong region (Natalia Pervushina); farm animal welfare in Hungary (Mariann Molnár); human rights, land, and governance in America’s Arctic (Mara Kimmel); and governance in Bulgaria's Natura 2000 system (Brendan Duprey). 

Energy Transitions and Climate Change (ETC)
Recent PhD graduates specializing in ETC address issues of the regional securitization of cyber-physical energy systems (Ion Iftimie); socio-political feasibility of low-carbon energy transitions, energy security, and climate mitigation scenarios (Jessica Jewell); socio-political discourse around landmark energy efficient buildings (Sergi Moles); comparative studies of renewable energy uptake (Vadim Vinichenko); productivity impacts of energy efficiency measures (Souran Chatterjee); and transformation of energy systems in slums (Mukesh Kumar Gupta).

Environmental Justice, Politics and Humanities (JPH) 
Recent PhD graduates specializing in JPH have studied the articulation of mining and indigeneity in Russia (Anna Varfolomeeva); the racialized histories and creation of fragmented identities in REDD+ Readiness programs in Guyana and Suriname (Ariadne Collins); contested urban sustainability (Amanda Winter); intersections of climate change and gender policies and practices among small farmers in Nicaragua (Noémi Gonda); and environmental ethics in the writings of Jalal al-Din Rumi (Azim Shamshiev). 

Sustainable Management of Socio-ecological Systems (SES)  
Recent PhD graduates specializing in SES have studied the assessing implementation capacities at the national level for the environmental Sustainable Development Goals (Dora Almassy); the regional civil society engagement and governance in AGENDA 2030 (Simon Olsen); the management effectiveness of biosphere reserves in the Arab region (Diane Matar); water governance and sustainable rural livelihoods in Malawi (Jolly Wasambo); and using fractal analysis to study the resilience and disparity of energy systems in cities (Fouad Khan). 

Resource and Disaster Management and Pollution Control (RMP) 
Recent PhD graduates in this area have studied industrial chemical regulation in the European Union and the United States (Agnes Botos); transition from public to private provision of public services in the water sector (Naira Harutyunyan); transboundary water management and climate change adaptation (Sonja Koeppel) and and assessment of FAO's climate-smart agriculture program (Anastasia Tikhonova).