I am an associate professor in Environmental Studies and lead on the Green and Just Cities theme at the Institute for Urban Research. My research focuses on the intersection of environmental conservation (particularly in the coastal zone), natural-resource based livelihoods, organizational advocacy/social movement building and sustainable development in both rural and urban contexts. I have experience in research collaborations with partners in the United States, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to research, I am also program co-responsible for the bachelor’s program in Environmental Studies here at Malmö University, I engage in interdisciplinary, research-based teaching across multiple programs at MAU and have the pleasure of supervising a number of PhD candidates at the Department of Urban Studies and at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies.
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Research Themes
Green and Just Cities is a new theme within the IUR which aims to highlight and contribute to a deeper understanding of the physical geographical and ecological dimensions of urban justice. The theme provides a bridge between urban studies and environmental studies by examining the multiple ways the natural and built environments are co-constitutive, and…
The housing crisis has emerged as one of the most pressing societal challenges in recent decades. Global organizations—including the UN, the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the IMF—along with national policymakers, housing experts, and researchers, widely acknowledge the severity of this crisis. Rapidly growing regions face acute housing shortages, soaring costs, rising homelessness,…