Contributors

Etienne Legrain

Chercheur, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Chercheur, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Erin Coughlan de Perez

Professor of Climate Risk Management, Tufts University

Professor of Climate Risk Management, Tufts University Erin Coughlan de Perez, Ph.D., bridges science, policy, and practice in her research on climate risk management around the world. She focuses on extreme events, exploring how droughts, floods, heatwaves, and other climate shocks can be anticipated before they happen. Erin works with humanitarian teams to develop early action protocols to avoid disaster impacts, and she researches the adoption and effectiveness of climate change adaptation measures. Erin comes to the Feinstein Center from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, where she built a global climate science team and led the first Forecast-based Financing pilots in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. Erin retains a senior advisor position at the Climate Centre, to maintain links to humanitarian operations around the world. Erin was formerly an Associate at Columbia University. Erin received her Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, her M.A. in climate and society from Columbia University, and her B.S. in environmental science and international development from McGill University. Erin is also a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report. Her chapter is Decision-Making Options for Managing Risk, as part of the Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.

Edith England

Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Practice, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Practice, Cardiff Metropolitan University I am a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Practice at Cardiff Met, and the Programme Director for the Health and Social Care programme, having completed my PhD at Cardiff Uni in 2020. I have a third sector background (housing, homelessness and welfare), moving to academia in 2017. My areas of interest are: - Homelessness and ‘precarious’ housing / housing insecurity (including squatting, property guardianship, and the private rented sector). - Neurodiversity and housing, especially ADHD/ autism and housing/ homelessness (currently recruiting for our ADHD/ Autism housing survey here (https://cardiff.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bHfPaswbBVMjWD4) - LGBTQ+ homelessness – recently completed the largest UK-based survey to date of LGBTQ+ homelessness. - Welsh housing and homelessness. I have published widely within critical social policy, sociology and geography. I am especially interested in using critical theory (e.g. Queer and Crip theory) to understand and address issues within social policy. I am also involved in running the Queer Populations and Policies Network (https://sites.google.com/view/qpapnetwork/about-qpap).

Emmanuelle Santoire

Postdoctoral researcher in energy transition, Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour (UPPA)

Postdoctoral researcher in energy transition, Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour (UPPA) Dr. Emmanuelle Santoire is normalienne, agrégée in geography, and a post-doctorate researcher in geography and public law at the UMR 6262 IODE - University of Rennes and formally researcher in the Energy Justice & the Social Contract Chair at the University of Pau et des Pays de l'Adour. She holds a Ph.D. in geography from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) of Lyon in France. She specializes in energy transition research and in legal geography to study the role of law in structuring energy spatialities. Her current research revolves around energy justice in both Europe and Canada. She focuses on two objects: the spatialities of European energy investments, and the forms of energy regulation provided through bilateral trade and investment agreements. This research contributes to the development of a geo-legal methodology. She is a former visiting researcher at the Institute of European and Comparative Law of the University at Oxford, where she lead a project on European energy investments. She is an early member of the Critical Legal Geography research network. Among her recent publications are a chapter on investments and energy justice at Springer Link and a chapter on energy and trade in CETA Implementation and Implications: Unraveling the Puzzle, edited by Prof Robert Finbow, published by Queen’s-McGill University Press.

Elizabeth Smyth

Research Associate, James Cook University

Research Associate, James Cook University Elizabeth Smyth is a writer and researcher with a focus on literary representation and experience of place. Her creative-practice research engages with regionalism, ecocriticism, and the georgic to respond to contemporary social and environmental issues and concerns. She writes both long and short forms of narrative prose set in the Australian Wet Tropics.

Eucharia Uranta-Okonkwo

PhD Candidate, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, Project Liaison Consultant and Teaching Assistant, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

PhD Candidate, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, Project Liaison Consultant and Teaching Assistant, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa I am an accomplished International Development Consultant, Gender Specialist, and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies. With over 12 years of experience in gender advocacy, educational reform, and humanitarian initiatives, my work spans both academic and professional realms, focusing on improving educational access and quality for marginalized communities, particularly refugee learners. My doctoral research is dedicated to enhancing post-secondary education for Nigerian refugees in Niger through open pedagogies, aiming to create inclusive, accessible, and learner-centered environments. I collaborate with the Connected Learning in Crisis Consortium (CLCC) and the UNHCR, having contributed significantly to the development of resources like the Connected Learning Playbook, which supports educational access for displaced populations globally. Before my PhD, I worked extensively in emergency response and gender advocacy, including roles with UNICEF as a Child Protection Specialist (Gender Based Violence in Emergencies) and Country Program Manager for Farm Radio International in Nigeria. I have led impactful programs to amplify voices of local farmers, promote gender equity, and address urgent needs in conflict-affected areas. In addition to my experience as a part-time professor and teaching assistant at the University of Ottawa, I also consult with the World Refugee and Migration Council on the Voices Project, where I provide technical guidance and advocacy support for Activists in Exile in Canada. My background, coupled with my active research in education and gender equality, closely aligns with the Conversation’s mission of promoting truthful information and unlocking the rich diversity of academic research.