Charlotte Wiederkehr
PhD candidate
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Computational Landscape Ecology
Permoserstr. 15 | 04318 Leipzig | Germany
P: +49 (0)341 235 1948
charlotte.wiederkehr@ufz.de
Research interests
- Political ecology, socio-ecological systems
- Environmental change and human mobility
- Resource use conflicts and governance
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2017: PhD candidate at Computational Landscape Ecology,
MigSoKo
junior research group; conducting synthesis work to analyse the dynamics between human migration and environmental change at the regional and global level
2014 - 2016: M.Sc. in Sustainable Development, Utrecht
University and Leipzig University (Joint Programme); qualitative fieldwork in Namibia and M.Sc. thesis ("Sustainable
Co-management of
Freshwater Fisheries and Local Livelihoods: The case of Sikunga") in
collaboration with
ValuES
and the Namibia Nature
Foundation (NNF)
2014: Internship at a political foundation in Berlin (Team Political Dialogue and Analysis), supporting science-based political consulting
2013 - 2014: Internship at GIZ Brazil in Brasília (Programme Novas Parcerias - Cooperation for Science and Research), supporting the project communication and event management