Dr. Karina Barquet

My research focuses on the socio-political dimensions of environmental governance. Key themes include environmental security, political ecology, border studies, water governance, and politics of scale. In my work, I have explored the ways in which global environmental discourses of risk are understood in specific geographies, and how local needs and responses to global changes can in turn shape policy. Some of my work has been research-oriented, for instance, to understand the role of environmental peacebuilding in inter-state disputes. Recent work is more applied and solution-oriented, for instance to explore solutions to coastal risks or design more inclusive governance structures