Chair
Prof. Steven Ratuva, University of Canterbury
steven.ratuva@canterbury.ac.nz
Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
MBC, Logie Building
University of Canterbury
Christchurch
Canterbury 8140
New Zealand
Vice-Chair
Dr. Mercedes Alda-Fernández, Rey Juan Carlos University
mercedes.alda@urjc.es
Rey Juan Carlos University
Paseo de los Artilleros s/n
Madrid 28041
Spain
Co-Secretaries
Dr. Masaki Kataoka, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
masaki_kataoka@tufs.ac.jp
Political Science
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Japan
Dr. Dalila Gharbaoui, Macmillan Brown Center for Pacific Studies
dalila.gharbaoui@canterbury.ac.nz
University of Canterbury
Macmillan Brown Center for Pacific Studies
401 Logie Building
Christchurch
New Zealand
Board Members
Dr. Christina Laalaai-Tausa, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Christina.Laalaai-Tausa@canterbury.ac.nz
Dr. Suli Vunibola, University of Canterbury, New Zealand,suliasi.vunibola@canterbury.ac.nz
Prof. Hamdy Hassan, Zayed University, UAE, HHAMDY21@YAHOO.COM
Dr. Jose Sousa-Santos, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, jose@sousa-santos.net
Dr. Haimo Schulz Meinen, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, H_SchulzMeinen@gmx.de
Dr. Peter Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, US, wagnerp@uww.edu
Ms. Milena Ludwig, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, milenagludwig@gmail.com
Background
Recognized as research committee in 2022.
Objectives
RC52 examines the complex intersection between climate, security, sustainability and power. Of particular interest is how climate is framed as a human security issue, how it is used as a political capital in global geopolitics and how it has shaped and will continue to shape development policies, investment strategies, geopolitical relations and human security thinking and approaches. It will also focus on how climate security has revealed the deeper issues of economic inequality, political power disparity, resource exploitation and indigenous marginalization. It also focuses on the growing people’s movement for change and hope for global collaboration, progressive political action, collective empathy and people empowerment to save the planet and humanity