Le Café du Savoir: Thesis Focus - Chloé ten Brink

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Dear listeners,

It is with a little heart pinch that we are back in the studio one last time to welcome our last guest this season, Chloé. In her thesis, Chloé studied how considerations of justice - across different dimensions and definitions of justice - are taken into account in planned relocation policies. Across two case studies in Europe, Chloe explores how, in the face of reoccurring floods, governments have organized the relocation of entire communities who were at risk, and what measures can be adopted to make these processes more fair.

After taking time to understand the impacts of floods and the various adaptation responses available, we focus on planned relocation. Using Chloé’s two case studies, we explore the intricacies of these policies, their impacts on different populations, and how to minimize the latter. We also explore the very notion and definition of justice in those contexts, as well as how to tangibly - and ideally - integrate them into policymaking.

Here is Chloé’s LinkedIn if you want to connect with her.

And here are the resources she recommends on the topic:

• And here are the resources she recommends on the topic:
• Siders, A. R., Hino, M., & Mach, K. J. (2019). The case for strategic and managed climate retreat. Science, 365(6455), 761–763.
• Hino, M., Field, C. B., & Mach, K. J. (2017). Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk. Nature Climate Change, 7(5), Article 5.
• Schlosberg, D. (2007). Defining Environmental Justice: Theories, Movements, and Nature. Oxford University Press.
• Wienhues, A. (2020). Ecological Justice and the Extinction Crisis. Bristol University Press.
• Bower, E. R., & Weerasinghe, S. (2021). Global Mapping: Leaving Place, Restoring Home. Disaster Displacement. (Link here)

As always, stay curious - and thank you so much for following us in our intellectual exploration this semester!