Dr Luciana Mendes Barbosa
Lecturer in Sociology (Climate Change)Research Overview
Dr Luciana Mendes Barbosa is a human geographer and Lecturer in Sociology (Climate Change) at Lancaster University. Her research examines how climate change, urban development and socio-environmental conflict reshape everyday life in the Global South. Working across Rio de Janeiro and Mossoró, Brazil, she centres the knowledge and political agency of communities facing racialised risk, forced displacement and unequal adaptation. Through participatory and decolonial research, she connects climate justice, urban political ecology and public engagement to develop grounded responses to climate vulnerability. Her current work leads the Lancaster–UERN ADAPTA-Mossoró collaboration, advancing international partnership and co-produced pathways for urban climate adaptation.
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1st LU-Brazil Workshop on Socio-Territorial Movements in Comparative Perspective
24/03/2025 → …
Research
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ADAPTA-Mossoró: Collaborative Asset Planning for Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Mossoró, Brazil
10/01/2025 → 30/09/2025
Research
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Accumulation by segregation and dispossession: Social housing policies and racial segregation in Brazilian cities: a case study
03/07/2023 → …
Research
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Accumulation by segregation and dispossession: Social housing policies and racial segregation in Brazilian cities: a case study
01/07/2023 → …
Research
Expulsões, deslocamentos forçados e remoções: aproximando abordagens temáticas e disciplinares
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Royal Geographical Society with IBG: Annual International Conference
Participation in conference - Academic
Violent Transitions: Naming Structural Violence in Latin America's Renewable Energy Projects
Oral presentation
ADAPTA-Mossoró: Co-Producing Urban Climate Resilience through Participatory Planning in the Brazilian Semi-Arid Region
Oral presentation
Coastal Regeneration and Gentrification: Establishing a Longitudinal Research Framework for Eden Project Morecambe
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
POLLEN BIANNUAL CONFERENCE 2026
Participation in conference - Academic
Decoloniality of Just Transitions: Decarbonisation and Extractivism in Latin America
Invited talk
Conflitos Socioambientais e Mudanças Climáticas no Sul Global
Invited talk
Royal Geographical Society with IBG Annual Conference 2025
Participation in conference - Academic
Urban climate-adaptation strategies
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Latin American Development Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Royal Geographical Society (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
- Critical Geographies
- Energy Lancaster