Dr Giovanni Bettini
LecturerResearch Overview
The focus of my work is on the genealogy and political effects of discourses on climate change, population, and development, with a particular interest in the connections between climate change, adaptation and mobility.
Keywords
- Climate politics & Policy
- Migration/Displacement
- Environmental/climate security
- International Development
- Political Ecology and Political geography
- Migration Studies
- Critical political theory
Professional Role
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LEC’s Equal Opportunity and Disability Rep
- Geography and Environment Pathway Lead in Lancaster for the North West Doctoral Training Centre (ESRC)
- Member of FST Research Ethics Committee
- WGIII (Theory) Co-Leader and member of the Management Commitee of the European COST Action IS1101 on Climate change and migration: knowledge, law and policy, and theory.
Current Teaching
- LEC 401 – Perspectives on Society and Environment (convener)
- LEC 406 – Climate and Society
- LEC 318 – New York Field-Trip
- LEC 218 – Geography, development and the Majority of the World
- LEC 210 – Geographical Skills and Concepts [1]
- LEC 114 – Society and Space
PhD Supervision Interests
Critical projects on Climate and Migration, Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change, Political Subjectivity and New Social Movements in the Anthropocene
CLISEL: Climate Security with Local Authorities
01/05/2016 → 30/04/2019
Research
- Critical Geographies
- Improving global stewardship
- Understanding a changing planet