All PhD Graduates

Sofia’s dissertation looks at how households, institutions, and policy frameworks respond to environmental risks, focusing on climate adaptation, risk communication, nature-based solutions, and the effects of drought on land use.

Sanmitra’s dissertation examines how fishers and fisheries institutions manage economic risk, focusing on the role of income diversification, subsidies, and global market linkages in shaping fishers’ livelihoods and fish stock sustainability.

Tum’s dissertation investigates how cooperation and institutional arrangements emerge and persist in small-scale irrigation systems under climate change, focusing on how scarcity, inequality, and governance influence collective action among water users.

Anna’s dissertation looks at what drives the collapse and recovery of Atlantic cod stocks in a changing ocean, examining the effects of fishing, ocean warming, acidification and spawner characteristics, and what they mean for precautionary fisheries management.

Esther’s dissertation examines how information, uncertainty, and human behavior influence cooperation and decision-making in fisheries management, across both informal community institutions and formal governance systems.