Research
interest
Environmental conflicts (resource scarcity vs.
abundance, environmental impact of war, environmental
refugees, resource certification systems, etc.).
Climate Change as a security risk (hot spots,
migration, counter-measures and their effects,
energy security, environmental justice).
Background
After studying landscape architecture (graduating
as an engineer in 1998), Denise Völker worked
for eight years for the environmental organisation
Greenpeace. As a participant in the international
campaign for the protection of the last remaining
ancient forests, she was responsible for planning
and implementing campaigns, political work, negotiations
with companies, and public relations, and led
a variety of teams and projects.
Ancient forest protection is not only a question
of ecology, it also very much concerns the people
living on the ground. To give that aspect more
weight in her work and to broaden her ecological
focus, Denise Völker successfully completed
the postgraduate Master of Peace and Security
Studies (MPS) programme at the IFSH. Her master’s
thesis was on “Environmental changes and
conflict in Amazonia”.
Within the framework of the University of Hamburg’s
“Integrated Climate System Analysis and
Prediction” (CliSAP) project, she is currently
working on her doctoral thesis, which is entitled
“Forest protection: a factor for conflict?
– Analysis of the impact of forest protection
measures on conflict structures in selected
regions of the Amazon basin”.
Languages german, english
Current project
Exzellenzcluster Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction (CliSAP)
Link: http://www.clisap.de/
Research Group Climate Change and Security
