Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Ressourcenökonomie

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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Global Change and Social Systems Department

Telegrafenberg A33

D-14412 Potsdam Germany

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+49-331-288-2424

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• Sandy's doctoral research looks at governance of climate sensitive natural resources in southern Africa with an emphasis on the multi-level policy processes which influence climate adaptation and natural resource management at the local level. These issues are addressed from an institutional economics perspective.
• As a member of the FAVAIA (Formal Approaches to Vulnerability Assessment which Informs Adaptation), he is interested in relations between and role of concepts such as vulnerability, resilience, adaptive capacity and other related concepts.

Since 03.06

Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany. Reseacher in the Favaia Project (joint PIK and SEI) and the EU-funded ADAM and NeWater projects.

M.Sc.

Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands Faculty of Social and Behavioral Science Award of degree: M.Sc., Science and Technology Studies With distinction: cum laude, September 2005

B.Sc.

University of Victoria, Canada Bachelor of Science, Physics, 1999-2003

09.05 - 02.06

Internship, Climate and Energy Department, Greenpeace International, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Bisaro, A., Wolf, S., and Hinkel, J., in press. ‘Framing climate vulnerability and adaptation at multiple levels: addressing climate risks or institutional barriers in Lesotho?’ Climate and Development, Special Issue on Adaptation in southern Africa, Earthscan.
• Hinkel, J., Bisaro, A., Downing, T.E., Hoffman, M., Lonsdale, K., McEvoy, D., Tabara, D., 2009.  ‘Learning to adapt: re-framing climate change adaptation’ in Making Climate Change Work for Us: European perspectives on adaptation and mitigation strategies, Hulme, M., and Neufeldt, H. (eds.), Cambridge University Press.
• Wolf, S., Ionescu, C., Lincke, D., Hinkel, J., and Bisaro, A.., 2007. A formal framework of vulnerability to climate change, ADAM deliverable WP
• A1.7 and Favaia Working Paper 8. url: