Mara Gabrielle van den Bold, PhD (she/her)
political ecology | energy, climate, food justice | rural livelihoods | mixed methods
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences, College of Earth, Ocean, & Environment, University of Delaware
Curriculum Vitae
I am a human-environment geographer with interests in political ecology, political economy, just energy transitions, climate change science and communication, food justice, and rural livelihoods. I have experience conducting research across a variety of contexts, including in West Africa, South Asia, and the U.S. I seek to continually learn from decolonial, feminist, queer, and antiracist approaches and to be reflexive about my own positionality in the academy and in society writ large.
Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware (UD). I am part of an exciting team of scholars from UD, Virginia Tech, and Boston University carrying out research on justice across the wind and solar supply chains in the U.S. We draw on a feminist, anti-racist, indigenous, and postcolonial theoretical framework and ground our research in at least eight case studies across the country.
When not ‘in the office’, I’m an enthusiastic (though beginner) white water kayaker, cyclist, and hiker. From the Netherlands, I am currently based in Washington, D.C. with my partner and our two kiddos.
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