Dr. Aoife Bennett

Biography

Aoife Bennett is a Departmental Research Lecturer at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. She specializes in Environmental Social Sciences with a particular focus on interdisciplinary environmental research, political ecology, and socio-political environmental challenges, especially in Latin America and the Amazon. Aoife employs multi-methods and field-based research methodologies, prioritizing the involvement of marginalized communities in the research process. She is committed to decolonizing research methodologies and actively works toward bridging the North/South divide in academia. Bennett serves on the Biodiversity Council of the World Economic Forum, where she has contributed to the creation of the World Economic Strategic Intelligence Map on Biodiversity. Additionally, she is a trustee for Action Conservation and an author on the Science Panel for the Amazon. Aoife is also a Principal Investigator on several projects aimed at assessing nature recovery potential in the Amazon and the societal values of ecosystems, with a foothold in the communities. Her research interests lie at the intersection of environmental challenges and societal governance, and she is actively engaged with the global social and environmental community through academia and activism.

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