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David Durand-Delacre is a human geographer and critical migration scholar with a focus on the political, cultural, and epistemological controversies arising from climate change's impact on human mobilities. His work situates itself broadly within mobilities studies and the social sciences relating to climate change and geographies of knowledge. His PhD research, conducted from 2018 to 2022, examined the knowledge of climate mobilities as produced, debated, and communicated across academia, government, civil society, and news media in France. Durand-Delacre is particularly interested in the challenges associated with translating knowledge between academia, development practice, and policy-making, especially through innovative means such as 'serious games' and interactive workshops. Most recently, he served as a Senior Researcher at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, where he co-managed a GIZ-funded research communication project aimed at improving internal migration management in the context of climate change in northern Madagascar. He has also been involved in reviewing grant portfolios and convening workshops focused on climate migration.
University of British Columbia • Vancouver, BC, Canada
Conducted research and teaching in the field of human geography and critical migration studies.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.