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Leonora Kleppa Stærfeldt is a PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen whose research focuses on transnational environmental crime regulation and the cross-border flows of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE). Her PhD project aims to develop conceptualizations that view legal frameworks as a type of infrastructure that can either enable or disable the movement of goods. This research is part of the interdisciplinary project "Environmental Crime Illegal Ecologies" (ILLECO), which investigates the challenges posed by the booming green-tech industry and the concomitant increase in mineral demand, irregular mining, smuggling, and dumping. In particular, her work examines the irregular mining and movement of minerals in Ghana, analyzing the flow of extracted minerals and the legal structures associated with their trade, especially in the context of producing efficient technological components for batteries and computer chips. Stærfeldt is committed to uncovering the illegal dumping practices that result from this industry, shedding light on the environmental hazards posed by e-waste dumping in Ghana.
Focuses on clinical, social, and cognitive psychology.