Jamie Shinn

I am broadly interested in the relationships between humans and the environment. My scholarship examines climate adaptation, environmental governance, and disaster response and recovery. I am specifically interested in questions related to sources of social-ecological vulnerability and the potential for transformations that can lead to more just and equitable climate futures. My work is particularly focused on these topics in relation to flooding, recognizing the power of water to shape lives and livelihoods, especially under conditions of climate change that are leading to more frequent and severe flooding events in already vulnerable places. I take a mixed methods approach, with an emphasis on qualitative data collection, and I have research projects in Central Appalachia and Southern Africa.