TY - JOUR

T1 - A synthesis of convergent reflections, tensions and silences in linking gender and global environmental change research

AU - Iniesta-Arandia, Irene

AU - Ravera, Federica

AU - Buechler, Stephanie

AU - Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel

AU - Fernández-Giménez, María E.

AU - Reed, Maureen G.

AU - Thompson-Hall, Mary

AU - Wilmer, Hailey

AU - Aregu, Lemlem

AU - Cohen, Philippa

AU - Djoudi, Houria

AU - Lawless, Sarah

AU - Martín-López, Berta

AU - Smucker, Thomas

AU - Villamor, Grace B.

AU - Wangui, Elizabeth Edna

N1 - Special Issue: Gender perspectives in resilience, vulnerability and adaptation to global environmental change Publisher Copyright: © 2016, The Author(s).

PY - 2016/12/1

Y1 - 2016/12/1

N2 - This synthesis article joins the authors of the special issue “Gender perspectives in resilience, vulnerability and adaptation to global environmental change” in a common reflective dialogue about the main contributions of their papers. In sum, here we reflect on links between gender and feminist approaches to research in adaptation and resilience in global environmental change (GEC). The main theoretical contributions of this special issue are threefold: emphasizing the relevance of power relations in feminist political ecology, bringing the livelihood and intersectionality approaches into GEC, and linking resilience theories and critical feminist research. Empirical insights on key debates in GEC studies are also highlighted from the nine cases analysed, from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Further, the special issue also contributes to broaden the gender approach in adaptation to GEC by incorporating research sites in the Global North alongside sites from the Global South. This paper examines and compares the main approaches adopted (e.g. qualitative or mixed methods) and the methodological challenges that derive from intersectional perspectives. Finally, key messages for policy agendas and further research are drawn from the common reflection.

AB - This synthesis article joins the authors of the special issue “Gender perspectives in resilience, vulnerability and adaptation to global environmental change” in a common reflective dialogue about the main contributions of their papers. In sum, here we reflect on links between gender and feminist approaches to research in adaptation and resilience in global environmental change (GEC). The main theoretical contributions of this special issue are threefold: emphasizing the relevance of power relations in feminist political ecology, bringing the livelihood and intersectionality approaches into GEC, and linking resilience theories and critical feminist research. Empirical insights on key debates in GEC studies are also highlighted from the nine cases analysed, from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Further, the special issue also contributes to broaden the gender approach in adaptation to GEC by incorporating research sites in the Global North alongside sites from the Global South. This paper examines and compares the main approaches adopted (e.g. qualitative or mixed methods) and the methodological challenges that derive from intersectional perspectives. Finally, key messages for policy agendas and further research are drawn from the common reflection.

KW - Sustainability Science

KW - Feminist political ecology

KW - Global environmental change

KW - Reflexivity

KW - Gender and Diversity

KW - Gender research

KW - Gender diversity

KW - Feminist political ecology

KW - Reciprocity

KW - Reflexivity

KW - Intersectionality

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84996559072&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s13280-016-0843-0

DO - 10.1007/s13280-016-0843-0

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 27878537

VL - 45

SP - 383

EP - 393

JO - Ambio

JF - Ambio

SN - 0044-7447

IS - Supplement 3

ER -