Petra Tschakert

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Petra Tschakert is an Austrian scientist in the field of geography . She is Professor of Rural Development at the University of Western Australia .

Life

Tschakert grew up in Graz . She completed a master's degree at the University of Graz in 1991 and a doctoral degree from the University of Arizona in 2003 . In the meantime she worked as a postdoc at McGill University . From 2005 to 2015 she worked at Pennsylvania State University before moving to the University of Western Australia .

Act

Tschakert's main research interests include the interactions between humans and the environment, the livelihood of the rural population, the development of rural areas, environmental justice and the methods of co-determination. In her work, she dealt intensively with the consequences of climate change .

Tschakert is one of the authors of the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC . She is also one of the authors of the IPCC's special report on global warming of 1.5 degrees (2018).

Publications (selection)

  • P. Tschakert: Views from the vulnerable: Understanding climatic and other stressors in the Sahel. In: Global Environmental Change . Volume 17, Volume 3-4, 2007, pp. 381-396.
  • P. Tschakert and KA Dietrich: Anticipatory learning for climate change adaptation and resilience. In: Ecology and Society . Volume 15, No. 2, 2010.
  • P. Tschakert, R. Sagoe, G. Ofori-Darko and SN Codjoe: Floods in the Sahel: an analysis of anomalies, memory, and anticipatory learning. In: Climatic Change . Volume 103, No. 3-4, 2010, pp. 471-502.

Web links

credentials

  1. ↑ a b IPCC Authors (beta) , list of IPCC authors on ipcc.ch (engl.)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Petra Tschakert , profile on the website of the University of Western Australia (English)
  3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/UWAscience/posts/join-us-in-welcoming-dr-petra-tschakert-to-the-faculty-of-science-intdevelopment/788556381263410/
personal data
SURNAME Tschakert, Petra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian scientist in the field of geography and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century