Rebecca Borges

Political Ecologist
Portrait Rebecca Borges
Photo: private

Contact

ed.bmfih@segrob.acceber

Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB)
Im Technologiepark 5
26129 Oldenburg

Team

Marine Governance

Status group

Postdoc

Research Area

Conservation and Management

Vita

2022 – today
Postdoctoral Researcher at HIFMB/AWI, Oldenburg

2015 – 2022
Research Fellow on Fisheries and local communities on the Brazilian Amazon Coast at the Federal University of Pará, Brazil

2015 – 2020
PhD research in Marine Ecology at the University of Bremen, Germany

2011 – 2014
MSc in Applied Ecology and Conservation at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

2005 – 2010

BSc in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil

Research Interests

My current research focuses on social-ecological systems, coastal-marine spatial planning, and protected areas. I am investigating the governance of marine commons in the context of accentuating capitalist crises, aiming to bring together anti- and decolonial epistemologies and struggles related to conservation ethics and more-than-human relations.

Rufford Outreach Project: ”Making Space for Conservation: How Relationships and Perceptions Can Guide Science Communication and Zoning for Ecosystem Services on the Amazon Coast”

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