Elspeth Oppermann

Postgraduate Research Student, 2007-2010

e-mail: e.oppermann @ me.com; Tel: +254 (0)729 392223

^{_{Research Interests}}

* Climate Change Adaptation

* Political Theory, especially concerning the 'event' and the 'limit' in socio-political change

* Complexity Theory, Complex Adaptive Systems thinking

* Biopolitics, Governmentality and Security

PhD Research

Conceptualising Adaptation to Climate Change: the onto-politics of ensuring fitness in conditions of uncertainty

As climate change is increasingly understood as a contemporary and  emergent threat, a  particular configuration of the discourse on adaptation has become increasingly salient. The construction and development of this discourse lays ontological and epistemological foundations which will have enormous implications for political practices, and for the efficacy and ethics of adaptation strategies.

This research will explore how adaptation is being conceptualised by key actors who influence the discourse and practice of adaptation in the United Kingdom.

Supervision

* Professor Gordon Walker, Lancaster University

* Dr. James Faulconbridge, Lancaster University

_{^{Previous study:}}

MA Security and War (distinction), Lancaster University

Dissertation:  Adaptation and Climate Change as a Security Problematic in the UK, Supervisor: Professor Mick Dillon

BA History and Politics (first class), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)