Hi all, The Degrees Initiative has announced the first nine teams to receive research grants from our new Socio-Political Fund (SPF). The teams are from the Americas, Africa and Asia, and they will spend the next couple of years exploring the ethical, economic, public perception, and political dimensions of SRM. A list of the team, PIs and research topics is below.
The Socio-Political Fund is the world’s first SRM research programme aimed exclusively at social scientists in the Global South. It follows in the footsteps of the Degrees Modelling Fund, which was launched in 2018 and has supported more than 150 scientists in 22 developing countries as they model SRM impacts in their regions. The modelling fund was responsible for the first SRM modelling projects in South America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It is now the largest SRM research programme in the world and its Southern scientists are now at the centre of the global SRM conversation. We hope that the Socio-Political Fund will now do the same for the social sciences. As with the modelling grants, the teams were selected by an independent grant committee following an open call for proposals and expert peer review. They chose their own research topics and methods and Degrees will now support them to conduct their research, attend conferences and publish papers, and take their place in the global conversation around SRM. Andy --- *Argentina * PI: Dr Florencia Luna Host institution: Latin American University of Social Sciences (FLACSO) Title: Exploring the ethical implications of SRM for health justice in the Global South Page link: https://www.degrees.ngo/research-funds/projects/argentina-luna *Bangladesh * PI: Prof. Md. Sadique Rahman Host institution: Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Title: Public perceptions of SRM in a climate-vulnerable South Asian country Page link: https://www.degrees.ngo/research-funds/projects/bangladesh-2024-rahman/ *Brazil * PI: Prof. Julia Silvia Guivant Host institution: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) Title: Challenges on solar radiation management: perspectives from Brazil Page link: https://www.degrees.ngo/research-funds/projects/brazil-2024-guivant *Brazil * PI: Prof. Mauricio Uriona Maldonado Host institution: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) Title: Developing an integrated climate-economy stakeholder-based model for assessing the future implications of SRM in Brazil, India and South Africa Page link: https://www.degrees.ngo/research-funds/projects/brazil-2024-maldonado *Ghana * PI: Dr Portia Adade Williams Host institution: CSIR - Science and Technology Policy Research Institute Title: Assessing knowledge, governance and social implications of SRM across Africa Page link: https://www.degrees.ngo/research-funds/projects/ghana-2024-williams/ *India * PI: Dr Manish Kumar Shrivastava Host institution: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi Title: Exploring Asian perspectives on the governance of solar radiation modification Page link: https://www.degrees.ngo/research-funds/projects/india-2024-shrivastava *Mexico * PI: Dr Francisco Estrada Porrua Host institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Title: Assessing the economic risks and benefits of SRM for Latin America Page link: https://www.degrees.ngo/research-funds/projects/mexico-2024-porrua *Pakistan * PI: Prof. Athar Hussain Host institution: COMSATS University Islamabad Title: Understanding the Socio-Political Dimensions of Climate Change and Solar Radiation Modification in the Health Sector: A Pilot Demonstration in Pakistan Page link: https://www.degrees.ngo/research-funds/projects/pakistan-2024-hussain2 *Philippines * PI: Dr Lorena Sabino Host institution: University of the Philippines Los Baños Title: ECLIPSE (Exploring Cultural, Legal, and Intergenerational Perspectives on Solar Radiation Modification Ethics) – a study on vulnerable ridge-to-reef communities and national-level context in the Philippines, in collaboration with Ghana. Page link: https://www.degrees.ngo/research-funds/projects/philippines-2024-sabino/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/d10f7b27-1720-4e3c-944f-b7c443b7255cn%40googlegroups.com.
