Knowledge Hubs

Knowledge Hub on Climate

The Knowledge Hub on Climate will explore how universities can contribute with knowledge and solutions to the pressing issues of climate change, and examine the implications of the European Green Deal.

Academic Chairs in the Knowledge Hub on Climate

Marnik Vanclooster, a Professor of Bioengineering at UCLouvain and an expert of water resources engineering and agricultural water management.

Jelena Lukovic, a Professor of Geography at the University of Belgrade and an expert on precipitation seasonality change in the subtropics.

Alexandre Gélabert, a Professor of Biogeochemistry at the Université Paris Cité and an expert on the environmental cycling of metals.

Anne Jensen, a Professor in environmental policy and sociology at Aarhus University and an expert on issues of governance related to climate.

Marcel Robischon, a Professor in Life Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and an expert on forest and agricultural ecology.

Beate Sjåfjell is Professor of Law at the University of Oslo and a Visiting Professor at College of Europe.

Sabine Pahl is Professor of Urban and Environmental Psychology at the University of Vienna.

Andreas Kääb is professor for remote sensing in Geosciences at the University of Oslo.

Hillary Briffa is a Lecturer in National Security Studies at King’s College London, where she read for her Ph.D in War Studies.

Elisa Pellegrini is Associate Professor at the Department for Agriculture, Food and Environment at the University of Pisa.

The role of the chairs

The chairs in the Academic Chair programme will:

Link education and research within and across disciplines, focusing here on issues related to climate;
Engage students to take an active role in knowledge creation and socially-engaged research on a theme which already captures their interest;
Represent and champion Circle U. within the alliance, nationally and internationally, as well as with external stakeholders. One opportunity for such exchanges will most probably be the Training Programme for Practitioners on Climate Change.
Stimulate new models of academic collaboration and partnership in their domain of expertise, and share these across Circle U.