Christine Beitl
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Generally my research aims to understand the cultural values and policies driving change in the ocean and coastal commons, as well as the distribution of benefits and risks associated with coastal development, aquaculture, renewable energy, and climate change. For the past 20 years, I have studied environmental governance in Latin America focusing on the role of collective action in social-ecological resilience, social justice and sustainable livelihoods in mangrove forests and small-scale fisheries. I have used qualitative and quantitative approaches, ethnographic and fishery data, as well as geographic information systems to study human-environment interactions and evaluate the social-ecological effects of institutions, policies, and individuals decisions. Recent research in Maine focuses on the implications of climate change in fisheries and offshore wind development.
Other research and teaching interests include sustainability science, human ecology, environmental anthropology, coastal/ fisheries anthropology, economic anthropology, political ecology, human dimensions of environmental change, international conservation and development, environmental governance and policy, and research design and methods.
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Education
M.A. Latin American and Caribbean Studies/ Environmental Studies, Florida International University, 2005
B.A. Spanish, Ohio University, 1997

