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Clara Luxardo

Clara Luxardo

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Clara Luxardo is an associate researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), affiliated with the Environmental Policy Analysis Department. She holds her MSc in Environment and Resource Governance with a specialisation in Global Sustainable Futures, graduating from the VU in 2024.

Her Master’s thesis focused on the socio-environmental dynamics shaping pastoral communities and rangeland ecosystems with implications for sustainable resource governance in the trans-Himalayan region of Mustang, Nepal. As part of the fieldwork, she also collaborated with a team to portray these themes through documentary filmmaking. The thesis received the Best Master’s Thesis Award of 2024, and Faculty of Science Beta Award 2024. Currently extending her research through a PhD, Clara examines pastoralist and rangelands landscapes in the Himalayan region, and the unfolding of local socio-ecological issues within broader socio-economic and political structures.

Alongside her research, she works for the EU Horizon RETOUCH Nexus project as the case study leader for the Netherlands. Together with an international consortium, the project addresses the hydro-climatic crisis in Europe through the water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) nexus approach. Clara supports a Dutch water authority in developing a freshwater availability programme for the North Holland region. Her major focus is on stakeholder participation and engagement.

 

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Academic qualification

Environment and Resource Management

… → 2024

Bachelor, Psychology

… → 2022

Keywords

  • H Social Sciences (General)
  • GE Environmental Sciences
  • Socio-ecological systems
  • Pastoralist commons
  • Water governance and politics
  • Nexus approach
  • GN Anthropology

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  3. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  4. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land
  5. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions