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Elise is a Senior Research Fellow at UC’s Centre for Environmental Governance. She has a background in both academic and policy-oriented research in the field of climate change and sustainable development. Located at the interface between human geography, political science, and development studies, Elise’s work is driven by a keen interest to shine a critical light on the social and political implications of climate and environmental changes and of sustainability transitions.
Elise received a PhD in Environmental Sciences from Södertörn University, Sweden, in 2019. In her thesis she explored the politics of climate adaptation decision-making by focusing on the more subtle, discursive moves in public policy discourse. Drawing on Poststructuralist Discourse Theory, she looked specifically at the role of discursive power, depoliticization and the affective fantasies animating policy responses.
Prior to joining UC, Elise was a Researcher with the Climate Change and Risk Programme of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an internationally renowned institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. There her work focused on how climate and environmental change impact on human security, and on institutional responses to climate-related security risks, particularly in multilateral institutions such as the United Nations and European Union. Elise continues to engage with SIPRI as an Associate Senior Researcher.
Elise’s work has been published in high impact academic journals, including in Climate Policy, Environmental Politics, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, Climate and Development, Regional Environmental Change and Critical Discourse Studies. Elise is a Research Fellow with the Earth System Governance Project, the largest interdisciplinary, international social science research network in the area of governance and global environmental change.
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):
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CANBREATHE: Climate Attribution of Wildfire Smoke Impacts on Priority Population Health in Southeast Asia and Australia (CANBREATHE)
VARDOULAKIS, S. (CI), Johnston, F. H. (CoI), Matthews, V. (CoI), Haryanto, B. (CoI), Prapamontol, T. (CoI), Tantrakarnapa, K. (CoI), Khounvilay, K. (CoI), REMLING, E. (CoI), SALVADOR-CARULLA, L. (CoI), BAGHERI, N. (CoI), RUSSELL-BENNETT, R. (CoI), DULLECK, U. (CoI), GOODMAN, N. (CoI), OKOKON, E. (CoI), MOHANTY, I. (CoI), Bowman, D. (CoI), Arriagada, N. B. (CoI), Morgan, G. (CoI), Knibbs, L. D. (CoI), Ford, L. (CoI), Noya, F. (CoI), Hanigan, I. (CoI), Pereira, G. (CoI), Norman, R. (CoI), Costello, O. (CoI), Riley, M. (CoI), Nguyen, K. O. (CoI), Permadi, D. A. (CoI), Kurniawati, M. (CoI), Voulgarakis, A. (CoI), Limsakul, A. (CoI), Petchprayoon, P. (CoI) & Sychareun, V. (CoI)
1/03/25 → 29/02/28
Project: Research
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Living with wildfire: imagining, narrating and acting upon a changing climate
Mert, A. (CoI), REMLING, E. (CI), Behagel, J. (CoI), Lövbrand, E. (CoI) & Uzelgun, M. A. (CoI)
1/04/23 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Environmental Governance after Coronavirus Crisis
REMLING, E. (CI)
1/06/21 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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Conflict considerations in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s National Adaptation Plans
Remling, E. & Meijer, K., 2025, In: Climate and Development. 17, 1, p. 37-51 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in the practices and narratives of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mert, A. & Remling, E., Jun 2023, In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 23, 2, p. 123 -132 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhancing the Conflict Sensitivity of National Adaptation Plans
Meijer, K. & Remling, E., 1 May 2023, Stockholm: Stockholm Hub on Environment, Climate and Security. 8 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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Exploring the affective dimension of climate adaptation discourse: Political fantasies in German adaptation policy
Remling, E., 31 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 41, 4, p. 714-734 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Advancing European Union Action to Address Climate-related Security Risks
Bunse, S., Remling, E., Barnhoorn, A., du Bus de Warnaffe, M., Meijer, K. & Rehbaum, D., Sept 2022, Stockholm: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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Springer (Publisher)
REMLING, E. (Reviewer)
Dec 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Presentation at ANU's Fenner School Seminar program
REMLING, E. (Speaker)
20 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Are conflict considerations brought into climate adaptation planning? Lessons from the UNFCCC National Adaptation Plan process
REMLING, E. (Speaker)
1 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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PhD Examination at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
REMLING, E. (Examiner)
16 May 2024 → 2 Oct 2024Activity: Examination
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Advisor to international project on 'Environmental Peacebuilding and the Climate Fragility Peace Nexus'
REMLING, E. (Participant)
Apr 2022 → …Activity: Expert Advice and Other › Advisory Panel