On 19 November 2025, Salena Tramel will defend her PhD thesis investigating how the intersection of the issues of land and water grabbing, extractivism and climate change mitigation and the intertwining of social movements occur – and with what political outcomes and implications
- PhD student
- Date
- Wednesday 19 Nov 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
- Type
- PhD defence
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
She investigates the different forms of intervention carried out by grassroots movements, recognizing the class, race/ethnicity and gender forms of oppression under which they organize.
Tramel focuses her analysis on three cases of movement-led struggles against land and water grabbing in Indonesia, Mali, and Honduras and on three instances of movement-led struggles against colonization and extractive industry in Palestine, Zimbabwe, and the United States.
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Doctoral Board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisors
Full Doctoral Committee
- Professor Sergio Sauer, University of Brasilia
- Professor Diana Ojeda, Indiana University
- Dr Jessica Duncan, Wageningen University
- Professor Lorenzo Pellegrini, ISS
- Dr Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, ISS
- More information
The Public Defence will take place on Wednesday, 19 November 2025 in the ISS auditorium (Aula B) and the ceremony will begin promptly at 16:00 hrs. The doors will be closed at the start of the Public Defence.
Children below the age of 7 are not allowed in the auditorium during the first part of the ceremony.
The ceremony will be followed by a reception in the Atrium of the ISS.
Professors are invited to join the academic procession.
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