Carolina Niewöhner
Email Address: niewohner(at)iiasa.ac.at
Humanity's impact on the landscapes of our Earth and the functioning of our ecosystems is undeniable. However, neither the extraction, processing nor the consumption of materials and their social as well as environmental impacts are distributed equally globally. The extraction of resources is predominantly happening in countries of the Global South (GS) whereas the accumulation of material stock and consumption is concentrated in the Global North (GN). To explore ways to meet humanity's needs in a less environmentally harmful, less resource-intensive and just manner one can examine existing and alternative provisioning systems (PS). Many PSs of the GN currently exhibit a high demand for resource extraction in the GS. Current trends predict a rising need for resources especially for the energy transition (e.g. copper, lithium, nickel...) fostering green- and neo-colonialism. Global quantitative studies to date have been focused on the environmental impacts (e.g. land-use) of mining. Through case studies many feminist scholars have pointed out the significant social impacts of the extractive mining practices, especially on women. However, the category "women of the GS" is mostly treated as one homogenous group, necessitating a more nuanced assessment. Furthermore, the gendered impacts of mining considering environmental changes as well as social effects have not yet been quantified on a global scale. In my PhD project, I will start with examining the gendered impacts of mining in the GS taking an intersectional approach and, thus trying to acknowledge existing power structures and inequalities. A combination of explorative methods like clustering and a multilevel regression analysis with context as a higher-order of analysis is most suited to integrate intersectionality in this quantitative approach.
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