Episode 9: Social Conditions, Human Rights, and the Environment

Published: Oct. 2, 2020, 3:30 p.m.

In conversation with Katie Bernhard, an environment and development economist with substantial research experience in conservation and human rights. She currently works as a Statistician and Spatial Data Analyst with an international organisation, and has experience of working in Rwanda, Uganda, and Morocco. Katie holds a Masters degree in Environment and Development from The London School of Economics and Political Science. In this episode, she speaks to us about her personal, academic and professional journey into the field of sustainability, the relationship between sustainable development and human rights, the conceptualisation of sustainability, and the impact of colonial histories on development projects. 


Disclaimer by the Guest- All views are my own and do not represent those of my present or past employers.