- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Utrecht University
Erich Wolff is a researcher and educator in the fields of climate adaptation and nature-based solutions with over a decade of experience leading various projects across Latin America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.His research explores the social, political, ecological and cultural dimensions of climate adaptation projects across different contexts, including countries in Europe, Asia and Oceania. His work examine participatory methods applied to the design, implementation and mainstreaming of nature-based solutions and interrogate how communities on the ground can contribute to climate adaptation. Erich has published research articles in prestigious journals including Cities, Environmental Science and Policy and Nature Sustainability. He is interested in how community participation, citizen science and grassroots initiatives can reshape the relationship between researchers and communities in the process of managing climate change adaptation projects, with a focus in the global South.
Experience
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2024–presentResearcher, Utrecht University
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2022–2024Research Fellow, NTU Singapore
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2019–2022Lecturer, RMIT Univeristy Australia
Education
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2022Monash University, PhD
Publications
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2026Monitoring nature-based solutions is key for compliance, co-creation and practice improvement, Nature Sustainability
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2026Pathways for mainstreaming nature-based solutions for climate adaptation: grounding, capitalising, embedding and anticipating across 12 Mediterranean cities, npj Urban Sustainability
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2025Nature for the people, by the people: Negotiating values, attitudes and behaviours for implementing urban nature-based solutions in social housing, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
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2025Advancing just climate adaptation in the global South: socio-technical assistance for nature-based solutions in the Pacific, Environment & Urbanization
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2021The promise of a “people-centred” approach to floods: Types of participation in the global literature of citizen science and community-based flood risk reduction in the context of the Sendai Framework, Progress in Disaster Science
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2021Collaborating With Communities: Citizen Science Flood Monitoring in Urban Informal Settlements, Urban Planning
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- Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
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