Juliano Cavalli de MeiraEnvironmental Social Scientist

Justice begins where nature meets community

Research at the intersection of environmental change, social equity, and the communities most affected by ecological transformation.

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Understanding the human cost of environmental change

The work lives behind what some call data. The work is in the interconnectedness of knowledge, futures, and environments. What matters most is the inseparable bond between how we know the world, how we imagine its future, and the ecological systems that sustain us. This work must speak to people, to the communities at the frontline of change. It must speak to nature, to the forests and rivers and soils that can no longer be treated as merely resources. And it must speak to the environment, to the political and material conditions that shape who thrives and who is left behind. This is the conversation we should have when discussing environmental social sciences and our life on Earth.

People

The lives behind the data

Nature

What we stand to lose

Environment

The cost of inaction

Theoretical standings

Research projects exploring the entangled crises of ecology and social justice

Climate Justice

Deforestation & Displaced Communities in the Amazon Basin

Tracing the social consequences of large-scale deforestation across Amazonian communities, from land-rights struggles to health impacts on Indigenous populations.

Community Resilience

Indigenous Knowledge & Climate Adaptation

How traditional ecological knowledge systems offer pathways for resilient adaptation in the face of accelerating environmental change.

Environmental Policy

Green Transitions & Social Equity

Critically examining who benefits and who bears the cost of environmental policy transitions across the Global South.

Data & Impact

Mapping Environmental Injustice Across Latin America

Geospatial analysis of pollution exposure, resource extraction, and socioeconomic vulnerability across frontline communities.

Areas of focus

Climate Justice

Centring equity in climate adaptation, mitigation, and loss-and-damage discourse.

Participatory Methods

Community-led research design that honours lived experience and local knowledge.

Geospatial Analysis

Mapping environmental exposure, displacement, and socio-ecological vulnerability.

Urban Ecologies

Environmental inequality in rapidly urbanising contexts across the Global South.

Policy & Governance

How environmental regulation shapes — and is shaped by — frontline communities.