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Douwe van Schie

PhD-Candidate

Research

How will the discussions on loss and damage within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) lead to climate justice? This is the central question of the doctoral thesis I am working on. My research spans multiple scales of governance. First, I examine the impact of loss and damage on marginalised populations at the local level through two case studies in Suriname. Second, I examine how marginalised populations are discussed in UNFCCC (loss and damage) negotiations. Third, I examine the impact of climate policies derived from these global negotiations on national-level governance, again focusing on Suriname. The central themes of this thesis are marginalisation, political economy and the state. Previously, my research focused on so-called ‘non-economic’ loss and damage and values in Bangladesh.

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Research Areas

  • (Non-economic) loss and damage
  • Climate governance
  • Marginalisation
  • Political economy 

Curriculum Vitae

  • March 2026 - now: Visiting scientist | United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

  • September 2023 – now: Doctoral student and lecturer | University of Bonn

  • September 2023 – February 2026: Researcher | United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

  • March 2022 – August 2023: Visiting Researcher | International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)

  • March 2022 – August 2023: Independent Researcher | International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

  • August 2020 – July 2022: Graduate Student | Msc. Environment and Resource management | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Presentations

  • Centring local values in loss and damage assessments. Royal Geography Society, London, August 2023

Publications

  • van Schie, D., Mirza, A.B., Ranon, R.J.K, Malek, M.M., Naushin, N., Hossain, M.F. et al. (2025): Local values, local losses: assessing and addressing loss and damage from climate change in Northcentral Bangladesh. Climate and Development, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2025.2481111 
  • van Schie, D., Hossain, M.F., Naushin, N. (2025): Loss and Damage Policy in Bangladesh: From Domestic Challenges to Global Engagements. In: Vanhala, L. Calliari, E. (eds). Governing Climate Change Loss and Damage: The National Turn. The Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press 
  • van Schie, D., Jackson, G., Serdeczny, O., van der Geest, K. (2024): Economic and Non-Economic Loss and Damage: A False Dichotomy? Global Sustainability, 7 https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.40 
  • van Schie, D., Jackson, G., Ranon, R.J.K., Mirza, A.B., Hossain, M.F. et al. (2024): Addressing non-economic loss and damage: learning from autonomous responses in Bangladesh. Climatic Chance 177, 124 https://doi.org.10.1007/s10584-024-03782-7 
  • van Schie, D., McNamara, K.E., Yee, M., Mirza, A.B., Westoby, R. et al. (2023): Valuing a values-based approach for assessing loss and damage. Climate and Development, 16(8) https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2023.2289533 
  • van Schie, D., Mirza, A.B.M., Ranon, R.J.K., Malek, M.M., Hossain, M.F., Naushin, N., Anderson, S. (2023): Centring local values in assessing and addressing climate-related losses and damages. www.iied.org/21516iied
  • Jackson, G., van Schie, D., McNamara, K.E., Carthy, A. (2022): Passed The Point of No Return: a Non-Economic Loss and Damage explainer. Loss and Damage Collaboration. https://www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/passed-the-point-of-no-return-a-non-economic-loss-and-damage-explainer 
  • van Schie, D., Ranon, R.J.K., Mirza, A.B.M., Anderson, S. (2022): Local responses to climate-related non-economic losses and damages: a case study in Burigoalini and Gabura Union, Southwest Bangladesh. International Insitute for Environment and Development. www.iied.org/21161iied 

Teaching

  • B04: Humangeographie Aufbau, Kompaktseminar 
  • B04: Humangeographie Aufbau, Methoden Praktikum (Climate Anxiety) 
  • B12: Humangeographisches Projekt. Exploring the human dimensions of climate impacts in Germany 
  • B04: Humangeographie Aufbau, Methoden Praktikum (Climate Anxiety) 
  • B08: Introducing Qualitative Methods and Ethics in Social Research 
  • B08: Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Social Research