Anne Karam
- Department
- Gender
- Title
- Junior Advisor
- Phone
- +31 20 568 8212
- a.karam@kit.nl
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Anne Karam is a junior advisor in the Gender Team at KIT. She holds a Research M.Sc, cum laude, in International Development Studies from the University of Amsterdam.
Anne is passionate about climate change, environmental justice, and gendered dimensions of sustainability. She is excited to contribute to the growing work at the nexus of gender and climate change at KIT. She has research experience with qualitative methods, on the topics of the energy transition and environmental justice, and agri-food systems.
Anne started her career at KIT in 2021 with the Women’s Rights and Mining Initiative, co-founded by KIT and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2022, as an advisor, she has honed her experience as a facilitator and coordinator for the ever-expanding Catalysts of Gender Transformative Change programme with Nespresso, for which she has worked in and with colleagues in Ethiopia, DRC, Zimbabwe, India, Indonesia and Puerto Rico. She is proficient in research, literature reviews and writing skills, and has applied these through her contributions to projects with ILRI, CGIAR and FAO.
Projects
Publications
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“We have been invaded”: Wind energy sacrifice zones in Åfjord Municipality and their implications for Norway
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Research article
Following the “green” growth tradition, the construction of lower carbon energy (renewable energy) infrastructures, such as wind power, has gained prominence in Norway. This has led to indigenous Saami herders confronting pastureland dispossession, some citizens fearing the industrialization of nature, and municipal councils losing formal governance power in favor of national agencies and private-sector project […]
- Year of publication
- 2023
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- Karam, A. (2023, July 21). Environmental Injustice Trails Norway’s Wind Power Boom. Green European Journal. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-green-colonialism-of-norways-wind-power-boom/