Research Themes
The nine key areas that this research seeks to address are linked and, in some cases, overlap. As such we have grouped them into five themes.
Land and marine tenure, use and planning
As an aspect of resilience, this theme is closely related to the decisions and the peace theme with an explicit focus on land and marine resources. Conflict arising from land and marine tenure, use and planning is one of many drivers of mobility but there are also many questions about the extent to which historical and contemporary accounts of mobility are related to other hazards and
environmental events. To further understand this aspect of resilience, we explore perspectives and accounts of community groups concerning land and marine tenure, use and planning.
Decisions and peace
This theme explores decision making regarding climate mobility dimensions at a community level focusing on diverse groups. This includes intergenerational perspectives and spans a range of groups to account for gender, youth and those living with disabilities, as well as transnational/kinship networks. It also allows the
exploration of transnational and trans-Indigenous connections, and insights from displaced and relocated communities.
Climate mobility-associated loss
An emerging aspect of resilience is the different forms and ways communities experience harm and loss as a result of different climate mobility decisions and outcomes. Through a mobility lens as an entry point, we examine community perspectives and experiences of risks, losses and damages associated
with the impacts of climate mobility dimensions.
Challenges and movements
This theme seeks to understand hazards (sudden and slow onset), migration trends and patterns, and climate change scenarios. For
example, what are the regionwide and contemporary pictures of future migration, i.e., over the next two generations (2020–2050), and longer term projections (2050–2120)?
Resilience and wellbeing
This theme seeks to understand the resilience and wellbeing impacts of sudden and slow-onset hazards of communities from an Indigenous and cultural lens.