Andressa Vianna Mansur
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Research interests:
I am interested in thematic areas of vulnerability and risk of socio-ecological systems, urban sustainability, social and environmental problems in coastal regions and river basin systems, in particular socio-environmental changes in deltas and estuarine systems. My broad interests include environmental management and conservation, environmental justice, sustainable urban planning, transformative change to sustainability and water resources management including water quality and risk assessments. I have a PhD in Marine and Coastal Management, a Master in Ecohydrology and a degree in Oceanography. Despite being trained as a natural scientist, I like to describe myself as a socio-environmental researcher particularly interested in interdisciplinary research.
My postdoc at the University of Georgia (UGA) is for the support of the project Network for Engineering with Nature (N-EWN), in particular the Integrating People and Policy. In this component, we investigate and understand how natural infrastructure relates to risk perceptions, values and visions and how social contracts relating to environmental risks and benefits have changed over time, will continue to change under nonstationary climates, and may change with implementation of Nature-Based Solutions. In addition to the Humans and Environmental Change lab, I am affiliated to the UGA Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS).
My previous postdoc at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) focused on research and environmental research and planning guidance related to urban sustainability, understanding the impacts of urban growth on biodiversity and human well-being, this position was associated with the sDiv working group sUrBio2050. My PhD research focused on socio-ecological vulnerability and adaptation to floods in the urban Amazon Delta region. I spent two years as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes (CASEL), working closely with Dr Eduardo Brondizio in the BF Deltas Project. I remain active in these fields and relish in the opportunity to work together in these topics and in collaboration with colleagues in Brazil.
My motivation as a scientist is to pursue research that contributes to solutions and opportunities to guide transformative change needed for conservation and sustainable development and enhance human well-being, especially for the poor and most vulnerable people and places. I am very glad to be a fellow in the Thematic Assessment on Transformative Change of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Short CV:2021 – Ongoing
Postdoctoral Research Associate
HEC Lab and Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems - University of Georgia
2018 – 2020
Postdoctoral researcher sDiv – Synthesis Centre
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) – Germany
2013 – 2017
PhD in Marine and Coastal Management – Erasmus Mundus fellow
International PhD, University of Cadiz – Spain
2010 – 2012
M.Sc. – Erasmus Mundus Joint Master of Science in Ecohydrology – Erasmus Mundus scholarship
Lodz University - Poland, Christian- Albrechts University of Kiel – Germany, University of Algarve – Portugal
2005 – 2009
B. Sc. - Oceanography
Federal do Paraná University (UFPR), Brazil
Selected publications:
[email protected]
Research interests:
I am interested in thematic areas of vulnerability and risk of socio-ecological systems, urban sustainability, social and environmental problems in coastal regions and river basin systems, in particular socio-environmental changes in deltas and estuarine systems. My broad interests include environmental management and conservation, environmental justice, sustainable urban planning, transformative change to sustainability and water resources management including water quality and risk assessments. I have a PhD in Marine and Coastal Management, a Master in Ecohydrology and a degree in Oceanography. Despite being trained as a natural scientist, I like to describe myself as a socio-environmental researcher particularly interested in interdisciplinary research.
My postdoc at the University of Georgia (UGA) is for the support of the project Network for Engineering with Nature (N-EWN), in particular the Integrating People and Policy. In this component, we investigate and understand how natural infrastructure relates to risk perceptions, values and visions and how social contracts relating to environmental risks and benefits have changed over time, will continue to change under nonstationary climates, and may change with implementation of Nature-Based Solutions. In addition to the Humans and Environmental Change lab, I am affiliated to the UGA Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS).
My previous postdoc at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) focused on research and environmental research and planning guidance related to urban sustainability, understanding the impacts of urban growth on biodiversity and human well-being, this position was associated with the sDiv working group sUrBio2050. My PhD research focused on socio-ecological vulnerability and adaptation to floods in the urban Amazon Delta region. I spent two years as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes (CASEL), working closely with Dr Eduardo Brondizio in the BF Deltas Project. I remain active in these fields and relish in the opportunity to work together in these topics and in collaboration with colleagues in Brazil.
My motivation as a scientist is to pursue research that contributes to solutions and opportunities to guide transformative change needed for conservation and sustainable development and enhance human well-being, especially for the poor and most vulnerable people and places. I am very glad to be a fellow in the Thematic Assessment on Transformative Change of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Short CV:2021 – Ongoing
Postdoctoral Research Associate
HEC Lab and Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems - University of Georgia
2018 – 2020
Postdoctoral researcher sDiv – Synthesis Centre
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) – Germany
2013 – 2017
PhD in Marine and Coastal Management – Erasmus Mundus fellow
International PhD, University of Cadiz – Spain
2010 – 2012
M.Sc. – Erasmus Mundus Joint Master of Science in Ecohydrology – Erasmus Mundus scholarship
Lodz University - Poland, Christian- Albrechts University of Kiel – Germany, University of Algarve – Portugal
2005 – 2009
B. Sc. - Oceanography
Federal do Paraná University (UFPR), Brazil
Selected publications:
- Seigerman, C. K., McKay, S. K., Basilio, R., Biesel, S. A., Hallemeier, J., Mansur, A., Piercy, C., Rowan, S., Ubiali, B., Yeates, E., and Nelson, D. R. In review. Operationalizing equity for integrated water resource management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
- Mansur, A.V., Mcdonald, R.I., Güneralp, B., et al. (2022). Nature futures for the urban century: Integrating multiple values into urban management. Environmental Science & Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.01.013.
- Mansur, A.V., Mcdonald, R.I., Güneralp, B., et al. Nature futures for the urban century: Integrating multiple values into urban management. In Review. Environmental Science & Policy.
- McDonald, R. I., Mansur, A. V., Ascensão, F., Colbert, M., Crossman, K., Elmqvist, T., … Ziter, C. (2020). Research gaps in knowledge of the impact of urban growth on biodiversity. Nature Sustainability, 3(1), 16–24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0436-6.
- Lembi, R. C., Cronemberger, C., Picharillo, C., Koffler, S., Albuquerque Sena, P. H., Felappi, J. F., … Mansur, A. V. (2020). Urban expansion in the atlantic forest: Applying the nature futures framework to develop a conceptual model and future scenarios. Biota Neotropica, 20, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2019-0904
- Mansur A.V., Brondizio E.S., Roy S., Soares P.P.M., Newton, A. (2017). Adapting to urban challenges in the Amazon: Flood risk and infrastructure deficiencies in Belém, Brazil" Regional Environmental Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1269-3.
- Mansur A.V., Brondizio, E. S, Roy, S., Hetrick, S., Vogh, N. & Newton, A. (2016). An assessment of urban vulnerability in the Amazon delta and estuary: a multi-criterion index of flood exposure, socio-economic conditions and infrastructure. Sustainability Science, 11:4, 625- 643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-016-0355-7
- Brondizio, E. S., Vogt N., Mansur A.V., Anthony, E., Costa, S., Hetrick, S. (2016). A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Deltas as Coupled Social Ecological Systems. Sustainability Science, 11:4, 591-609. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-016-0368-2.