We both spent a good part of our PhD research—which in both cases focused on other issues pertaining to rural Jordan—witnessing negotiations around conservation and exploring some of the contentious dynamics between local populations and the Royal Society for t..
Katharina Lenner and Sylvie Janssens
Katharina Lenner is a lecturer in social and policy sciences at the University of Bath. Her research focuses on the politics of socio-economic development, social protection and labor market policy, and the governance of displacement between the Mashreq, especially Jordan, and Europe.
Sylvie Janssens is team coordinator policy analysis and support at the Institute for the Equality of Women and Men, the Belgian independent federal institution fighting gender-based discrimination and promoting gender equality.