Junior Adjunct Fellow
Expertise: Climate change and conflict, climate change adaptation, sustainable development, Southeast Asia
Laura Sigelmann is in her final year of a dual Masters program at the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs and Jackson School of the Geosciences. Her focus is on environmental security, climate change, and conflict.
Laura is a Brumley Fellow at UT’s Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law working with the Complex Emergencies and Political Stability in Asia program. She is writing her thesis on climate vulnerability and security in Cambodia. As part of her research, Laura visited Cambodia in December to conduct community surveys on climate vulnerability and security risks.
Laura previously interned in the Climate Change Adaptation Unit at United Nations Environment in Nairobi, Kenya.