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Chizu Sato is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Cultural Geography group at Wageningen University, affiliated with the Sociology of Consumption and Households department. She specializes in transnational feminism, political ecology, and international development, focusing on gendered dimensions of socio-ecological wellbeing. Her work examines empowerment strategies among women in global South and North contexts, emphasizing interdependencies between human and nonhuman actors.
- Member of EU H2020 WEGO project (Well-being, Ecology, Gender, and Community)
- Coordination team for the 8th International Degrowth Conference on Caring Communities
- Editorial board member of Rethinking Marxism
Research interests include feminist political ecology, moral economies, and critiques of development paradigms. She employs transnational feminist methodologies to analyze grassroots initiatives like women-led cooperatives and rural enterprises in Mexico, Ghana, Japan, and Cuba. Recent work explores postcapitalist approaches to commons governance and degrowth movements.
Publications span topics such as migration's gendered impacts, corporate partnerships in empowerment programs, and ethical subjectivities in resource management. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges geography, sociology, and feminist theory to address systemic inequalities and ecological sustainability.
