Judith Nora Hardt

Dr. Judith Nora Hardt is a Research Fellow and postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the University of Hamburg's Climate Change and Security research group and the Franco-German Social Sciences Research Centre Marc Bloch. She serves as a Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and actively contributes to the Scientists for Future network.

Her doctoral degree in International Relations was obtained from the University of the Basque Country in 2014. She subsequently lectured on International Relations, Nature Conservation, and Socioeconomics at Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development.

Hardt's research centers on the interdisciplinary analysis of climate security, crisis governance, and Anthropocene challenges. She investigates the entanglements between public health, security, and ecological systems, particularly through institutional frameworks like the United Nations. Her current BMBF-funded project examines multi-crisis governance in post-pandemic Europe, emphasizing policy-relevant solutions through theoretical-practical integration.

Recent publication trends demonstrate consistent focus on:

• Climate security governance in international institutions (2021-2023)
• Interactions between COVID-19 and climate crises (2022)
• German and European climate policy implementation gaps (2022)
• Theoretical frameworks for security studies in the Anthropocene (2021)

She leads significant research initiatives including:

• Climate change in UN Security Council perceptions (2019-2020, funded by German Federal Foreign Office)
• Multiple Crises: COVID-19 and Public Health-Security-Ecology entanglements (2021-2024, funded by BMBF)

Hardt coordinates research through the Climate Change and Security group at Hamburg University and project teams at Centre Marc Bloch, fostering international academic collaborations.