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Leigh Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Studies, Geography department at the University of Oregon, within the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on climate risk and adaptation, political ecology, finance, development studies, and firefighting, with regional expertise in East Africa and the U.S. West.
- Education: B.A. from Columbia University (2003), Ph.D. from UC Berkeley (2011)
- Recent visiting roles: Verena Meyer Visiting Professor at University of Zurich (2024), Visiting Professor at EHESS Paris (2024)
Her work explores disaster and climate risk governance, the financialization of nature, and the undervalued labor in climate adaptation. She analyzes the political ecology of insurance programs in East Africa, catastrophe bond markets, and the use of incarcerated labor in wildfire suppression.
- Key themes: climate justice, risk transfer tools, adaptation labor, financial markets, socioecological systems
Her scientific awards include the Verena Meyer Visiting Professorship (2024) and Digital Society Initiative Fellowship (2023). She mentors graduate students in environmental risk, disaster studies, and climate finance.
