Mariam Abazeri

Mariam Abazeri is a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts & Sciences, University of Miami. Her work bridges anthropological research with climate change studies, focusing on Indigenous and local communities' responses to environmental challenges.

Research Interests: Mariam's research spans climate change impacts on social-ecological systems, degrowth theory, participatory governance, and decolonial feminisms. Her fieldwork in Kerman, Iran, examines climate adaptation strategies among farming communities, while her theoretical work connects feminist frameworks with ecological sustainability.

• Climate change adaptation in rural contexts
• Indigenous knowledge systems
• Participatory video as research method
• Intersection of degrowth and decolonial feminisms

Recent Publications highlight global climate impacts on marginalized communities and critique growth-oriented paradigms through degrowth and decolonial lenses. She collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to analyze sociocultural dimensions of environmental crises.