Salvatore Paolo De Rosa

Salvatore Paolo De Rosa is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies within the Faculty of Humanities. His work bridges political ecology, anthropology, and human geography with a focus on climate justice movements and socio-environmental conflicts. He actively collaborates with activist groups, civil society organizations, and independent media outlets as both researcher and participant-observer.

De Rosa's research centers on grassroots environmental organizing in the context of ecological and social crises, with particular attention to the politics of climate activism and state responses. His work interrogates how marginalized communities exercise self-determination in pursuit of environmental justice while developing frameworks for transformative knowledge production through ethical commitment and mutual learning. He contributes to interdisciplinary networks connecting scientists, journalists, and activists through workshops and collaborative research initiatives.

His recent publications reveal a consistent focus on urban climate politics, direct action tactics, and the political dimensions of climate adaptation. The articles demonstrate growing attention to state repression of climate activism and the development of counter-strategies, with increasing emphasis on practical applications emerging from his Climate Justice Temporalities in Denmark (JusTiDe) project.

De Rosa is intrinsically involved with the scholar-activist collective Undisciplined Environments and contributes to the independent media outlet Monitor, reflecting his commitment to research that directly serves social movements. His current work establishes Climate Justice Laboratories (CJ Labs) as spaces for dialogue between activists, journalists, researchers, and public officials to develop shared understandings of repression dynamics and co-create practical tools including an Observatory on Repression of Climate Activism and counter-repression manuals.