Tamar Law

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology, Department of Global Development

About

Originally from Ithaca, Tamar holds an MPhil in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance from the University of Oxford.

Broadly she is interested in the politics of environmental repair, with a focus on nature-based climate solutions. Her research in Indonesia examines how the role of work in coastal restoration shapes new forms of environmental value.

Interests

Political ecology of climate change

Environmental labor

Financialization of nature

Contact Information

tl432 [at] cornell.edu

- Department of Global Development

Tamar in the news

News

November 16, 2023

Polson Distinguished Speaker confronts racial injustice through geography

The Polson Institute for Global Development welcomed urban geographer Nik Heynen as its inaugural Distinguished Speaker in the Fall 2023 semester. A Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia...

Department of Global Development
Global Development

News

December 13, 2022

RANA Prize winner tackles blue carbon issues in Indonesia

Tamar Law, a Ph.D. student in development studies whose research examines the climate justice dimensions of climate mitigation, earned the 2022 Ronny Adhikarya Niche Award (RANA) Prize, the Department of Global Development announced today. The...

Department of Global Development
Energy
Climate Change