• About
    • HABITABLE
    • Objectives
    • Partners
    • Research Team
    • External Expert Advisory Board
  • Research
    • Data Collection
    • Primary methods
    • Work Packages
  • Publications
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Contact
Menu
  • About
    • HABITABLE
    • Objectives
    • Partners
    • Research Team
    • External Expert Advisory Board
  • Research
    • Data Collection
    • Primary methods
    • Work Packages
  • Publications
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Contact

Home / Dr. Kira Vinke

Vinke PIK

Dr. Kira Vinke

WP4
WP7
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Dr. Kira Vinke works at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research as the project lead of EPICC (East Africa Peru India Climate Capacities), an interdisciplinary project on the co-production of knowledge about regional climate and hydrological systems and their interactions with agricultural livelihoods, human migration and security. Ms. Vinke is co-chairing the Advisory Council on Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding of the German Federal Government. 

She obtained her PhD in political science with highest distinctions from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany. She completed a joint Master’s program in International Relations at Freie Universität Berlin, Universität Potsdam and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and her undergraduate degree in International Relations at Hawai’i Pacific University, in Honolulu, Hawai’i. She has studied abroad in Madrid, Tokyo and New Delhi and worked for the Asian Development Bank and GIZ as a consultant, lead authoring the flagship reports “Home Lands – Island and Archipelagic States’ Policymaking for Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change” and “A Region at Risk – The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacfic.” She is a member of the New York-based Explorers Club (Term 2016) and has published two books, one of them on climate change and migration. In the HABITABLE project Dr. Vinke is involved in Work Package 4. 

Work Package 4

Micro- and Meso-level Coping Strategies and Adaptation Solutions

Work Package 7

Scenario Narratives

HABITABLE aims to significantly advance our understanding of the current interlinkages between climate impacts and migration and displacement patterns, in order to better anticipate their future evolutions.

About

  • HABITABLE
  • Objectives
  • Partners
  • Research Team
  • External Expert Advisory Board

Research

  • Data Collection
  • Primary Methods
  • Work Packages

Outcomes

  • Publications
  • Events
  • Blog

Other

  • Contact Us
  • Legal Notice
  • Privacy Policy
  • Login

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 869395. The content reflects only the authors’ views, and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

Twitter Facebook-f Youtube

Subscribe to our newsletter