In memory of Lisa Segnestam

A memorial statement by the Stockholm Environment Institute honoring Dr. Lisa Segnestam (Research Fellow 2000-2023), highlighting her research on gender, social equity, and vulnerability in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Europe.

• Dr. Lisa Segnestam served as a Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) from 2000 to 2023, specializing in gender and social equity within the fields of water governance, disaster risk reduction, and poverty alleviation. She advocated for the use of intersectional and norm-critical perspectives to analyze institutional arrangements and the role of power.
• Dr. Segnestam's research spanned multiple regions, including PhD work in Nicaragua on rural poverty and drought vulnerability, post-doctoral research in Costa Rica regarding climate change vulnerability among Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, and work in Europe that advanced participatory and co-creation research methodologies for adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). In memory of Lisa Segnestam. https://www.sei.org/features/in-memory-of-lisa-segnestam/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. In memory of Lisa Segnestam. 2023. https://www.sei.org/features/in-memory-of-lisa-segnestam/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=In memory of Lisa Segnestam |date=28 August 2023 |url=https://www.sei.org/features/in-memory-of-lisa-segnestam/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023memory, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{In memory of Lisa Segnestam}}, publisher = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/features/in-memory-of-lisa-segnestam/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }