An interview with Dr. Zoe Mildon, an Associate Professor in Earth Sciences at the University of Plymouth, UK, brings us closer to understanding the Turkey-Syria earthquake.
My research encompasses the knowledge systems that express the dynamics of our planet, its ecosystems, geophysical processes and interactions that human societies have with the natural world to survive and prosper. I am especially interested in climate change, ocean health, food-biodiversity systems and the circular bioeconomy and issues of uncertainty, resilience, complexity and the information dynamics of large networks.
I am currently engaged in field work, data analysis and development of theoretical frameworks for knowledge subsystems on natural prosperity – the explicit measures of society’s dependency on nature necessary to sustain wellbeing and prosperity, sustainable development more broadly, sustainable ocean economy, regenerative agriculture, equitability, transformation, resilience and institutional and cognitive aspects of social capital. The development of these knowledge subsystems draws on data and information from earth observation satellites, in-situ measuremen