Elke Verhaeghe
Elke Verhaeghe is a doctoral research fellow with the Flanders Research Foundation (FWO), affiliated with Ghent University and the United Nations University on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS). She researches the European Union’s actions against global deforestation, with a specific focus on the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). Geographical areas of interest are Vietnam and Honduras.
Research interests
environmental justice, political ecology, environmental participation, discourse
Education
Thematic Specialisation in EU Politics – Forest Politics in the EU