Elen-Maarja Trell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4416438 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elen-Maarja Trell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elen-Maarja |
| FAMILY NAME | Trell |
| SIGNATURE | TRELL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4419-6474 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Community-based domestic water management in Indonesia
This study explores capacities of different community groups in Indonesia to successfully manage local domestic water resources, and the potential role of such groups in supporting equitable water access (SDG 6: clean water and sanitation). Using semi-structured interviews, mental mapping and observations, we zoom in on nine community groups located in Bandung City, Bandung Regency and West Bandung Regency. The findings indicate that community gr…
Understanding interdependencies in urban pluvial flood risk management
In urban pluvial flood risk management, local authorities and local collectives (e.g. citizen groups) increasingly rely on each other's contributions to develop on-the-ground solutions, thereby creating an interdependent relationship. Although it is known that these interdependencies can be beneficial, most studies have focused on interaction processes between local authorities and local collectives, paying less attention to the underlying interd…
Resilience to wad? Exploring different perceptions of resilience and coastal protection measures among key stakeholders at the German Wadden Sea
Climate change is challenging coastal resilience worldwide, with hard engineering coastal protection measures reaching their limits and becoming increasingly unsustainable. The Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage natural site, illustrates this dilemma, hemmed in between a rigid dike line and an encroaching North Sea. While the term resilience gains traction in both policy and academia, its meaning remains contested: Is the goal to keep the shorel…
I never do the workbooks
This paper explores COVID-19-related school closures experienced by adolescent girls (12–17 years old) in Aglomerado da Serra, an informal settlement in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Schools are everyday, meaningful places, crucial for identity formation, well-being, and overall health. In schools, most youth spend most of their week learning, forging important relationships and developing a sense of belonging to the community. Particularly in marginal…
More than keyboard heroes? #ichoosefish, disaster framing, and environmental protests in Vietnam
This paper investigates the role of social media in mobilizing environmentalism amid authoritarian restrictions, focusing on the Vietnam coastal pollution of 2016. It contributes to current academic debates by showing how elements that are apparently mundane and irrelevant become the stage for political action within social media. We examined the interface of connective actions (social media activism) – collective actions (protests) and the role …
TriWadWalks
This photo essay reports on two TriWadWalks, which were 5-day landscape explorations into the Wadden Sea region of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark. These walks were organised by six universities to foster collaboration in research, teaching, and knowledge creation. A key and recurring observation was that the diverse composition of the group, and travelling through the landscape with an open agenda, distinguished the TriWadWalks from everyd…
Geographies of alcohol, drinking, and drunkenness through the lens of participatory video
In this dialogue, we view geographies of alcohol, drinking, and drunkenness through the lens of participatory video and drawing on research within geographies of youth. We address participatory, visual research methods and ask how such methods might enable researchers to ask (a)new questions about familiar terrain, as proposed by Jayne and Valentine (2024) . In so doing, we re-visit ethnographic participant-led video data from our research on you…
I choose fish”
This paper focuses on informal civil society in an authoritarian context, particularly the unprecedented nation-wide protests and civic action in Vietnam, triggered by the industrial pollution and the resulting mass fish death on the central coast in 2016. We explore civil society actors' motivations and tactics to take action under political restrictions. Data was collected from semi-structured interviews with civil society actors. The findings …
Regeneration at a distance from the state
This article combines a 'zoomed-out' political economic analysis of Dutch agriculture with a more 'zoomed-in' empirical exploration of small new entrant farmers who are carving out space for alternative food networks and practices in the Netherlands. Developing a concept of proto-regenerative imaginaries, we define proto-regenerative farmers as those farmers whose work is driven by a desire to contribute to social and ecological well-being. The u…
Toward the commoning of governance
Conventional political thought and practice continue to be stifled by a dilemma of choosing between the ideal imaginaries of State and/or Market solutions. Widely presupposed as the only valid possibilities in both theory and practice, this stale dilemma covers up a real multitude of actually existing alternative approaches to governance practiced in civil society. State/Market approaches are identical in the way that they construct a ‘spectator’…
Ecovillage foodscapes
This article uses foodscapes as a lens to explore the potential of ecovillages’ food practices towards enhancing sustainable food systems. Ecovillages are collective projects where members attempt to integrate sustainability principles into daily community life. In these communities, food acts, not only as an element of social life, but also as a venue through which to interact with mainstream food systems and society. Yet, how food practices at …
Socio-spatial inequalities in flood resilience
This paper critically analyses socio-spatial inequalities associated with the shift towards flood resilience in flood risk management (FRM) and pays particular attention to the notion of ‘living with floods’ and its implications for citizens. Living with floods and the narrative of ‘surviving and thriving’ are emphasised within flood resilience literature, but such discussions often ignore the varying socio-spatial vulnerabilities and capacities …
Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience
There is an increasing emphasis on the local level as well as growing expectations regarding civil society actors in flood‐risk management in the UK . However, not enough is known about the potential contributions of civil society to flood resilience at the local level. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by conceptualising flood resilience at the local level across three phases inherent to flood disasters: pre‐flood, during the flood and pos…
Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places
Governing for resilience in vulnerable places
In spatial planning, resilience is widely acknowledged as a new approach to incorporate uncertainty into governance strategies, particularly with respect to natural hazards such as flooding. Translating and applying the concept of resilience from its ecological and engineering roots to social sciences, however, remains a challenge. Contemporary understanding of the concept of 'resilience' differs across and within disciplines and the concept has …
Youth negotiation and performance of masculine identities in rural Estonia
In summer we go and drink at the lake’
In this paper, we explore the role of place in drinking practices of young people in the context of rural Estonia. We draw on a participatory research project carried out during seven months with a group of eight young men (15–18 years of age). We focus on three locations identified as the most popular drinking places by the young men in our research – familial homes, a local hamburger kiosk and the outdoors. The findings indicate that youth drin…
It's good to live in Järva-Jaani but we can't stay here’
In summer we go and drink at the lake’
In this paper, we explore the role of place in drinking practices of young people in the context of rural Estonia. We draw on a participatory research project carried out during seven months with a group of eight young men (15–18 years of age). We focus on three locations identified as the most popular drinking places by the young men in our research – familial homes, a local hamburger kiosk and the outdoors. The findings indicate that youth drin…
It's good to live in Järva-Jaani but we can't stay here’
Youth negotiation and performance of masculine identities in rural Estonia
Toward the commoning of governance
Conventional political thought and practice continue to be stifled by a dilemma of choosing between the ideal imaginaries of State and/or Market solutions. Widely presupposed as the only valid possibilities in both theory and practice, this stale dilemma covers up a real multitude of actually existing alternative approaches to governance practiced in civil society. State/Market approaches are identical in the way that they construct a ‘spectator’…
Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience
There is an increasing emphasis on the local level as well as growing expectations regarding civil society actors in flood‐risk management in the UK . However, not enough is known about the potential contributions of civil society to flood resilience at the local level. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by conceptualising flood resilience at the local level across three phases inherent to flood disasters: pre‐flood, during the flood and pos…
Socio-spatial inequalities in flood resilience
This paper critically analyses socio-spatial inequalities associated with the shift towards flood resilience in flood risk management (FRM) and pays particular attention to the notion of ‘living with floods’ and its implications for citizens. Living with floods and the narrative of ‘surviving and thriving’ are emphasised within flood resilience literature, but such discussions often ignore the varying socio-spatial vulnerabilities and capacities …
I choose fish”
This paper focuses on informal civil society in an authoritarian context, particularly the unprecedented nation-wide protests and civic action in Vietnam, triggered by the industrial pollution and the resulting mass fish death on the central coast in 2016. We explore civil society actors' motivations and tactics to take action under political restrictions. Data was collected from semi-structured interviews with civil society actors. The findings …
Regeneration at a distance from the state
This article combines a 'zoomed-out' political economic analysis of Dutch agriculture with a more 'zoomed-in' empirical exploration of small new entrant farmers who are carving out space for alternative food networks and practices in the Netherlands. Developing a concept of proto-regenerative imaginaries, we define proto-regenerative farmers as those farmers whose work is driven by a desire to contribute to social and ecological well-being. The u…
Ecovillage foodscapes
This article uses foodscapes as a lens to explore the potential of ecovillages’ food practices towards enhancing sustainable food systems. Ecovillages are collective projects where members attempt to integrate sustainability principles into daily community life. In these communities, food acts, not only as an element of social life, but also as a venue through which to interact with mainstream food systems and society. Yet, how food practices at …
More than keyboard heroes? #ichoosefish, disaster framing, and environmental protests in Vietnam
This paper investigates the role of social media in mobilizing environmentalism amid authoritarian restrictions, focusing on the Vietnam coastal pollution of 2016. It contributes to current academic debates by showing how elements that are apparently mundane and irrelevant become the stage for political action within social media. We examined the interface of connective actions (social media activism) – collective actions (protests) and the role …
Geographies of alcohol, drinking, and drunkenness through the lens of participatory video
In this dialogue, we view geographies of alcohol, drinking, and drunkenness through the lens of participatory video and drawing on research within geographies of youth. We address participatory, visual research methods and ask how such methods might enable researchers to ask (a)new questions about familiar terrain, as proposed by Jayne and Valentine (2024) . In so doing, we re-visit ethnographic participant-led video data from our research on you…
It's good to live in Järva-Jaani but we can't stay here’
In summer we go and drink at the lake’
In this paper, we explore the role of place in drinking practices of young people in the context of rural Estonia. We draw on a participatory research project carried out during seven months with a group of eight young men (15–18 years of age). We focus on three locations identified as the most popular drinking places by the young men in our research – familial homes, a local hamburger kiosk and the outdoors. The findings indicate that youth drin…
Youth negotiation and performance of masculine identities in rural Estonia
Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places
Governing for resilience in vulnerable places
In spatial planning, resilience is widely acknowledged as a new approach to incorporate uncertainty into governance strategies, particularly with respect to natural hazards such as flooding. Translating and applying the concept of resilience from its ecological and engineering roots to social sciences, however, remains a challenge. Contemporary understanding of the concept of 'resilience' differs across and within disciplines and the concept has …
Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience
There is an increasing emphasis on the local level as well as growing expectations regarding civil society actors in flood‐risk management in the UK . However, not enough is known about the potential contributions of civil society to flood resilience at the local level. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by conceptualising flood resilience at the local level across three phases inherent to flood disasters: pre‐flood, during the flood and pos…
Socio-spatial inequalities in flood resilience
This paper critically analyses socio-spatial inequalities associated with the shift towards flood resilience in flood risk management (FRM) and pays particular attention to the notion of ‘living with floods’ and its implications for citizens. Living with floods and the narrative of ‘surviving and thriving’ are emphasised within flood resilience literature, but such discussions often ignore the varying socio-spatial vulnerabilities and capacities …
Toward the commoning of governance
Conventional political thought and practice continue to be stifled by a dilemma of choosing between the ideal imaginaries of State and/or Market solutions. Widely presupposed as the only valid possibilities in both theory and practice, this stale dilemma covers up a real multitude of actually existing alternative approaches to governance practiced in civil society. State/Market approaches are identical in the way that they construct a ‘spectator’…
Ecovillage foodscapes
This article uses foodscapes as a lens to explore the potential of ecovillages’ food practices towards enhancing sustainable food systems. Ecovillages are collective projects where members attempt to integrate sustainability principles into daily community life. In these communities, food acts, not only as an element of social life, but also as a venue through which to interact with mainstream food systems and society. Yet, how food practices at …
I choose fish”
This paper focuses on informal civil society in an authoritarian context, particularly the unprecedented nation-wide protests and civic action in Vietnam, triggered by the industrial pollution and the resulting mass fish death on the central coast in 2016. We explore civil society actors' motivations and tactics to take action under political restrictions. Data was collected from semi-structured interviews with civil society actors. The findings …
Regeneration at a distance from the state
This article combines a 'zoomed-out' political economic analysis of Dutch agriculture with a more 'zoomed-in' empirical exploration of small new entrant farmers who are carving out space for alternative food networks and practices in the Netherlands. Developing a concept of proto-regenerative imaginaries, we define proto-regenerative farmers as those farmers whose work is driven by a desire to contribute to social and ecological well-being. The u…
Geographies of alcohol, drinking, and drunkenness through the lens of participatory video
In this dialogue, we view geographies of alcohol, drinking, and drunkenness through the lens of participatory video and drawing on research within geographies of youth. We address participatory, visual research methods and ask how such methods might enable researchers to ask (a)new questions about familiar terrain, as proposed by Jayne and Valentine (2024) . In so doing, we re-visit ethnographic participant-led video data from our research on you…
More than keyboard heroes? #ichoosefish, disaster framing, and environmental protests in Vietnam
This paper investigates the role of social media in mobilizing environmentalism amid authoritarian restrictions, focusing on the Vietnam coastal pollution of 2016. It contributes to current academic debates by showing how elements that are apparently mundane and irrelevant become the stage for political action within social media. We examined the interface of connective actions (social media activism) – collective actions (protests) and the role …
TriWadWalks
This photo essay reports on two TriWadWalks, which were 5-day landscape explorations into the Wadden Sea region of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark. These walks were organised by six universities to foster collaboration in research, teaching, and knowledge creation. A key and recurring observation was that the diverse composition of the group, and travelling through the landscape with an open agenda, distinguished the TriWadWalks from everyd…
Resilience to wad? Exploring different perceptions of resilience and coastal protection measures among key stakeholders at the German Wadden Sea
Climate change is challenging coastal resilience worldwide, with hard engineering coastal protection measures reaching their limits and becoming increasingly unsustainable. The Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage natural site, illustrates this dilemma, hemmed in between a rigid dike line and an encroaching North Sea. While the term resilience gains traction in both policy and academia, its meaning remains contested: Is the goal to keep the shorel…
I never do the workbooks
This paper explores COVID-19-related school closures experienced by adolescent girls (12–17 years old) in Aglomerado da Serra, an informal settlement in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Schools are everyday, meaningful places, crucial for identity formation, well-being, and overall health. In schools, most youth spend most of their week learning, forging important relationships and developing a sense of belonging to the community. Particularly in marginal…
Community-based domestic water management in Indonesia
This study explores capacities of different community groups in Indonesia to successfully manage local domestic water resources, and the potential role of such groups in supporting equitable water access (SDG 6: clean water and sanitation). Using semi-structured interviews, mental mapping and observations, we zoom in on nine community groups located in Bandung City, Bandung Regency and West Bandung Regency. The findings indicate that community gr…
Understanding interdependencies in urban pluvial flood risk management
In urban pluvial flood risk management, local authorities and local collectives (e.g. citizen groups) increasingly rely on each other's contributions to develop on-the-ground solutions, thereby creating an interdependent relationship. Although it is known that these interdependencies can be beneficial, most studies have focused on interaction processes between local authorities and local collectives, paying less attention to the underlying interd…
Sociology (12 works) · Geography (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Context (archaeology (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · Flood myth (4 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (4 works)