Chelsea Dunn is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University where she specializes in International Relations and Comparative Politics. She holds an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Victoria and a B.A. (Hons.) in Political Studies from Queen's. Chelsea’s research considers the global political economy of environmental governance. Using a feminist historical materialist lens, she aims to examine the global relations of power that produce uneven ecological outcomes in the context of climate change. Specifically, her work interrogates efforts to contain escalating ecological disruptions in urban settings, which are simultaneously spaces of everyday survival—linking housing, employment, and social reproduction—and sites of production and circulation driving global capitalism.

Chelsea’s doctoral research focuses on the multi-scalar governance of flooding in Manila, Philippines. By exploring how flooding alters urban rhythms of survival and accumulation in a relational manner, she hopes to reveal who benefits from current configurations of flood governance and the power relations therein. She is also currently working on a project that examines the discourses, myths, and governance practices surrounding climate change-induced migration and displacement.