Yara Maljers

My name is Yara Maljers. As part of the HZ research group Building with Nature, I work as a cultural anthropologist. Our team does research on developments within the domain of Nature-based Solutions.

My main focus is the impact of technological and ecological measures in coastal zones on society. More specifically for SOURCE I question: What can scientists and stakeholders learn from local knowledge and the communities’ unique perspective on spatial quality?

As an anthropologist, my research methods are mainly qualitative, a rare but valuable contribution within this type of projects. I will focus on one coastal community in the Living Lab in Zeeland and go in-depth to find out how we can co-produce knowledge useful for sand nourishment strategies. This knowledge will be compared to another coastal community on the Belgium coast or the Holland coast.