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Amal Sarsour

Amal Sarsour is an environmental health specialist and associate research fellow at the United Nations University–CRIS. She holds a PhD in Environmental Management, a Master of Public Health, and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science. With over fifteen years of experience, her work focuses on water security, WASH systems, climate-related health risks, and the environmental impacts of protracted violence in Gaza and the wider MENA region.

She has led extensive field-based and academic research on the degradation of water resources, the collapse of environmental infrastructure, and the ecological harm resulting from repeated military assaults on Gaza. Her work on transboundary water security, community resilience, and the weaponization of water examines how environmental systems are deliberately disrupted in ways that constitute ecological violence.

Sarsour is a long-standing member of the WASH Cluster, Gaza–Palestine, and participates in international networks, including CliMigHealth (Ghent University) and CliMent (the international multidisciplinary network on climate change impacts on mental health in Europe). She has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and policy briefs on environmental health, climate impacts, and Gaza’s accelerating ecological collapse.

Lucia Rebolino

Lucia Rebolino is an artist, architect, and computational designer whose work weaves science and art into counter-cartography, data, and web-based aesthetics. She is a researcher with Forensic Architecture in London, where she uses remote sensing and cartographic analysis to investigate environmental violence and produce spatial evidence for human rights and environmental justice cases. Her work and writing on prediction models and climate science have been featured in e-flux and exhibited at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Her practice also explores technology-driven performance, and she has lectured at cultural institutions including MoMA, MediaLab Matadero, and the Institute for Postnatural Studies, as well as at academic institutions such as Columbia University, the Royal College of Art, and ETH Zurich.