Dr Gisele Arruda

Senior Lecturer

Email: ac2930@coventry.ac.uk

Dr. Gisele Arruda is an interdiciplinary researcher with expertise in sustainability, climate change adaptation (global commons and macroeconomy), natural resources, energy and socio-technical systems and environmental management, geostrategy and research methods. She has experience in the sustainable energy sector having worked for MNCs, in Europe and the US; government and US universities. She researches in Strategy & Leaderhip, Climate change adaptation, natural resources management, Energy and Socio-technical systems, Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility. She has a full professorship (2006) in global commons, she supervises PhD students. She is a Senior Fellow member of UK AdvanceHE, a member of the UArctic and other professional organisations worldwide.She has a track record of publications and is frequently invited as keynote speaker at international and national conferences.

Qualifications

PhD in Social Sciences 2018
PhD in International Business, Management, Law and Policies (Environment & Society) 2003
LLM in International Business Management, Law and Polcies (Environment & Society) 1999
LLB in International Business Management, Law and Policies 1989
MBA 2001
Post-Doctoral Research in Climate Change Adaptation (Climate Sciences, Environment and Society), 2010
Post-Doctoral Research in Climate Change Adaptation, Environment and Society, 2007
Full-professorhip, 2006
Post-Doctoral Research at Arctic Summer College, 2015
Post-Doctoral Research, International Energy Policies Environmental Governance and EU Policies, 2006

Professional and Industry Memberships

Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK – SFHEA (Awarded based on 2023 Framework and global policy influence)
Senior Fellow of the CMI – Chartered Management Institute
Member of the UArctic, International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, NY, U.S. and scientific member of IARPC.

Research and Consultancy

Current research interests include climate change adaptation, natural resources management, sustainability, socio-technical systems, Sustainable energy systems, Strategy and leadership and CSR. She designs and delivers courses and executive training.

Publications and Scholarship Activities

Arruda, G. (2026) Arctic Security and Environmental Change: Climate Science, Peace and Defence. Routledge, Abingdon
Hilmi, N., Dbouk, W., Crisóstomo, M., Couvreur, C., Arruda, G., Aziza, A. and Bax, N. (2026) Governing the deep: economic, ecological, and legal perspectives on deep-sea mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Marine Policy, 183 (106887), [106887]. (doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106887).
Arruda, G., Hilmi. N., Broussard, D., Benitez, B.M., Sauron,L. Tali Lamaud,T., Jahan, N., Hall Spencer, J.M.(2025) Blue carbon as a nature-based climate mitigation strategy for mangrove conservation in Bangladesh,
Journal for Nature Conservation, Volume 86, 2025,126885,ISSN 1617-1381, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.126885.
Arruda, G., Cinar, M., Hilmi, N., Elsler, L., Safa, A., and van de Water, J. A. J. M. (2024). Blue Carbon as a Nature-Based Mitigation Solution in Temperate Zones. Sustainability, 16(17), 7446. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177446
Arruda, G.M. (2024) Sustainability Education for Global Citizenship Science. Routledge, Abingdon.
Arruda, G. (2024) Sustainability Education for Global Citizenship and Social Sciences. Routledge, Abingdon
Arruda, G.M. and Johannsdottir, L. (2023) Climate Adaptation and Green Investment: Arctic and non-Arctic World. Routledge, Abingdon
Arruda, G., Filijović, M. (2023). The Arctic as the next multi-risk frontier - The challenges for the UK climate diplomacy, military, and environmental strategy in the High North. A military and environmental strategic overview. Written evidence (ARC0013). London: UK Parliament, available https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/120361/html/
Filijović, M., Arruda, G. (2023). Main challenges for the UK strategy in the High North: military-strategic overview. Written evidence (ARC0009). London: UK Parliament https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7410/the-arctic/publications/
Arruda, G.M., Johannsdottir, L., Sigurjonsson, T.O. and Wendt, S. (2022) Role of businesses in climate adaptation in the Arctic in Sigurjonsson and Wendt (Eds.) Business Policy Solutions to Climate Change: From Mitigation to Adaptation. Palgrave McMillan
Arruda, G.M., Filijović, M. (2022) The geopolitical challenges to engage stakeholders into Arctic climate change adaptation – military action and the challenges for an Arctic Citizenship. International Problems, 4/2022, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade. 557-582. DOI : https://doi.org/10.2298/MEDJP2204557A
Arruda, G.M. and Johannsdottir, L. (2022) Corporate Social Responsibility in the Arctic: The New Frontiers of Business, Management, and Enterprise. Routledge, Abingdon. (https://www.routledge.com/Corporate-Social-Responsibility-in-the-Arctic-The-New-Frontiers-of-Business/Arruda-Johannsdottir/p/book/9780367529154).
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. Interdisciplinary Research Committee (2022) Understanding and Overcoming Collaborative Arctic Research Challenges. Fairbanks, AK: Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., available at https://www.arcus.org/publications/33258
Arruda, G.M. and Johannsdottir, L. (2021) Building climate change adaptation and risk knowledge through preparedness and contingency practices. In Saeid, E., Faezeh, E. (Eds.) Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience: New Frameworks for Building Resilience to Disasters. Springer
Arruda, G.M. (2021) ‘The development of the Greenlandic Higher Education system’ in Pénzesné, Haigh, Křeček (Eds.) (2021) Education for a Changing World, Springer. (at https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030663834)
Johannsdottir, L., Cook, D., Arruda, G.M. (2021) Systemic risk of cruise ship incidents from an Arctic and insurance perspective. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2020.00009
Arruda, G.M. (2019) Sustainable Energy Education in the Arctic: The Role of Higher Education, 1st Edition, Routledge, Abingdon.
Arruda, G.M. (2018) Renewable Energy for the Arctic: New Perspectives. Routledge, Abingdon.
Arruda,G.M. and Krutkowski, S. (2017) Social impacts of climate change and resource development in the Arctic: Implications for Arctic governance, Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. 11 Issue: 2, pp.277-288, https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-08-2015-0040
Arruda, G.M. and Krutkowski, S. (2016) ‘Arctic governance, indigenous knowledge, science and technology in times of climate change: Self-realization, recognition, representativeness’, Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. 11, Issue: 4, pp.514-528.
Arruda, G.M., Bitz, C., Blockley,E., Kauler,F. Petty,A., Massonet,F., Sun,N. Druckenmiller, M. (2016) Post-Season Report. Arctic Research Committee US. Washington D.C, US