PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Dr. Fanny Thornton currently serves as Project Lead and Senior Scientist at the PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research since 2022. Previously, Dr. Thornton held the position of Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Canberra from 2014 to 2022, and worked as Programs Manager for Research & Enterprise at the University of Otago in 2007-2008. Earlier in 2006, Dr. Thornton was an Appeals Caseworker at the Refugee Legal Centre. Academic qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public International Law from The Australian National University (2009-2014), a Master of Arts in European Law and Human Rights Law from the University of Sussex (2001-2002), and a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from the University of Massachusetts Boston Honors College (1997-2001).
PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
At PIK, researchers in the natural and social sciences from all over the world work closely together to study global change and its impacts on ecological, economic and social systems. Researchers examine the earth system's capacity for withstanding human interventions and devise strategies and options for a sustainable development of humankind and nature. Interdisciplinary and solution-oriented approaches are a distinctive characteristic of the institute.