Journal of Human Security

Lea Rekow (PhD) is director of Green My Favela, an urban restoration project based in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Her current research focuses on transdisciplinary practices for reclaiming degraded space in areas where people are living under extreme socio-economic and environmental stress. Lea is an advising consultant to the Integrated Media program at Cal Arts and the international development action network GlobalCAD. She is also a member of the Institute for Australian Geographers and New York Women in Film and Television.  Co-based in New York, Lea has previously held positions as founding director of Gigantic ArtSpace, media director at the former Center for Peace and Human Security, adjunct professor of media and communications at Pratt Institute, and cultural advisor to Advance. She was also executive director at the Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe and research fellow at the Center for Art and the Environment. Lea has also acted as an advisor to the European Urban IxD program, NYFA, SVA, Parsons, Amnesty International, the MacArthur award, and the LMCC.  Her work involves exchanges and collaborations that connect with a diverse range of people, human security concerns, and environmental issues, including the legacy of energy and mining on Navajo Nation, and the civil war and its impact on the ethnic minorities in Burma.