Personal profile

Short presentation

I am an urban researcher interested in understanding the realities and possible futures of African cities, investigating the dynamics of governing informal urbanisation in the face of climate change. I graduated in 2015 with a Phd in Sustainability Transitions in urban water management, and I have an Msc (Eng) in Planning and the Environment from AAlborg University (2010). I am currently a Post-Doc and Work Package Leader on the Danida-funded 'Pathways to Water Resilient South African Cities' project. I also hold an honorary reseach fellowship at the Future Water Institute at the University of Cape Town. My research interests are Nature-based Solutions, urban water management, the Water-Energy-Food nexus and governance of sustainability transitions in cities in East and Southern Africa. 

Past projects:

'Water resilient green cities in Africa' project (2014-2018) which explored the possibilities of using the urban landscape to make Addis Ababa and Dar es Salaam more resilient to both floods and droughts. 

'Resilience and vulnerability at the Water-Energy-Food nexus' project (2016-2019) at Wageningen University which looked at understanding how WEF nexus (dis)connections may lead to incresead vulnerability for the urban poor in Kampala, Uganda. 

‘Climate Change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa (CLUVA)’ EU project (2010-2013) which assessed the possibilities for the co-production of climate adaptation strategies in Dar es Salaam and Addis Ababa based on vulnerability assessments.

Teaching:

Co-lecturer on the Urban Ecosystems:Structures, Functions and Designs (LNAK10028U) Msc course at IGN

Co-lecturer and supervisor of Msc students in the Governance for Sustainable Cities (ENP-36806) course and the International Environmental Policy Consultancy Project (ENP-60312) for the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development (at Wageningen University and Research).

 

Conferences:

Organised and hosted the 'Resilience and Vulnerability at the WEF nexus' International Conference at Wageningen University and Research in October 2018.

CV

Education

Qualification

Institution

Date conferred

MSc (Eng) Urban   Planning and Management

Aalborg University

July 2010

BSc (Hons) Rural   & Urban Planning

University of Zimbabwe 

October 2007

Phd Landscape Architecture and Planning University of Copenhagen October 2015 

Current

January 2014 -   Present

Research affiliate   Urban Water Management Group, University of Cape Town

April 2011 - Present

PhD Candidate, IGN,   University of Copenhagen

 

Experience

Period

Activity

Institution

January 2014 -   2016                                                                                                                                

Resource person,   Water Resilient Green Cities in Africa (WRGCA) DANIDA project

University of   Copenhagen

October 2012                                                           

Lecturer on   ecosystem-based adaptation

NIRAS, Ørestad

June 2011 &   March 2013                                                                                                                            

Assistant researcher   in Climate Change  & Urban   Vulnerability (CLUVA) EU Project

University of   Copenhagen

September – November   2010

Intern assisting on   Water, Sanitation & Hygiene projects

ADRA, Denmark

September – December   2009                                                         

Research assistant,   Sustainable Mobility

Reykjavik University

January – August   2008                                                                                                   

Assistant site   manager during construction of Lobatse Mental Hospital            

China Civil   Engineering Construction Company (Botwana)

External positions

Post Doc, Wageningen University & Research

15 Jan 201730 Apr 2019

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Sustainability Transitions
  • Global South
  • global environmental change
  • environmental sociology
  • urban water management
  • just transitions
  • Nature-Based Solutions
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus
  • Sustainable urban development
  • urban governance

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