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Research Associate (Social Scientist)
As a praxis-oriented Environmental Social Scientist, I am interested in addressing the interlinked societal and environmental challenges to improve policy outcomes through interdisciplinary research. Broadly, my research focuses on human-animal-environment relations, conservation, adaptation, indigenous land tenure systems, political ecology of resource management and the science-policy communication. I am currently working on the social science components of the Kyasanur Forest Disease and SUNRISE projects - both interdisciplinary projects exploring the socio-ecological drivers of emerging zoonotic diseases and developing geo-spatial forecasting tools to assist with mitigating outbreaks in the context of forest ecosystems in India. Inaddition, I am also contributing to the EKLIPSE project- an EU funded programme that focuses on establishing a European knowledge and Learning Mechanism to improve the policy-science-society interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
October 2018 - Present: Research Associate, NERC- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
August 2018 - October 2018: Adjunct Lecturer in Environmental Science, Harlaxton College University of Evansville
January 2018 - June 2018: Sessional Lecturer, School of Geography & Environmental Sciences, University of Reading
DPhil./PhD, University of Oxford, Geography and the Environment (Land Tenure & Natural Resource Management) (2017)
- Thesis: “Land Rights, Tenure Security and Sustainable Land Use in Rural Ghana.”
MSc, Environmental Change and Management, University of Oxford (2013)
- Dissertation: “Exploring Tropical Edge Effects on Adjoining Cocoa Agricultural Landscapes: A Case Study of Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana.”
BSc (Hons) Land Economy – First Class, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana (2010)
