Current Research
Urban demographic variability
and exposure to extreme heat and flooding
(2022-P)
This research focuses on measuring and monitoring the
spatio-temporal variability in urban demographic structures
and their exposure to hazards. This research integrates
gridded population and climate data to estimate demographic
exposure to extreme heat and flooding, with important
implications for maternal and child health, labor productivity
and sustainable urban development.
Urban population and dependency ratio for Mexico and Japan
(2000-2020). A decrease in dependency ratio through time
(Mexico) indicates a growing share of working-age residents
relative to children and older people.
Linkages and interactions
between urban food security and rural agricultural systems
(2019-P)
This research investigates linkages and interactions between
urban food security and rural agricultural production. We
focus on evaluating the impact of environmental variability on
rural agricultural production and how this affects urban food
security. My research investigates how the dynamics of urban
population growth across secondary cities in southern Africa
affect rural-urban linkages and ultimately household food
security. We use household survey datasets in combination with
large scale socio-environmental data.
Urban
agriculture in Choma, Zambia
Recent Research
Research on COVID-19 Interventions
and Impacts (ReCON) (2020-2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of societal
impacts. Along with an interdisciplinary team of researchers,
I am working on understanding how governments have responded
to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through policies that seek
to modify behavior and limit person-to-person transmission. We
are also investigating how household food security has changes
as a result of economic and other hardship caused by the
pandemic.
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Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention Coding Progression (Nov 2021)
A socio-environmental
synthesis of the linkages between water scarcity induced
conflict and land use/land cover change in Africa to enhance
multi-scalar decision making (2019-2020)
I am a member of a team of researchers investigating the
relationships between climate change and conflict across
Africa, funded through the Socio-Environmental Synthesis
Center. This interdisciplinary team examine where, when and
how conflicts arise over water. We analyze conflict events,
environmental change, society and institutions to investigate
the spate-temporal dynamics of water scarcity and how they are
linked with conflict.
Distribution
of Conflict Events by Sub-Saharan African Region (1997-2018)
Impacts of Agricultural
Decision Making and Adaptive Management on Food Security
(2018-2019)
I was a member of this interdisciplinary project that used
high-frequency data from environmental sensors and farmers to
understand how farmers respond to different environmental
shocks, and how those shocks shape their perceptions of
climate variability. This involved coupling data from SMS
surveys, household surveys and environmental data in Kenya and
Zambia. We also worked on monitoring the outbreak of Fall
Armyworm in Zambia throughout the 2018-2019 agricultural
season.
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