UCL Department of Geography

Research interests

Natural resource management and EIA in Africa

Sustainable livelihoods and PRA

Using Earth Observation data and GIS for environmental management

My PhD research aims to:

1) Investigate the link between settlement type and use of natural resources in refugee-hosting areas.

2) Assess the use of Earth Observation data and GIS to understand the processes driving land-cover change in refugee-hosting areas.

Contrasting case studies will be taken from Tanzania and Uganda. Both countries have a history of hosting refugees and are relatively safe and accessible. They feature similar environments but have contrasting refugee-hosting policies.

I am supervised by Ray Harris, Richard Taylor, and Khalid Koser.