A5009646523- International Development and Aid
- Mining and Resource Management
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Natural Resources and Economic Development
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
- African history and culture studies
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Public-Private Partnership Projects
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Canadian Policy and Governance
University of Manchester
2020-2025
Institute of Development Studies
2020-2024
University of Westminster
2023
Johns Hopkins University
2023
University of Oxford
2023
Makerere University
2023
McGill-Queen's University Press
2022
Aga Khan University Nairobi
2015-2020
University of Birmingham
2020
Center for Global Development
2016-2020
Abstract This article responds to a preference for short‐term history in research on the infrastructure turn by engaging with longue durée of East Africa’s latest scramble. It traces LAPSSET Kenya and Central Corridor Tanzania, revealing coloniality new improved transport along both corridors. exercise demonstrates how spatial visions territorial plans colonial administrators get built materialise ways that serve interests global capital rather than peasant indigenous peoples being promised...
Social-ecological interactions mediate water–energy–food security in small developing islands, but community-scale insights are underrepresented nexus research. These dynamic their response to environmental and anthropogenic pressures need be understood inform sustainable land use planning into the future. This study centered on bringing together diverse stakeholders explore futures using “Kesho” (meaning “tomorrow” Kiswahili) scenario tool for two of largest islands that comprise Zanzibar...
In 2012, construction began on the Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) corridor in northern Kenya. Once complete, LAPSSET will connect Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia with a new transport infrastructure, including highway, railway pipeline. Authorities promise that drive economic growth by improving trade attracting investors while also stimulating development rural areas surrounding routes. Despite this promise, many land users remain concerned about how stands to alter their...
Abstract Game meat contributes to human nutrition, food security and sociocultural practices around the world. also comes with risks, including overharvesting zoonotic food‐borne disease. These may be pronounced where game travels along complex value chains from rural urban areas. Formalising improving regulation of chain is one approach mitigating risks. Focussing on in Zambia, this study conducted semi‐structured interviews government other regulatory industry actors ( n = 9); ranchers...
This paper explores recent efforts to ensure the participation of indigenous peoples in making post-2015 development agenda. It is based on an examination UN's global consultation process, conducted between July 2012 and 2013. Using discursive analysis findings reports, we argue that approach participatory represents a pretence rather than actual shift power from experts intended beneficiaries development. Therefore process aptly illustrates recurring tyranny participation, this time at...
In 1996, World Bank President James D Wolfensohn announced the Bank’s plan to evolve from a traditional financial institution into world’s ‘Knowledge Bank’. This rhetorical shift within discourse marked institution’s intention rebrand itself as purveyor of knowledge about development. However, despite this seemingly progressive discourse, Knowledge for Development era did not symbolize real in policy or practice. Throughout era, held on narrow conceptualization capital be leveraged economic...
The rise of zoonotic disease-related public health crises has sparked calls for policy action, including to close wildlife markets. Yet, these often reflect limited understanding where, precisely, exposure risk occurs along and wild meat trade chains. They also threaten negatively impact food security livelihoods. From a perspective, it is important understand the practices that shape safety all chain, resulting in either safe eat or managed as potential vector pathogens. This article uses...
Measures adopted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and economic shocks caused by pandemic have affected food networks globally, including wild meat trade that support livelihoods security millions people around world. In this article, we examine how COVID-related vulnerability coping strategies different actors along networks. Informed 1,876 questionnaires carried out with hunters, traders, vendors, consumers in Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic Congo (DRC), Guyana, article presents...
Rapidly evolving drone technologies are taking the conservation sector by storm. Although technical and applied literature tends to frame drones as autonomous, neutral technologies, we argue that neither nor their implications can be adequately understood unless they grounded, conceptually methodologically, in context of broader societal structures shape how data produce used. This article introduces value a political ecology framework an interdisciplinary audience biophysical social...
As the 2015 deadline for Millennium Development Goals approaches, youth have been ushered into United Nation's decision-making processes global development in post-2015 era with a sense of uncontested urgency. Through “global conversation” – large scale participatory process involving consultations and other groups participation has featured prominently making agenda. Using discursive analysis reports produced on conversation, we argue that UN is reconstructing as social category identity...
Small islands are vulnerable to the synergistic effects of climate change and anthropogenic disturbances due fact their small area, geographical isolation, responsive ecologies, rapidly growing developing populations exposure sea level change. These changes exert pressures on ecosystem services, such as provisioning resources, therefore threaten sustainability livelihoods. We reviewed key livelihoods literature bring together concepts environmental livelihood resilience stability across...
We are currently witnessing a global trend of intensifying and deepening relationships between extractive companies biodiversity conservation organisations that warrants closer scrutiny. Although existing literature has established these two sectors often share the same space rely on similar logics, it is increasingly common to find being carried out through partnerships actors. In this article, we explore what cooperation achieves for both sectors. Using illustrative examples...
As a new wave of infrastructure expansion takes place globally, there has been parallel turn to in geographical research. This article responds recent calls within this research for less human-centered engagement with the turn. More specifically, aims destablize anthropocentric discussions about infrastructural violence and justice. Using Chad–Cameroon Pipeline Project as case study, we advance two main points. First, show that is not solely directed at humans. Rather, all agents, objects,...
Abstract In this article, we analyse the factors underpinning shift towards hybrid security governance in Africa. Extant scholarship largely attributes to broader global processes, such as histories of colonialism, neoliberalism and transformations governance, which have served legitimize role private authority provision around sites resource extraction. Our analysis seeks understand relative relational influence power rules international politics by offering empirical insights about what...
This article explores how new technologies – such as drones and satellites are incorporated into disaster management questions the implications for power relations between authorities subjects. is a critical area of research, proliferation aerial networked has made their use in response more common. Although concerns have been raised about potential surveillance spatial discipline populations by commercial government actors, few considered management. In response, this turns to geographical...
As the target date of 2015 draws near for both Education All and Millennium Development Goals, consultations are well-underway to begin defining shape scope post-2015 development agenda. Between September 2012 March 2013, UN Member States, private sector representatives, multilateral agencies, epistemic communities non-governmental organisations participated in Global Thematic Consultation on Post-2015 Agenda. Participants involved emphasised education as a societal good fundamental human...
Abstract This article examines the relationship between settler colonialism and biodiversity. Focusing on Laikipia, Kenya, we argue that types of plant animal species present in landscape have been shaped by historical power relations often support colonial projects. We introduce five modes violent ecological transformation used to prolong advance structures Laikipia: eliminating undesirable from landscapes; rewilding landscapes with deemed more desirable; selectively repeopling nature...
Abstract Small developing islands demonstrate strong social–ecological interactions as well a high level of exposure to climate-related effects, which can result in intense land use pressures. Scenario methodologies are useful for reflecting on how competing pressures interact when planning more sustainable future. In small islands, local knowledge is integral the development scenarios because close connection between people and environments. However, communities often underrepresented...