About me
I’m a Research Associate in the Department of Geography at King’s College London. I am an environmental social scientist with research interests in socio-economic and institutional aspects of biodiversity conservation, natural resource management and utilisation, customary land and tree tenure systems, and gender, poverty and rural livelihoods. The focus of my work is primarily on the poverty-environment nexus, with current research extending to the issues of environmental justice, particularly in relation to conservation, forest governance and climate change mitigation policies.
I received my PhD in Environment and Politics, a joint degree from Environment and Politics Departments, at the University of York in 2010, with field research in Northern Ghana studying the political ecology of land and tree tenure regimes in agroforestry parklands.
Prior to joining King’s, I’ve held postdoctoral positions at ESPA Directorate (2017-2018); Bangor (2013-2017); SLU in Umeå (2011-2013); and York (2010-2011).
I am also affiliated with ForestAction Nepal as a Research Fellow.
Interests
- Political ecology
- Ecological economics
- Institutional analysis
- Climate change governance
- Environmental justice
- Mixed-methods research
- Data visualisation
Education
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PhD in Environment and Politics, 2010
University of York
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Master of Resource Management, 2005
Simon Fraser University
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BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology, 2002
University of York
