Biography
Shona is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's, working with Professor Frans Berkhout on the CLARITY-Africa project.
The Wellcome Trust-funded project, involving a consortium led by Imperial College London and involving the University of Ghana and African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Rwanda, aims to coproduce knowledge on the health impacts of climate change and cocreate adaptations in the contexts of schools and outdoor work in Ghana and Rwanda.
Shona holds a PhD in International Development from SOAS, University of London. Prior to joining the Department of Geography at King's, Shona was a Rights Lab Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham. Her previous research centres around government and NGO responses to the practice of begging by boys in traditional Qur’anic schools in West Africa, and she has several years of experience working with NGOs in Senegal and in the UK. She has also previously taught in the Department of International Development at King's.
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Research
Centre for Integrated Research in Risk & Resilience
Bringing together research disciplines to shape a critical perspective on resilience and its application as a concept.
Creative Contestations and Social Justice research group
This research group is concerned with social justice – spanning questions of equity and fairness, rights, accountabilities, participation, and inclusion. Our group members have a shared orientation towards critical scholarship and activism, and are committed to creative and interdisciplinary approaches.
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King's convenes climate adaptation community to help shape future UK policy
Climate adaptation researchers, practitioners and policymakers convened at King’s to help shape the government’s Fourth National Adaptation Programme.
Research
Centre for Integrated Research in Risk & Resilience
Bringing together research disciplines to shape a critical perspective on resilience and its application as a concept.
Creative Contestations and Social Justice research group
This research group is concerned with social justice – spanning questions of equity and fairness, rights, accountabilities, participation, and inclusion. Our group members have a shared orientation towards critical scholarship and activism, and are committed to creative and interdisciplinary approaches.
News
King's convenes climate adaptation community to help shape future UK policy
Climate adaptation researchers, practitioners and policymakers convened at King’s to help shape the government’s Fourth National Adaptation Programme.