Graduate Student Research Opportunity in Climate Risk Management

The Graduate Student Research Opportunity in Climate Risk Management fosters a network of young researchers interested in action-oriented and collaborative research on climate, development, and humanitarian work. The program aims to enhance knowledge about how climate threats and risks should be taken into account to improve humanitarian decisions within Africa.

Research projects conducted by graduate students will contribute to the goal of the program which is to embed science into humanitarian work by creating tools for smart forecast-based decisions and by managing climate risks and promoting effective responses for development and adaptation. The program has synergies with a larger action research project entitled, “Forecast-based humanitarian decisions: Designing tools and processes to link knowledge with action”.

2012 Student Awardees

Mohini Freya Dutta Parsons The New School for Design, USA	Bettina Koelle University of Cape Town, South Africa	Anna Law University of Oxford, UK
Anthony Ndah Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Negara Brunei Darussalam	Ernest Ogbozor Brandeis University, USA	Francis Opiyo University of Nairobi, Kenya
Lien Tran Parsons The New School for Design, USA	Bereket Tunkala Bonn University, Germany	Joshua Zake University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Uganda
Selina Maenzanise King’s College, UK	Erin Kitchell University of Wisconsin, USA	Lauren Graham Yale University, USA
Samaila Yusuf Asian Institute of Technology	Gloria Cheche Institute of Development Studies, UK