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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

No poverty

"End poverty in all its forms everywhere"

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Zero hunger

"End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture"

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Decent work and economic growth

"Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"

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Climate action

"Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts"

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Profile of Teaching UG

  • Introduction to Geological Hazards
  • Introduction to Meteorological Hazards
  • Tourism and Hospitality
  • Introduction to Resilience and Vulnerability
  • Tourism and Hospitality

Invited Lectures

  • Geological Characteristics of Earthqakes, Arts University, Bournemouth, 16 Jan 2017 more

External Responsibilities

Internal Responsibilities

  • PhD Dissertation Supervisor, BUDMC PhD Students
  • Post-Graduate Research Lead, BUDMC Post-Graduate Students
  • Unit Leader, Management of Natural Hazards
  • Organiser of 'Crisis Hour' Discussions and Debates, Disaster Management Centre

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • American Journal of Climate Change, 03 Dec 2018
  • Foresight, 26 Jun 2018
  • Jàmbá : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 04 Apr 2018
  • Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 07 Jun 2017
  • GeoJournal, 04 Jan 2017
  • Refugee Quaterly Review, Anonymous peer review, 12 Dec 2016
  • Refugee Survey Quarterly, 05 Dec 2016

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Presentation (28 Jun 2016)

Conference Presentations

  • National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) - Coordination Conference Meeting on Preparedness for the Rains, AFRICAB Preliminary Results: Driving African Disaster Management Capacity-Building in Sierra Leone, 23 May 2019, Office of National Security (ONS) Building, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • 4th Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster risk reduction in West Africa: are contemporary disaster management frameworks accommodating the Sendai framework agenda 2030?, 13 Mar 2019, Kyoto, Japan
  • 'Unlocking Resilience in Disaster Management in Ghana' AFRIGATE National Parliamentary Briefing of Ghanaian Parliamentarians, Bournemouth University, UK, Unlocking Gateways in Disaster Management in Ghana, 12 Nov 2018, Executive Business Centre (EBC) Bournemouth University, UK
  • 'Unlocking Resilience in Disaster Management in Ghana', GCRF AFRICAB National Parliamentary Briefing of Ghanaian Parliamentarians, Bournemouth University, UK, 'Understanding Single Points of Failure in Disaster Management in Africa', 12 Nov 2018, Executive Business Centre (EBC), Bournemouth University, UK
  • 4th Biennial Conference of the Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction (SASDiR), Durban, South Africa, Understanding Single Points of Failure in Disaster Management in Africa: A Driver for Research-informed Professional Practice and Capacity-building, 17 Oct 2018, Durban, South Africa
  • • 4th Biennial Conference of the Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction, Challenges in Managing Technological Disasters in Africa: Case study of the Eséka Train Accident in Cameroon, 17 Oct 2018, Durban, South Africa
  • 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, A Glass of Disaster Management with a Foreign Policy Entrepreneurship Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience and Foreign Policy Dynamics in Ghana, 04 Apr 2018, San Francisco, California, USA
  • International Disaster and Risk Conference, Disaster Risk Perception in Cameroon and its Implications for the Rehabilitation of the Lake Nyos Disaster Survivors, 28 Aug 2016, Davos, Switzerland
  • International Disaster and Risk Conference, Global Risk Forum, Disaster Risk Perception in Cameroon and its Implications for the Rehabilitation of the Lake Nyos Disaster Survivors (with Henry Bang), 28 Aug 2016, Davos, Switzerland

Attended Training

  • Doctoral Supervision Development: New Supervisors Training or Refreshal Course, 19 Oct 2016, Certificate of Attendance

Qualifications

  • PGCE in Education (Bournemouth University, 2019)
  • PhD in International Development (University of East Anglia, UK, 2009)

Memberships

  • UK Higher Education Academy, Fellow (2019-),
  • UK Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Member,