Henry Bang

Dr Henry Bang

  • Post Doctoral Research Fellow
  • Dorset House D236, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

Dr Henry Ngenyam Bang is a scholar with proficiency in geology and disaster management teaching, research, and professional practice spanning more than 15 years in Africa & the UK. Dr Bang’s academic profile reveals interdisciplinary knowledge in Applied Geology (BSc, MSc) obtained in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the University of Buea, respectively, and a second MSc (Environment and Development) and PhD (International Development) obtained at the University of East Anglia, UK. His PhD thesis addressed core themes of disaster management, social vulnerability, risk perception and relocation decisions. In addition, Henry has acquired a UK higher education qualification—post graduate certificate in education (PGCE) from Bournemouth University. Furthermore, Dr Bang has achieved fellowship of the UK Higher Education Academy.

Dr Bang has substantial teaching experience in Cameroon and the UK in the areas of geology and disaster management. Henry joined the Bournemouth University Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC) in 2016 as Research Fellow...

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Research

Dr Bang is an expert in African disaster management with interdisciplinary research interests that cover various themes including disaster risk management/analysis, governance of disaster risks, institutional/policy/legislative frameworks for disaster management, climate risks, crisis communication, complex emergencies and the nexus between disasters, development, and indigenous knowledge. Of peculiar interest are the trajectories of vulnerability and resilience to disaster risks in developing countries.

Henry has participated and directed research projects. As project director and PI, he has successfully completed his latest GCRF funded project entitled “Enhancing Livelihood Resilience of Protracted Internally Displaced Populations (IDPs) in West Africa”. Strategically, ELIED was aimed to provide an agile response to livelihood challenges faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs) due to the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis, now an acute complex emergency (Bang and Balgah, 2022). The project was facilitated by in-country collaborators (academics, NGOs, research assistants etc.). Through semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and the administration of close to 2,000 survey questionnaires involving local NGOs, IDPs and government officials, ELIED has generated abundant data. In the near future, the various data sets obtained from the project will be processed for various outputs especially articles, reports and conference presentations.

Dr Bang has been Co I & principal researcher in other completed projects that were carried out in West Africa...

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The COVID-19 was unprecedented, yet it provided a rare opportunity to research one of the worst health crises to ever impact human civilisation. Dr Bang, in collaboration with academics and health professionals in other Universities in the UK and abroad researched various aspects of the pandemic. Through empirical data that was generated from Cameroon during the pandemic, Henry led the investigation of various COVID-19 disaster management themes including the COVID-19 crisis management in Cameroon, Cameroon’s resilience to the pandemic, and the COVID-19 crisis communication in Cameroon. Other aspects of the research examined community health education during the pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on the local economy. The research has led to the publication of 5 academic papers on the COVID-19 pandemic (3 on core disaster management themes) in peer reviewed international journals.

Favourites

  • Bang, H., 2022. Cameroon’s ‘exploding lakes’: disaster expert warns deadly gas release could cause another tragedy. The Conversation.
  • Bang, H., 2022. The environment is the silent casualty in the Cameroon Anglophone crisis. THE CONVERSATION.
  • Bang, H., Baker-Beall, C., Miles, L. and Balgah, R., 2022. The political dynamics of disaster management research in Cameroon: Evidence from the ELIED-project. In: 13th Dealing with Disasters Conference 9-10 June 2022 Northumbria University.
  • Bang, H., 2022. Policy and Institutional Frameworks for Disaster Risk Management in Cameroon: Challenges and Prospects. In: Balgah, R. and Kimengsi, J., eds. Disaster Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies, Institutions and Processes. Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Bang, H., 2022. A Concise Appraisal of Cameroon’s Hazard Risk Profile: Multi-Hazard Inventories, Causes, Consequences and Implications for Disaster Management. GeoHazards, 3 (1), 55-87.
  • Bang, H. and Balgah, R., 2022. The ramification of Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis: conceptual analysis of a looming “Complex Disaster Emergency". Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7.
  • Bang, H.N., 2021. A gap analysis of the legislative, policy, institutional and crises management frameworks for disaster risk management in Cameroon. Progress in Disaster Science, 11.
  • Miles, L., Bang, H. and Martin, J., 2021. 'Enhancing Disaster Management in Sierra Leone' Driving African Capacity-Building in Disaster Management (AFRICAB) Final Report 2021. Bournemouth: Bournemouth University Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC). Available from: https://www.budmc.uk/sierraleone.
  • Reddin, K., Bang, H. and Miles, L., 2021. Evaluating simulations as preparation for health crises like CoVID-19: Insights on incorporating simulation exercises for effective response. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 59.
  • Ndi, H., Ndi, R., Bang, H., Mbah, M. and Ndzo, J., 2021. Health and economic imperatives for households in the context of the anti-Covid-19 strategy in Cameroon - The case of Yaounde. Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences.
  • Ngenyam Bang, H. and Church Burton, N., 2021. Contemporary flood risk perceptions in England: Implications for flood risk management foresight. Climate Risk Management, 32.
  • Mbah, M., Bang, H., Ndi, H. and Ndzo, J.A., 2021. Community Health Education for Health Crisis Management: The Case of COVID-19 in Cameroon. International Quarterly of Community Health Education.
  • Bang, H.N., 2021. Applying the novel IDEA model for instructional health risk and crisis communication to explore the effectiveness of the COVID-19 crisis communication in Cameroon. Journal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.), 20 (7), 77-102.
  • Bang, H., 2020. An Overview of the Covid-19 Crisis Management in Cameroon: Decentralised Governance Response Needed. Annals of Disaster Risk Sciences, 3 (2).
  • Bang, H.N., Miles, L.S. and Gordon, R.D., 2020. Challenges in managing technological disasters in Cameroon: Case study of Cameroon's worst train Crash—the Eséka train disaster. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 44.
  • Bang, H.N., Mbah, M.F., Ndi, H.N. and Ndzo, J.A., 2020. Gauging Cameroon’s resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for enduring a novel health crisis. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 15 (4), 658-674.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2019. Disaster Risk Reduction in Cameroon: Are Contemporary Disaster Management Frameworks Accommodating the Sendai Framework Agenda 2030? International Journal of Disaster Risk Science.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2019. Hurricane Occurrence and Seasonal Activity: An Analysis of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. American Journal of Climate Change.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2019. Evaluating local vulnerability and organisational resilience to frequent flooding in Africa: the case of Northern Cameroon. Foresight, 21 (2), 266-284.
  • Balgah, R.A., Bang, H.N. and Fondo, S.A., 2019. Drivers for coping with flood hazards: Beyond the analysis of single cases. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 11 (1), 1-9.
  • Bang, H., 2018. Disaster Risk Reduction: A Challenge in African Disaster Management-an Analysis of the October 2016 Eseka Train Accident in Cameroon. In: UK Alliance for Disaster Research Conference 27-28 March 2018 Bristol, UK.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Clark, M., 2018. A Glass of Disaster Management with a Foreign Policy Entrepreneurship Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience and Foreign Policy Dynamics in Ghana. In: 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 4-8 April 2018 San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2018. Enhancing local livelihoods resilience and food security in the face of frequent flooding in Africa: A disaster management perspective. Journal of African Studies and Development, 10 (7), 85-100.
  • Bang, H., 2018. Introduction to Floods and Tropical Cyclones. In: Gordon, R., ed. Introduction to Disaster Management for Military Staff Officers. BUDMC.
  • Bang, H. and Miles, L., 2017. A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist?: Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon. In: European International Studies Association (EISA) 7-9 June 2017 Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
  • Bang, H., 2017. The Irony of Flood Risks in African Dryland Environments: Human Security in North Cameroon. Proceedings of the International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Public Safety, Gaulin, China. In: International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Public Safety 23-25 August 2017 Gaulin, China.
  • Bang, H., 2017. Learning from Disasters: Analysing the London Grenfell Tower Fire Disaster (GTD) within the Realm of Disaster Risk Management. In: Word Bosai Forum (WBF) International Disaster Risk Conference 25-28 November 2017 Sendai, Japan.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2017. The Irony of Flood Risks in African Dryland Environments: Human Security in North Cameroon. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 5, 109+-121.
  • Miles, L., Gordon, R. and Bang, H., 2017. Blaming Active Volcanoes or Active Volcanic Blame? Volcanic Crisis Communication and Blame Management in the Cameroon. In: Fearnley,, C., Bird, D., Jolly, G., Haynes, K. and McGuire, B., eds. Observing the Volcano World, Volcanic Crisis Communication. Springer.
  • Miles, Miles, L. and Bang, H., 2017. A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon. In: International Studies Association (ISA) 58th Annual Convention 22-25 February 2017 Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Bang, H., 2015. Disaster Management in Cameroon: The Lake Nyos Disaster Experience. In: Emerald Group, L., ed. New Perspectives in Global Environmental Disasters. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 57-78.
  • Sabi, H.M., Mlay, S.V., Tsuma, C.K. and Bang, H.N., 2015. Conceptualizing user preference and trust in western designed banking software systems in developing countries. Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, 20 (3).
  • Bang, H.N., 2014. General overview of the disaster management framework in Cameroon. DISASTERS, 38 (3), 562-586.
  • Bang, H.N., 2013. Governance of disaster risk reduction in Cameroon: The need to empower local government. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 5 (2).
  • Bang, H.N. and Few, R., 2012. Social risks and challenges in post-disaster resettlement: The case of Lake Nyos, Cameroon. Journal of Risk Research, 15 (9), 1141-1157.
  • Bang, H.N., 2012. Disaster management in Cameroon: The Lake Nyos disaster experience. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 21 (4), 489-506.

Journal Articles

  • Bang, H., 2022. Cameroon’s ‘exploding lakes’: disaster expert warns deadly gas release could cause another tragedy. The Conversation.
  • Bang, H., 2022. The environment is the silent casualty in the Cameroon Anglophone crisis. THE CONVERSATION.
  • Bang, H., 2022. A Concise Appraisal of Cameroon’s Hazard Risk Profile: Multi-Hazard Inventories, Causes, Consequences and Implications for Disaster Management. GeoHazards, 3 (1), 55-87.
  • Bang, H. and Balgah, R., 2022. The ramification of Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis: conceptual analysis of a looming “Complex Disaster Emergency". Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7.
  • Bang, H.N., 2021. A gap analysis of the legislative, policy, institutional and crises management frameworks for disaster risk management in Cameroon. Progress in Disaster Science, 11.
  • Reddin, K., Bang, H. and Miles, L., 2021. Evaluating simulations as preparation for health crises like CoVID-19: Insights on incorporating simulation exercises for effective response. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 59.
  • Ndi, H., Ndi, R., Bang, H., Mbah, M. and Ndzo, J., 2021. Health and economic imperatives for households in the context of the anti-Covid-19 strategy in Cameroon - The case of Yaounde. Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences.
  • Ngenyam Bang, H. and Church Burton, N., 2021. Contemporary flood risk perceptions in England: Implications for flood risk management foresight. Climate Risk Management, 32.
  • Mbah, M., Bang, H., Ndi, H. and Ndzo, J.A., 2021. Community Health Education for Health Crisis Management: The Case of COVID-19 in Cameroon. International Quarterly of Community Health Education.
  • Bang, H.N., 2021. Applying the novel IDEA model for instructional health risk and crisis communication to explore the effectiveness of the COVID-19 crisis communication in Cameroon. Journal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.), 20 (7), 77-102.
  • Bang, H., 2020. An Overview of the Covid-19 Crisis Management in Cameroon: Decentralised Governance Response Needed. Annals of Disaster Risk Sciences, 3 (2).
  • Bang, H.N., Miles, L.S. and Gordon, R.D., 2020. Challenges in managing technological disasters in Cameroon: Case study of Cameroon's worst train Crash—the Eséka train disaster. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 44.
  • Bang, H.N., Mbah, M.F., Ndi, H.N. and Ndzo, J.A., 2020. Gauging Cameroon’s resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for enduring a novel health crisis. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 15 (4), 658-674.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2019. Disaster Risk Reduction in Cameroon: Are Contemporary Disaster Management Frameworks Accommodating the Sendai Framework Agenda 2030? International Journal of Disaster Risk Science.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2019. Hurricane Occurrence and Seasonal Activity: An Analysis of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. American Journal of Climate Change.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2019. Evaluating local vulnerability and organisational resilience to frequent flooding in Africa: the case of Northern Cameroon. Foresight, 21 (2), 266-284.
  • Balgah, R.A., Bang, H.N. and Fondo, S.A., 2019. Drivers for coping with flood hazards: Beyond the analysis of single cases. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 11 (1), 1-9.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2018. Enhancing local livelihoods resilience and food security in the face of frequent flooding in Africa: A disaster management perspective. Journal of African Studies and Development, 10 (7), 85-100.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Gordon, R., 2017. The Irony of Flood Risks in African Dryland Environments: Human Security in North Cameroon. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 5, 109+-121.
  • Sabi, H.M., Mlay, S.V., Tsuma, C.K. and Bang, H.N., 2015. Conceptualizing user preference and trust in western designed banking software systems in developing countries. Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, 20 (3).
  • Bang, H.N., 2014. General overview of the disaster management framework in Cameroon. DISASTERS, 38 (3), 562-586.
  • Bang, H.N., 2013. Governance of disaster risk reduction in Cameroon: The need to empower local government. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 5 (2).
  • Bang, H.N. and Few, R., 2012. Social risks and challenges in post-disaster resettlement: The case of Lake Nyos, Cameroon. Journal of Risk Research, 15 (9), 1141-1157.
  • Bang, H.N., 2012. Disaster management in Cameroon: The Lake Nyos disaster experience. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 21 (4), 489-506.

Books

  • Bang, H., 2016. 30 Years After the Lake Nyos Disaster: What Prospects for Rehabilitation and Reintegration in the Region? Disaster Management, Social Vulnerability, Risk Perception and Relocation Decisions in Cameroon. US: Book Venture Publishing.

Chapters

  • Bang, H., 2022. Policy and Institutional Frameworks for Disaster Risk Management in Cameroon: Challenges and Prospects. In: Balgah, R. and Kimengsi, J., eds. Disaster Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies, Institutions and Processes. Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Bang, H., 2018. Introduction to Floods and Tropical Cyclones. In: Gordon, R., ed. Introduction to Disaster Management for Military Staff Officers. BUDMC.
  • Miles, L., Gordon, R. and Bang, H., 2017. Blaming Active Volcanoes or Active Volcanic Blame? Volcanic Crisis Communication and Blame Management in the Cameroon. In: Fearnley,, C., Bird, D., Jolly, G., Haynes, K. and McGuire, B., eds. Observing the Volcano World, Volcanic Crisis Communication. Springer.
  • Bang, H., 2015. Disaster Management in Cameroon: The Lake Nyos Disaster Experience. In: Emerald Group, L., ed. New Perspectives in Global Environmental Disasters. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 57-78.

Conferences

  • Bang, H., Baker-Beall, C., Miles, L. and Balgah, R., 2022. The political dynamics of disaster management research in Cameroon: Evidence from the ELIED-project. In: 13th Dealing with Disasters Conference 9-10 June 2022 Northumbria University.
  • Bang, H., 2018. Disaster Risk Reduction: A Challenge in African Disaster Management-an Analysis of the October 2016 Eseka Train Accident in Cameroon. In: UK Alliance for Disaster Research Conference 27-28 March 2018 Bristol, UK.
  • Bang, H., Miles, L. and Clark, M., 2018. A Glass of Disaster Management with a Foreign Policy Entrepreneurship Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience and Foreign Policy Dynamics in Ghana. In: 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 4-8 April 2018 San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Bang, H. and Miles, L., 2017. A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist?: Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon. In: European International Studies Association (EISA) 7-9 June 2017 Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
  • Bang, H., 2017. The Irony of Flood Risks in African Dryland Environments: Human Security in North Cameroon. Proceedings of the International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Public Safety, Gaulin, China. In: International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Public Safety 23-25 August 2017 Gaulin, China.
  • Bang, H., 2017. Learning from Disasters: Analysing the London Grenfell Tower Fire Disaster (GTD) within the Realm of Disaster Risk Management. In: Word Bosai Forum (WBF) International Disaster Risk Conference 25-28 November 2017 Sendai, Japan.
  • Miles, Miles, L. and Bang, H., 2017. A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon. In: International Studies Association (ISA) 58th Annual Convention 22-25 February 2017 Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Bang, H. and Miles, L., 2016. Disaster risk perception in Cameroon and its implications for the rehabilitation of the Lake Nyos Disaster survivors. Proceedings of the 6th International Disaster and Risk Conference: Integrative Risk Management - Towards Resilient Cities, IDRC Davos 2016, 73-76.
  • Bang, H., Sabi, H.M., Mlay, S.V. and Tsuma, C.K., 2014. Use of Western designed software packages in developing countries: Implications for their effectiveness in a different context. In: 6th International Conference on ICT for Africa 1-4 October 2014 Yaounde, Cameroon.
  • Bang, H., 2012. Governance of disaster risk reduction in Cameroon: The need to empower Local Government. In: 1st biennial conference of the Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction 10-12 October 2012 North West University, South Africa.
  • Bang, H., 2009. The human cost of natural disasters in Cameroon: What implications for disaster survivors? In: International Disaster and Risk Conference 13 July-15 September 2009 Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
  • Bang, H., 2009. Warning systems in natural disaster affected local communities in Cameroon. Can they mitigate feature risks to Life? In: PhD Conference on Current Debates in International Development 25-26 June 2009 School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK.
  • Bang, H., 2008. Present risks in Lake Nyos: Is Cameroon prepared for another great disaster? In: International Disaster Risk Conference 25-29 September 2008 Davos, Switzerland.
  • Bang, H., 2008. Social vulnerability and risk perception to natural hazards in Cameroon two decades following the tragic Lake Nyos gas disaster: What future prospect for the displaced disaster victims? In: Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability 26 July-1 August 2008 United Nations University, Germany.

Reports

Theses

  • Bang, H., 2010. Natural Disaster Risk, Vulnerability and Resettlement: Relocation Decisions following the Lake Nyos and Monoum Disasters in Cameroon. PhD Thesis. School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

PhD Students

  • Suzanne Gosling. Talking reform, but not doing reform? Investigating the international humanitarian dynamics of humanitarian reform in the health sector of humanitarian assistance.

Profile of Teaching PG

  • MSc Disaster Management
  • Dissertation Supervisor
  • PhD Transfer Examiner
  • MSc Tourism and Crisis Management
  • Under Graduate Managing Crisis and Disaster
  • CPD 3 Management of Natural Disasters

Invited Lectures

  • Managing Tourism Operations During a Disaster, Bournemouth University, 05 May 2017 more
  • Geological Characteristics of Earthqakes, Arts University, Bournemouth, 16 Jan 2017 more

External Responsibilities

Internal Responsibilities

  • Unit Leader, Management of Natural Hazards
  • Assessor, PhD Major Review
  • Coordinator of PhD Seminars, PhD Students
  • Organiser of 'Crisis Hour' Discussions and Debates, Disaster Management Centre

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 14 Oct 2020
  • Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 20 Aug 2020
  • International Journal of Tourism Research, 31 Jan 2020
  • Risk Analysis: an international journal, 12 Dec 2019
  • Foresight, 26 Jun 2018
  • Jàmbá : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 04 Apr 2018
  • Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 07 Jun 2017
  • Environment, Development and Sustainability: a multidisciplinary approach to the theory and practice of sustainable development, Anonymous peer review, 22 Mar 2017
  • GeoJournal, 04 Jan 2017
  • Refugee Quaterly Review, Anonymous peer review, 12 Dec 2016
  • Disaster Prevention and Management, 24 Oct 2013

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Dr Henry Bang organised and ran a research impact workshop in Yaoundé, Cameroon’s capital city on Friday 15th July 2022. The workshop entitled “Stakeholder Analysis for Maximum Impact (SAMI) Workshop” was aimed to discuss ways in which the outcome of the recently completed “Enhancing Livelihood Resilience of Protracted Internally Displaced Persons” (ELIED) project which Henry directed can be most beneficial or create maximum impact. The GCRF funded ELIED project generated close to 2,000 datasets from questionnaire surveys, interviews and focus group discussions. The project investigated how to boost the income opportunities of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Anglophone Crisis to enable them to achieve sustainable livelihoods. The research enquiries probed into the socio-economic and cultural challenges faced by the IDPs, and in the process, scouting for alternative and more desirable livelihood and income options. The research enquiries to the IDPs and various stakeholders focused on how alternative livelihood options for the IDPs can be initiated, planned, developed, supported and sponsored. The SAMI workshop was massively attended by stakeholders from various sectors of the Cameroonian society including, IDPs, farmers, hackers, teachers, diplomats, lawyers, university professors, journalists, engineers, students, bankers, government officials, businesspersons, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from different parts of Cameroon that participated in the ELIED Project and members of the civil society etc. This was the first workshop of its kind in the country to bring stakeholders from different works of life and profession to harness ideas on how academic research (using the ELIED Project as case study) can impact society beyond academic publications. The project was funded by Bournemouth University Research Impact Fund which Dr Bang applied for and obtained earlier in the year.
  • Bournemouth University Festival of Learning
  • Did public presentation entitled " Blaming Active Volcanoes or Active Volacnic Blame? Volcanic Crisis Management in Developing Countries: the Case of Cameroon.

Conference Presentations

  • UK Alliance for Disaster Research, Viewing Community Resilience in the South through the “eyes” of Mega Storms: A conceptual Analysis, 17 Jul 2019, Northumbia University, Newcastle
  • 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
  • UK Alliance for Disaster Research Conference, Disaster risk reduction: A challenge in African disaster management-an analysis of the October 2016 Eseka train accident in Cameroon., 27 Mar 2018, Bristol
  • Word Bosai Forum (WBF) International Disaster Risk Conference, Learning from Disasters: Analysing the London Grenfell Tower Fire Disaster (GTD) within the Realm of Disaster Risk Management, 25 Nov 2017, Sendai, Japan
  • International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Public Safety, The Irony of Flood Risks in African Dryland Environments: Human Security in North Cameroon. Proceedings of the International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Public Safety, Gaulin, China, 23 Aug 2017, Gaulin, China
  • European International Studies Association (EISA), A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist?: Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon, 07 Jun 2017, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
  • International Studies Association (ISA) 58th Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, A Glass of Crisis Management with a Foreign Policy Twist? Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Cameroon (with H Bang), 24 Feb 2017, Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, 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
  • 1st biennial conference of the Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction, Governance of disaster risk reduction in Cameroon: The need to empower Local Government, 10 Oct 2012, South Africa
  • International Disaster and Risk Conference, The human cost of natural disasters in Cameroon: What implications for disaster survivors?, 13 Jul 2009, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
  • PhD Conference on Current Debates in International Development, Warning systems in natural disaster affected local communities in Cameroon. Can they mitigate feature risks to Life?, 25 Jun 2009, UK
  • International Disaster Risk Conference, Present risks in Lake Nyos: Is Cameroon prepared for another great disaster?, 25 Sep 2008, Davos, Switzerland
  • Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability, Social vulnerability and risk perception to natural hazards in Cameroon two decades following the tragic Lake Nyos gas disaster: What future prospect for the displaced disaster victims?, 26 Jul 2008, Germany

Attended Training

  • Incident Command Systems, 11 May 2021, Certificate of Attendance
  • Doctoral Supervisory Development Training for Established Supervisors, 10 Oct 2019, Certificate of Training Provided
  • 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)
  • MSc in Environment and Development (University of East Anglia, UK, 2005)
  • MSc in Applied Geology (University of Buea, Cameroon, 1999)
  • BSc (Hons) in Geology (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 1997)

Memberships

  • UK Higher Education Academy, Fellow (2019-),
  • International Studies Association, Member (2016-2018), http://www.isanet.org/
  • Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association, International, Member, http://www.disasters.org/
  • Global Alliance for Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), Member,
  • UK Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Member,