A blog post from Nyaboke Omwega, Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Anthropology and member of the GCRF CDT. My research on gender discrimination (Transport as Gendered Employment Practice in Kenya) has led me to look at Kenyan history. It is impossible to discuss female leadership in Kenya without discussing Wangari Maathai (1940-2011). Internationally, she was […]
On the 4th January 2021 an event dubbed as a “Research Dissemination Exhibition”, was launched at the Makerere University Art gallery. Read our interview with the artist and PhD candidate: Could you tell us a bit about yourself? I am an applied sculptor and Lecturer at the College of Engineering, Art, Design and Technology (CEDAT) […]
Raquel hails from the beautiful, Central American country of Belize. She completed her undergraduate degree in Natural Resource Management at the University of Belize followed by a Master’s Degree in Wildlife Health and Population Management at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has worked as a Development Manager at the Ya’axché Conservation Trust in the southern Belize’s Toledo District. Additionally, she has served as a Research Assistant and Consultant at the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre in Belmopan City and the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management in Toledo. Raquel’s project will focus on how climate variability and extremes impact the agricultural productivity and decision-making of Maya subsistence farmers in Belize. This project is very special for her due to her heritage as an indigenous Maya and the recognition of the importance of building the resilience of smallholder farmers to the threat of climate change.
Department of Earth Sciences
Maya subsistence farmer decision-making under climatic uncertainty in Central America
Belize
Dr James Baldini (Department of Earth Sciences)
Prof Paul Sillitoe (Department of Anthropology)
Dr Lisa Baldini (Department of Geography)
Dr. Pio Saqui (University of Belize)
