NCCR North South Programme

NCCR research in the Joint Areas of Case Studies (JACS) East Africa focuses on the development of a participatory and comprehensive approach to syndrome mitigation research. It addresses problems, potentials and processes of sustainable development in the three syndrome contexts: urban/peri-urban (U), semiarid areas in transition (SA) and highland-lowland systems (H-L). The main research questions are addressed within the frame of three broad research themes:

1. Natural Resources Management in trans-contextual setting;
2. Livelihoods, Vulnerability and Resilience in Centre - Periphery Perspectives; and
3. Integrating Knowledge for Syndrome Assessment and Mitigation.

PhD Research/Studies based in Kenyan

Paul Ongany'i:

Spatial Variations in Orphanhood: Analysis of the Effects of AIDS and Traditional Versus Modern Institutional Coping Strategies for Sustainable Community Development in Kisumu District, Nyanza;Department of Geography, University of Nairobi, Kenya.

Justus Gallati:

System Dynamics Simulation Model for Collective (Water for) Irrigation Management in Semi-Arid Rural Areas in Kenya; Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland.

PhD Research/Studies based in Tanzania

Tuli Msuya:

Prospects and Challenges of Institutional Framework for Inter-sectoral Water Management in Pangani River Basin, Tanzania; Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.

Benedikt Notter:

Water-related environmental services and options for their sustainable use in Pangani Basin, East Africa; University of Bern, Switzerland.

Alfred Chitiki :

Biodiversity Patterns in the Eastern Arc Mountains (EAMs) of Tanzania: Species Distribution Along Environmental Gradient and Climate Change Implications; Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.

Zabron Kengera:

The Role of Wildlife Management Areas and Community Ranching in Reconciling Conservation, Tourism and Development in Kenya and Tanzania Respectively; University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Masters Research/Studies based in Kenya

Joseph Namakara:

Poverty, Biodiversity nexus- A Case Study of Mukogodo Forest; Department of Geography, University of Nairobi David Mutisya: Water pollution in Upper Ewaso Ng'iro catchment; Kenyatta University.

Masters Research/Studies based in Tanzania

Juma Kayonko:

Assessment of the Land Use and Land cover Change in the Miombo Woodlands: The Case of Songwe River Basin; Institute of Resource Assessment; University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Ivone Shitindi:

Assessment of Conservation and Management of Miombo Woodlands and their Socio-Economic Implications to People's livelihoods in the Songwe Basin; Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

D. P. Kalisa:

Wetland Resource Utilization and its Connotation to Rural Livelihoods: A Case of Songwe Basin; Institute of Resource Assessment; University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Manuela Born:

The relevance of medium-size centers and supra-local infrastructure for rural livelihoods and resource use in the Upper Songwe Basin with special emphasis on young adults; Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Hannah Kastli:

The relevance of medium-size centers and supra-local infrastructure for rural livelihoods and resource use in the Upper Songwe Basin with special emphasis on a gender-perspective; Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Affiliations

Jennifer Kinoti:

Planning of System Innovations in Watersheds: Spatial Mapping of Environmental and Hydrological Determinants in Pangani and Ewaso Ng'iro North River Basins, Africa; ITC, the Netherlands.

Ryan Sheely:

Kinship, Institutions, and State-Building in Africa; Department of Political Science, Yale University, USA.