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Dr Eric Chu

Lecturer in Planning and Human Geography

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Dr Eric Chu’s research and teaching focuses on climate change adaptation and resilience, urban politics
and governance, and development planning in cities across the global North and South. His work
features in highly cited peer-review journals as well as foundational books in the fields of urban
planning, environmental geography, urban justice and equity, and global development.

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Dr Julian Clark
Senior Lecturer

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Julian Clark is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of

Birmingham and Research Theme Lead for Human Geography. His
research focusses upon critical geographical understandings of the
state, and the governance of natural resources. Within these domains,
Julian examines questions of state spatialities (how states as political
objects are materialized and stabilised over space and time); ...

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Dr Natasha L. Cornea
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Lecturer in Human Geography

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Dr Natasha Cornea’s research sits at the intersections of urban and
development geographies, focusing on urban environmental
governance and politics in Indian and Zambian cities. Conceptually her
research draws on post-structuralist and situated approaches to urban
political ecology, the everyday state and everyday governance.
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Rosie Day is an environmental human geographer interested in various

aspects of peoples experience of, and engagement with, the wider
environment. Much of her work has been in the area of environmental
inequalities and environmental justice where she has developed a
particular theme on ageing and environmental issues. She is currently
largely focused on research to do with energy demand, especially isues
of energy poverty and energy justice. Her style of working is highliy
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engineering, history, transport studies, architecture and sociology, from
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Dr Fraser Sugden is a human geographer who has written extensively
on shifting class, gender and generational relations in agriculture, and
their interaction with contemporary environmental, political and
economic stresses.

He has conducted intensive rural fieldwork across South and East Asia,
with a focus on Nepal and the Eastern Gangetic Plains, and was based
in this region for most of the last decade prior to joining the School. He
maintains a commitment to interdisciplinary action research with strong
engagement and partnership with civil society and organisations
working at the grassroots.

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Staff Profile:Dr Sylvie Dubuc

Name:

Dr Sylvie Dubuc
Job Title:

Lecturer in Human Geography

Responsibilities:

 Undergraduate Teaching: GV2POP Population Geography

 Research project: Principal Investigator, Son Preference and Sex Selection against Females in the UK: Evidence,

causes, trends and implications (ESRCGrant Ref: ES/N01877X/1). For more details on the project please see Son

preference - UK project website

Areas of Interest:

 Population and development

 Gender equality, education, reproductive health and rights, and policy

 International migration, family and intergenerational social trajectories

 Family, intergenerational solidarity and social inequality

 Son preference and sex-selection

 Europe, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Research groups / Centres:

 Human Geography Research Cluster

Key Facts
 Dr Sylvie Dubuc joined the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences in June 2017. She previously

worked ten years at the University of Oxford (Department of Social Policy and Intervention), where she worked on

population dynamics in the UK and Asia. For instance, she participates in the ESRC-UPTAP (Understanding

Population Trends and Processes) initiative. She also developed projects investigating son preference and its

demographic manifestations. Before that, she was lecturer at the French universities of Pau and La Reunion, and at

King's College London where she taught quantitative methods in Geography, Cartography, migration and urbanisation.

Earlier work in India includes an analysis of urban population growth and the dynamic of the Indian urban system over

the XXth century and an analysis of the impact of demographic dynamics and human practices on the deforestation

process in South India. Sylvie holds a PhD in Human Geography from Paris-Sorbonne University and a Master in

Geographical Information Management from the University of Cranfield. She has a strong interest and experience in

multi-disciplinary work and multi-scale analyses of population dynamics. Her current research interests include family

and childbearing, ethnicity and migration, population and development, gender preferences, sex-selection, reproductive

health and rights, ethics and policy in South Asia and Europe. Sylvie currently coordinates a new ESRC funded multi-

disciplinary project on son preference and sex-selection in the UK, working with social anthropologists at Sussex

University (with Co-I Prof Maya Unnithan, Global Studies), Oxford ethicists (ETHOX) and the UK Department of

Health.

Sylvie serves on the Research Grant Evaluation Board of the ESRC (since 2010) and acts as an international expert for

the Belgium Research Council. She was a council member of the British Society of Population Studies (2010-2014),

fellow of the British Royal Geographical Society and served for five years on the Oxford-DSPI Research Ethic

Committee. She is a visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technology and Health at the

University of Sussex, a Research Associate of Nuffield College at Oxford and a member of the scientific committee of

'Revue d'études des populations' (French Population Studies Journal).

Publications:

Selected peer-reviewed publications:

 Unnithan M. and S. Dubuc (2017, forthcoming) Re-visionning evidences: reflexions on the recent controversies on sex-

selective abortion in the UK, Global Public Health.

 Dubuc S (2017, forthcoming) 'Son preference and fertility: An overview', Chapter in Family Demography in Asia: A

Comparative Analysis of Fertility Preferences. S. Basten, J. Casterline and M. Choe (eds). Edward Elgar.

 Dubuc S (2016) 'Fertility and Migration' Entry/Chapter in, Encyclopedia of Migration. Edited by F. Bean, S. Brown.

Springer.
  Dubuc S (2016) 'Immigrants and ethnic fertility convergence in the UK: the role of global fertility transition and

intergenerational social integration' chapter in Changing population of Britain, edited by Tony Champion and Jane

Falkingham. Rowan Littlefield International Editions.

 Dubuc S (2015). 'Prenatal sex-selection against females: evidences, causes and implications', Workshop report,

Nuffield Foundation, 20 pages.

 Dubuc S (2012) 'Immigration from high fertility countries: Intergenerational adaptation and fertility convergence in the

UK, Population and Development Review, 38(2):353-368.

 Dubuc S and J. Haskey (2010) 'Fertility and Ethnicity in the UK: recent trends' in Understanding Population trends and

Processes, Volume 3: Ethnicity and Integration (J. Stilwell and M. Van Ham eds., Springer) Chap 4.

 Dubuc S and D. Coleman (2007) 'An increase in the sex ratio of births to India-born mothers in England and Wales:

evidence for sex-selective abortion' Population and Development Review 33, 2, pp 383-400
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Prof Dominic Kniveton
Post: Professor of Climate Science & Society (Geography, Sussex Centre for Migration
Research, International Development)
Location: CHICHESTER 1 CI155
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Internal: 7757 or 7238
UK: 01273 877757 or 01273 877238
International: +44 1273 877757 or +44 1273 877238

Research expertise:
Africa, Climate change, Decision making, Development, Disaster risk, Migration, South Asia
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Biography
Dom is Professor of Climate Change and Society at the University of Sussex. His research spans issues of
development, climate change, disaster risk, migration and health. He uses a variety of methods in his research
including numerical modelling and qualitative techniques such as Q methodology and serious games. He has
been PI or Co-I on grants totalling over £7 million. Through his research he has been asked for advice from the
United Nations, the World Bank, the EU, the UK government and the International Organisation of Migration.
His work in migration and climate change was recognised with the Royal Geographical Society's Cuthbert Peek
award. Dominic’s current research projects include Future Climate for Africa AMMA2050 project in West Africa
(DFiD/NERC/ESRC); the Science for Humanitarian and Emergency Research's ForPAC project in Kenya
(DFiD/NERC/ESRC); the Migrants on the Margins project in Bangladesh, Somaliland, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka
(ESRC/DFiD/RGS); and the future of migration in Europe (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre on
Foresight, Behavioural Insights and Design for Policy) . He is a member of the Lancet Countdown and has a
visiting scientist position at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).

Community and Business

EXAMPLES of LINKS with BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE and the Community

2017                           Invited contribution to EU's JRC foresight project on the future of migration in Europe
2016                           Invited to be Mid-term Assessor of the WISER
project  http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/what/international/projects/wiser

2016                           The Advisory Committee Member of Global Platform for Disaster Risk
Reduction http://disasterdisplacement.org/

2016-2017                 NERC/ESRC/AHRC, Building resilience and inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through

social learning around climate risks, PI, working with Kenya Meteorological Department and the Ada
consortium http://www.adaconsortium.org/The Ada consortium brings together Christian Aid (CA),  International
Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Kenya Meteorological Services (KMS) and Met Office.
Partners take responsibility for the work in different counties: Christian Aid leads in Kitui and Makueni, through
its local partner Ukambani Christian Community Services currently rebranding to Anglican Development
Services Eastern (ADS-E) while IIED also the grant holder, leads the work in Garissa, Isiolo and Wajir through
three local partners: WomanKind Kenya, Resource Advocacy Programme in Isiolo and Arid Lands
Development Focus in Wajir respectively.

2016-2020     DFID/NERC, Science for Humanitarian Emergencies & Resilience (SHEAR) project: ForPAC,
2016-2020, Co-I, working with Red Cross Kenya, Red Cross Climate Centre, Kenya Meteorological Services,
National Drought Management Authority (Kenya) and Alert Network http://portal.alertpreparedness.org/the-
alert-project/ The ALERT Project is led by the following consortium of organisations: CARE, Concern
Worldwide, Handicap International, HelpAge International, Islamic Relief, Oxfam, and Coventry University.

2015-2019                 DFID/NERC Future climate for Africa project: AMMA2050 (co-PI). Working with the
Governments of Burkina Faso and Senegal.

2013-2015                 DFID StARK+ Strengthening Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change in Kenya, Ada
Consortium

2015                           Presentation at the World Bank on the role of migration in building adaptive capacity as
part of KNOMAD  Longitudinal Research on Environmental Change and Migration:  A Workshop on Objectives,
Methods, and Applicability to Policy and Practice March 19-20, 2015, World Bank, Washington, DC

2015                           Participation in the Nansen Initiative Civil Society and Consultative committee meetings
on the Protection Agenda in Katmandu in January and Geneva in March

2011                           Exchange partner on Climate and  Development Knowledge Network – Innovation Fund
Project ‘Climate science humanitarian policy exchange’ with Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP),
Christian Community Services Mount Kenya East (CCSMKE)  Christian Aid InterGovernmental Authority on
Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC), Kenya Meteorological Department
(KMD) The Senegalese Red Cross (Croix Rouge Sénégalaise-CRS) International Federation of the Red Cross-
Red Crescent (IFRC) regional office for the Sahel Red Cross-Red Crescent Climate Centre, African Centre of
Meteorological Application for Development  (ACMAD) partnership with the Agence Nationale  de la
Météorologie du Sénégal (ANAMS), CAFOD and Oxfam GB, Liverpool University,  Oxford University, UK Met
Office Hadley Centre,  University Cheikh Anta Diop.

2011                           Invited participant with humanitarian actors in Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded
‘Making better use of climate science’ in Nairobi and Arusha, Kenya & Tanzania .

2010                           Judge and steering committee member of FOTODOCUMENT

(http://www.fotodocument.org/).

2010                           Invited talk at United Nations Population Fund UNFPA supported population Dynamics
and Climate Change II, Mexico City.

2009                           Invited talk and participant at Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN), Climate
change refugee forum event r in partnership with Refugee Council, Refugee Action, Praxis and Migrant Rights.

2009                           Invited talk on the use of Agent based models in Migration Modelling  to the Lead Experts
and Project Team of the Global Environmental Migration Project of the  Foresight Project of the Govt. Office for
Science  at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, London.

2009                           Invited steering committee member of Climate Change, Environment and Migration
Alliance – a multi-stakeholder global partnership of concerned actors including international organisations,
interested grups of states and representatives of the private sector, the scientific and professional community
and civil society.

2009                           Invited participant at Government Office for Science, Foresight scoping workshop on
Migration, 1stJune, London.

2008                           Ambiental Technical Solutions. Development, submission and award of SEEDA  funded
BUSINESS+ project between Ambiental and University of Sussex.

2008                           Keynote speaker to international diplomatic community at  United Nations on ‘Climate

change, environmental degradation and migration: how viable are current predictions?’ 9 th May, New York,
USA.

2008                           Invited participant and keynote speaker at United Nations ENVIRONMENT

PROGRAMME, International Organistaion for Migration, Munich-RE and UNITED NATIONS University
research workshop on Migration and the Environment: Developing a global research agenda measuring the
Migration/Environment Nexus. Munich, Germany.
2008                           Invited participant and facilitator at Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry of
Defence and Department of International Development (DFID) workshop on Future trends and challenges:
Drivers for Change in Africa. Wilton Park, UK.

2007                           Invited participant in expert seminar of International Organistaion for Migration and
United Nations Population Fund on Migration and the Environment, Bangkok, Thailand.

2006                           Invited participant of roundtable discussion on climate change at 'South Africa Day',
organised by the Royal Society, with the UK's Office of Science and Technology with the Department of
Science and Technology of South Africa, London, UK.

2004                           Keynote speaker to Heads of all of the African Meteorological Services at the 6th
EUMETSAT User forum in Africa, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.