Contributors

William Geary

PhD Student, Deakin University

PhD Student, Deakin University William is just wrapping up a PhD at Deakin University and is interested in understanding how to manage ecosystems better. William has experience in ecological modelling, fire ecology, wildlife ecology and conservation science and policy.

Wangui Kimari

Anthropologist, University of Cape Town

Anthropologist, University of Cape Town Wangui Kimari is an anthropologist affiliated with the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town. Her work draws on many local histories and theoretical approaches in order to think through urban spatial management in Nairobi from the vantage point of its most marginalised residents. Wangui is also the participatory action research coordinator for the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC), a community-based organisation in Mathare, Nairobi, and a contributing editor to the online publication Africa Is a Country (AIAC). She is also a co-founder of the Nairobi-based critical urban studies forum: UTA-Do African Cities Workshop, an Urban Studies Foundation (USF) Trustee, and on the editorial boards of Urban Geography, Africa and Nokoko. She holds a PhD in social anthropology from York University, Canada.

Wanglin Ma

Associate Professor of Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Associate Professor of Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand I am doing research in the fields of Agricultural Economics and Development Economics. My research outputs have covered a wide range of topics, such as sustainability and economies of agrifood systems, food production and marketing, farmer organization, agribusiness, rural development, rural-to-urban migration, climate change and adaptation, land transfer, agricultural technology adoption, information technology adoption, welfare and well-being, productivity and efficiency, income growth, farmer subjective well-being, and rural energy transition. According to the economists ranking based on the past 10 years publishing at IDEAS, I was ranked "Top 10 Economists" (Authors 10) in New Zealand (https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.newzealand.html).

Wendy Williams

Associate Research Fellow, Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Associate Research Fellow, Africa Center for Strategic Studies Wendy Williams’ research focuses on forced displacement and migration, violent extremist organizations, illicit financial flows, international human rights and humanitarian law, military professionalism, and the rule of law.

Wendy Collinson

Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Biodiversity Value & Change, University of Venda

Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Biodiversity Value & Change, University of Venda Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Biodiversity Value & Change, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa IUCN: Transport Working Group Project Manager, Wildlife & Transport Programme, Endangered Wildlife Trust

William Roberts

Assistant Professor, Climate Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle

Assistant Professor, Climate Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle I've always been fascinated by the weather and climate. This ultimately led to an undergraduate degree in Meteorology and a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences. Along this journey I learnt that not only do we know quite a lot about how the climate changed in the past, but also, by using climate models, we can explain the physics behind these changes. This is now the focus of my research. In the past I've looked at how year to year variability in the tropical Pacific evolved over the last 10 thousand years, how collapsing ice sheets can alter the global climate, and how year to year variability in Antarctica can be changed by the size of ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere. Underpining all of these studies is a desire to not just document changes but to explain how and why the changes happen.