MMUST’s Risk Mitigation Expert, Dr. Nicodemus Nyandiko has been appointed to head the steering committee of a ‘Research Network on Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change for Africa'.
The Steering Group will comprise of: Dr. Nicodemus Nyandiko, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, Kenya (Chair), Professor Ademola Jegede, University of Venda, South Africa, Professor Edwin Abuya, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Dr. Cheikh Tidiane Wade, Assane Seck University, Senegal, Dr. Annette Okoth, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, Kenya, Dr. Oluwatoyin Adejonwo-Osho, University of Lagos, Nigeria and Dr. Tamara Wood, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law UNSW, Australia.
The Research Network is supported by Kaldor Refugee Study Centre (Australia) and International Organization of Migration.
Thefocus of the network is to develop a Policy and Research Agenda for addressing displacement and migration in the context of disasters and climate change in Africa.
There will be an official launch of the Network on 30th November 2021.
We congratulate the two prolific scholars- Dr. Nicodemus Nyandiko and Dr. Annette Okoth, for putting MMUST on the global map of research.
