SESLaB

About me

​I am an Associate Professor in Environmental Science & Sustainability at the University of Glasgow's School of Social & Environmental Sustainability. I am the Director of Postgraduate Programmes and Deputy Director of Research of the School and Programme Director of the MSc Environmental Risk Management. I also serving as the Editor in Chief of the journal Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change.   

 

Before joining the University of Glasgow, I worked for the Institute of Geography, the University of Bern and the University of Southampton. I was the recipient of Europe's most competitive and prestigious awards Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. 

 

I hold a PhD (2016) in Geography and Environmental Science from the University of Southampton, UK, where I specialized in interdisciplinary and social-ecological systems research. Prior to starting my PhD, I completed my MSc (2012) in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University, The Netherlands.  

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​My research focuses mainly on the social-ecological system (SES) approach and modelling with the following research interests:

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1. Operationalizing the SES approach for sustainability challenges (Water, food insecurity, climate change, and natural hazards) using real-world examples

2. Understanding of social-ecological co-evolution and dynamics (e.g. feedback, nonlinearity, delay)

3. Defining the limits (Tipping point, Safe and just operating space) of sustainability

 

I take both interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to conceptualizing and modelling social-ecological co-evolution and dynamics.

 

On the methodological side, I use system dynamics, agent-based and participatory modelling to understand the dynamics of the social-ecological systems. In addition to the modelling approaches, I also use network and time series analysis through statistical and econometric methods to understand the co-evolution and relationships within and between social and ecological systems. In the case of cross-sectional analysis, I am skilled at analysing the “Household Income and Expenditure Survey” datasets collected by national governments and the world bank.