Accountable Adaptation Fellows

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Accountable Adaptation is running a mini-grants programme for early to mid-career researchers from the Global South. The programme is being run by the Africa Research and Impact Network and University College London and is aimed at improving accountability for adaptation in Africa. This research is being led by seven fellows across different African countries and contexts who are trialing and documenting different ways of thinking about accountability in adaptation.

This work builds upon Accountable Adaptation’s Working Paper ‘Opening up Accountability adaptation: a framework for research and action’ and the broader project goals of enhancing accountability across adaptation.

You can read more about each fellow and their project below.

Voices from Accountable Adaptation Fellows

In this video we hear from all seven of the Accountable Adaptation fellows at the programme’s summer school in Nairobi last July. The fellows introduce themselves and let us know what accountability in adaptation means to them within their projects. This video was developed by our programme partners ARIN.

Mini-Grant Fellows

Danley Colecraft Aidoo

Danley’s research is exploring the informal practice of peer-knowledge sharing among farmers in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

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Merham Keleg

Merham’s research examines the importance of knowledge co-creation between civil society and communities for climate adaptation accountability in Egypt, Africa.

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Lameck Kachena

Lameck’s research aims to explore how participatory dialogues and ranking and scoring tools can promote intra-institutional accountability for local authorities in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe.

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Simbarashe Kanyimo

Simba’s research seeks to investigate the potential of child-driven accountability mechanisms to enhance climate adaptation monitoring and reporting in urban contexts.

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Sika Limazie

Sika’s research seeks to explore how digital technologies, including mobile phone applications and online platforms, can improve the accountability of adaptation projects at the community level.

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Johannes Bhanye

Johannes’ research explores partnership dynamics in relation to flood risk management in informal settlements in cape town.

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Franklyn Pyokpung Zaure

Franklyn’s research seeks to harness the power of creative arts, specifically theatre, as a way of enhancing accountability for adaptation in Nigeria.

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