REAL

Resilience in East African Landscapes

  • REAL project 2013-2018
  • People
    • Active projects 2023+
      • Beny Lilawola
      • Colin Courtney Mustaphi
      • Simone Markoff
    • Advisory Board
    • Researchers
      • David Anderson
      • Franziska Bedorf
      • Michael Bollig
      • Lowe Borjeson
      • Benoit Hazard
      • Paul Lane
      • Rob Marchant
      • Dirk Verschuren
      • Mats Widgren
    • Early Stage Researcher Alumni
      • Christine Adongo
      • Maxmillian Chuhila
      • Chris de Bont
      • Aynalem Degefa
      • Esther Githumbi
      • Marie Gravesen
      • Rebecca Kariuki
      • Eric Kioko
      • Nik Petek
      • Annemiek Pas Schrijver
      • Anna Shoemaker
      • Geert van der Plas
    • Associate Partners
  • Publications
    • REAL Publications
    • Annemiek Pas Publications
    • Laboratory Protocols
    • Lexicon
    • Library Archive
    • Palaeo- Glossary
  • Contact us
  • ARCC Project 2017-2021
    • ARCC project overview
    • ARCC blog
  • BSX
  • PaleoLabTools

University of Ottawa alumnus biography

University of Ottawa alumnus biography

[Biography] [Departmental Website] [Publications] [Contact Info] “After high school, I was not exactly sure what I would like to study but knew that I had broad interests. The geography discipline allowed me to learn and explore multiple facets of human society, technology, and the natural environment, from the classroom, laboratory and field settings. After completing […]

Rebecca Kariuki

Rebecca Kariuki

Marie Ladekjær Gravesen

Marie Ladekjær Gravesen

Current Position Website Linkedin Google Scholar Biography Marie’s current research interests are climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and development assistance based at the Danish Institute for International Studies. Marie has a PhD from the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, Germany. I have a background in English and Anthropology from University of […]

Marie Ladekjær Gravesen

Marie Ladekjær Gravesen

Position: Early-stage researcher (ESR 10) Address: Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology University of Cologne Albertus-Magnus-Platz D-50923 Cologne Email: marie.gravesen@uni-koeln.de   Website: Department webpage Linkedin   Biography: I am Marie Ladekjær Gravesen, the ESR 10 of the REAL project. I am affiliated to the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at University of Cologne. I […]

Michael Bollig contact info

Michael Bollig contact info

Position: Professor for Anthropology Address: Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology (Institute für Ethnologie) University of Cologne Albertus-Magnus-Platz D-50923 Cologne Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology University of Cologne, Main Building Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 Cologne, Germany Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology University of Cologne, Main Building Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 Cologne, Germany Email: michael.bollig@uni-koeln.de Website: Ethnology website […]

Esther Githumbi

Esther Githumbi

Position: Post-doctoral Researcher [Google Scholar]   Biography: I am a Late Quaternary researcher focussing on landscape changes during the Holocene. My expertise is the use of multiple proxies such as pollen, charcoal, sediment physical and chemical characteristics to develop records of vegetation change, fire history and sediment processes. I have also worked with land-cover reconstruction […]

Nik Petek-Sargeant

Nik Petek-Sargeant

Position Postdoctoral researcher Address McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research University of Cambridge Cambridge Zero Maxwell Centre University of Cambridge Biography Nik was an Early Stage Researcher at Uppsala University and part of the Resilience in East African Landscapes (REAL) Innovative Training Network. His PhD research focused on the human-environment relationships of the Ilchamus community in […]

Maxmillian Chuhila contact info

Maxmillian Chuhila contact info

Position: Marie Curie ITN-Early-Stage Researcher and PhD Candidate Address: University of Warwick History Department H029, Humanities Building CV4 7AL Coventry, Uk Email: chuhilamj@yahoo.com or M.J.Chuhila@warwick.ac.uk Website: Supervisor: Bio:

Dirk Verschuren contact info

Dirk Verschuren contact info

Position: Professor, Head of Limnology Unit, Ghent University, Coordinating team in REAL project Address: Ghent University Department of Biology Limnology Research Unit. K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35 L10 9000 Gent Email: dirk.verschuren@UGent.be Website: UGent Limnology Publications: https://biblio.ugent.be/person/801000736550

Aynalem Z. Degefa contact info

Aynalem Z. Degefa contact info

  Position: Early-stage researcher, PhD student Address: Limnology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium Email: aynalemzenebe.degefa@ugent.be or aynalem241@gmail.com Website: UGent webpage Supervisor: Dirk Verschuren Biography: I am a doctoral student at Ghent University, Limnology Research Unit. I have BSc (2006) in Applied Geology from Mekelle University and MSc (2009) […]

Annemiek Pas Schrijver contact info

Annemiek Pas Schrijver contact info

Position: Early-stage researcher Address: Department of Human Geography Stockholms Universitet SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden Email: annemiek.schrijver@humangeo.su.se Website: SU webpage LinkedIn profile Bio: I am a PhD student in the department of Human Geography at Stockholm University. Within the ‘Historical Geography and Landscape Studies’ profile, I will investigate human-environment interactions in the Laikipia province. My research […]

Christine Adongo

Christine Adongo

Position: Early-stage researcher: ESR 9 Address: Centre Edgar Morin 22 rue d’Athenes 75009 Paris Email: adongoc@gmail.com, christine.adongo@ehess.fr I am an Early stage researcher based at L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Paris. My research theme is on development, socio-ecological transition and local adaptation in present time, under the supervision of Dr. Jean-Bernard Ouedraogo, […]

Next Page »

Latest News

Call for submissions to Special issues on Conservation and Future Land Use Changes

Dr Rebecca Kariuki is a guest editor for two special issues: Impacts of People's Engagement … [Read More...]

New paper on past Mount Kenya forest fires

  New paper out on long term forest fire interactions on Mount Kenya https://t.co/TCIiA5VXJl … [Read More...]

ARCC land use scenario discussions at NM-AIST, Arusha

On 30 March 2022, Rob Marchant led discussions on land use and land cover change scenarios developed … [Read More...]

Swiss Society for African Studies newsletter

  The latest Newsletter 2021/1 from the Swiss Society for African Studies features an ARCC … [Read More...]

More News

  • About us
  • People
  • Projects
  • Training
  • Resources
  • Contacts

Site information

REAL is a Marie Curie Actions InnovativeTraining Network (ITN), funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme.

Find us on Facebook:

Find us on Facebook:

Coordinating partner

Prof. Paul Lane
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History,
Uppsala University, and
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

Copyright © 2023