Dr Alex Arnall - University of Reading

Staff Profile:Dr Alex Arnall

Name:

Dr Alex Arnall

Job Title:

Lecturer in Agriculture and Development

Responsibilities:

Programme Director for MSc Development Policy, Practice and Process
MSc Module Convenor for 'Forced Migration and Development' and 'Governance, Accountability and Development'

Areas of Interest:

Perceptions and Understandings of Climate Change and Migration: Conceptualising and Contextualising for Lakshadweep and Maldives, 2012-15 (Co-Investigator; The Research Council of Norway).
Involuntary Resettlement and Livelihoods Restoration in Flood-Affected Communities in Mozambique, 2011-12 (PI; British Academy).
Social Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Risk Perceptions in a Mozambican Resettlement Community, 2011-12. (PI; University of Reading Endowment Trust Fund and Walker Institute Research Development Fund).
Adaptive Social Protection in the Context of Agriculture and Food Security, 2009-2010. (Programme manager; UK Department for International Development).
Social Protection and Climate Resilience, 2010. (Conference co-organiser; World Bank).
African Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA), 2010. (Mozambique case study lead; Overseas Development Institute).

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

Arnall, A., Thomas, D.S.G., Twyman, C. and Liverman, D. 'Flooding, Resettlement and Livelihoods Change: Evidence from Rural Mozambique'. Accepted for publication in Disasters.
Davies, M., Bene, C., Arnall, A., Tanner, T., Andrew, N. and Coirolo, C. 'Promoting Resilient Livelihoods through Adaptive Social Protection: Lessons from 124 Programmes in South Asia. Accepted for publication in Development Policy Review.
Foxon, T.J, Gross, R., Chase, A., Howes, J., Arnall, A. and Anderson, D. (2005) 'Innovation Systems for New and Renewable Energy Technologies: Drivers, Barriers and Systems Failures', Energy Policy 33:2123-2137.
Arnall, A., Furtado, J., Ghazoul, J. and de Swardt, C. (2004) 'Informal Safety Nets: the Case of a South African Informal Settlement', Development Southern Africa 3.21:443-460.
Arnall, A. and Parr, D. (2004) 'Moving the Nanoscience and Technology Debate Forwards: Short-Term Impacts, Long-Term Uncertainty and the Social Constitution', Technology in Society 27:23-38.

2011-present. PhD Supervisor for Mr Hamza Adam, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading. Thesis title: Women, mining and livelihood diversification in northern Ghana. Self-funded (With Dr Gavin Hilson, SAPD).

Qualifications:

BSc (University of East Anglia); MSc (Imperial College); DPhil, (University of Oxford)