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Grady Walker

Email:
g.walker@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
01183787380
Job title:
Post Doctoral Research Officer

Responsibilities:

Senior research officer supporting the research design, implementation, analysis and outputs of the GCRF-funded project - Understanding the biophysical processes and extension mechanisms of Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Walker Institute, supporting a research consortium of the Future Climate for Africa programme focusing on climate change adaptation in the Lake Victoria Basin of East Africa.

Research centres and groups

Global Research Initiative for Rural Communication (GRI-RC)
International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Walker Institute
International Environment Forum
Centre for Communication and Social Change

Publications

Petty, C. , Ngoleka, S. , Cornforth, R. , Achiro, E. , Acidri, J. , Ainslie, A. , Owuor, J. , Walker, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-2176-8604 (2022) Adaptation planning: an integrated approach to understanding vulnerability in the Lake Victoria Basin. Frontiers in climate , 3 ISSN: 2624-9553 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.782534

Walker, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-2176-8604 , Osbahr, H. ORCID: 0000-0002-0130-2313 , Cardey, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-8027 (2021) Thematic collages in participatory photography: a process for understanding the adoption of Zero Budget Natural Farming in India. International Journal of Qualitative Methods , 20 ISSN: 1609-4069 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1609406920980956
Cornforth, R. , Petty, C. , Walker, G. (2021) Supporting climate-resilient planning at national and district levels: a pathway to multi-stakeholder decision-making in Uganda. In: Conway, D. and Vincent, K. , (eds.) Climate Risk in Africa: Adaptation and Resilience. Palgrave-Macmillan pp. 131-145. ISBN: 9783030611590 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61160-6_8

Walker, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-2176-8604 (2020) Participatory action research using visual methods. Walker Institute | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3980769
Bouwer, R. , Cornforth, R. , Lapworth, D. , Mcdonald, D. , Marsham, J. , Mittal, N. , Petty, C. , Walker, G. , Way, C. (2020) Summary of FCFA work in Kenya. Future Climate for Africa

Burgin, L. , Walker, G. , Cornforth, R. , Rowell, D. , Marsham, J. , Semazzi, F. , Sabiti, G. , Ainslie, A. , Araujo, J. , Ascott, M. , Clegg, D. , Clenaghan, A. , Lapworth, D. , Lwiza, K. , Macdonald, D. , Petty, C. , Wainwright, C. (2019) Possible futures for rural East Africa under a changing climate: HyCRISTAL climate narrative rural infographic and Brief. Zenodo - CERN Repository | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3257288

Walker, G. (2018) Movie making as critical pedagogy: conscientization through visual storytelling. Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 9783319969251 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96926-8
Acidri, J. , Petty, E. , Cornforth, R. , Clegg, D. , Ainslie, A. , Walker, G. , Talwisa, M. , Clenaghan, A. (2018) Uganda - Synthesising Evidence for Targeted National Responses to Climate Change. Zenodo (CERN) (0218/01). , Switzerland. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3510110

Walker, G. (2017) Insider Windows in Nepal: a critical pedagogy for environmental communication. In: Milstein, T. , Pileggi, M. , Morgan, E. , (eds.) Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice. Routledge , London. ISBN: 9781315562148 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315562148

Walker, G. and Arrighi, J. (2015) The CSC dilemma in development: a possible solution. Media Development , 2015/3

van de Fliert, E. , Reeves, L. , Walker, G. , Sam, S. , Nigussie, H. (2014) Mainstreaming communication for development in policies and programmes. FAO pp 70.
Walker, G. and Arrighi, J. (2014) Participatory video and games for a new climate. Leonardo , 47 (5). pp. 508-508. ISSN: 0024-094X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00826

Walker, G. (2013) Climate change oppression: media production as the practice of freedom. Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development , 9 (1). pp. 97-106. ISSN: 1948-3074 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8CN749B
Walker, G. and Arrighi, J. (2013) Participatory video as a catalyst for informal learning and expression: a review of a PV training in Uganda, 2012. LEARNing Landscapes , 6 (2). pp. 409-423.