Susan Njambi-Szlapka
Thesis title: Anticipating food crises in agro-pastoral communities – how can we provide effective early action
Address
- Street
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Charnock Bradley Building
Easter Bush Campus - City
- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Susan Njambi-Szlapka is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh’s College of Medicine and Veterinary Studies and Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading, she completed a Masters degree in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation at the University of Oxford.
Susan has since worked in international development and humanitarian sectors conducting research and evaluations around agricultural livelihoods in Uganda, Kenya and Ghana during her time at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). At the Start Network, Susan led evaluation, research and learning work around disaster risk financing and anticipatory action. In her time at Start Network she commissioned, oversaw and led on research and evaluations around anticipatory and early action interventions for drought across multiple countries in Africa and Asia.