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I am a human geographer interested in climate adaptive (in)capacity, immiseration, and (im)mobility.
My doctoral research, titled Climate Risk and Adaptive (In)Capacity: Processes of immiseration as limits to adaptation in Driefontein, Zimbabwe develops a concept of immiseration, defined as protracted depletion of agency, removing adaptive capacity in the face of risks, such as climate change. I integrate life-history narratives drawn from semi-structured qualitative interviews with household heads, assets-based livelihoods analysis, and a quantitative household survey to show how immiseration emerges over time, entrapping households in adaptation failure, challenging the assumption of adaptive capacity as being a universal feature of households and groups.
My research interests also include Black placemaking, Black Geographies, and Decolonising geography in the university. I co-designed and led research on Black placemaking in the King’s College London Geography department, a project funded by the Race Equity & Inclusive Education Fund (REIEF) of the college’s School of Professional and Continuing Education. I presented my findings to the department and the Black PhD Collective, culminating in writing about this research for the Royal Geographic Society (RGS) and participating in the Fi Wi Road New Perspectives PGR Panel at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026.
I am a past recipient of the UK Government’s Chevening Scholarship through which I achieved a Distinction in my MSc in Innovation for Sustainable International Development at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex.