School of Geography and Sustainable Development

Tuberculosis in the time of COVID-19: improving safety in healthcare facilities

GCRF Funding Cycle2020-21 Principal InvestigatorDerek Sloan SchoolsMedicine, Geography and Sustainable Development ODA countriesUganda Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 3, Goal 4 Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection which can cause life-threatening illness, particularly for people are also living with HIV. Currently, HIV-TB care in Uganda is complicated by the emergence of a new viral disease: Coronavirus disease … Read more

Pro-conservation Livelihoods and Community Capabilities for Marine Protected Area Governance

GCRF Funding Cycle2020-21 Principal InvestigatorTim Stojanvoic SchoolsGeography & Sustainable Development, Computer Science ODA countriesMadagascar, Ghana, Kenya Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 1, Goal 4 Global expansion of marine protected areas (MPAs) is set to rapidly continue, adding to the astounding 28 million sq.km of oceans and coasts designated since 2000, to deliver the SDG Target 14.1. These … Read more

The St Andrews – Africa Research (StAAHR) Health Network (consolidator)

The St Andrews Africa Research (StAAHR) Health Network has a mission of using interdisciplinary approaches to address interactable global health challenges. Led by Dr Wilber Sabiiti and Dr Katherine Keenan, the network will offer training to increase south-south data analysis and research dissemination skills and build a digital resource centre hosting the network’s outputs and … Read more

The GCRF Cultural Heritage Hub (consolidator)

The GCRF Cultural Heritage Hub is an interdisciplinary consolidator project coordinated by the University of St Andrews. Led by Dr Richard Bates, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, the hub works in collaboration with local communities and partner organisations in Tanzania, Peru, Costa Rica, and Ukraine. More information can be found on the project’s dedicated … Read more

Valuing Intact Tropical Peatlands

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorKaty Roucoux SchoolsGeography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesPeru Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 12, Goal 13 This work is studying the social, economic and cultural values of peatlands in the Peruvian Amazon to complement existing scientific research on the carbon content, ecology and formation of tropical peatlands in the Pastaza-Marañón Foreland Basin. It … Read more

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