I am an Assistant Professor of Human-Environment Geography in the Department of Human Geography, Planning, and International Development at the University of Amsterdam.

My research examines how climate change—particularly heatwaves, dangerous hot-humid days, and droughts—affects manual labor jobs in the Global South. To explore these impacts, I integrate large-scale data from both the natural and social sciences with on-the-ground fieldwork, focusing primarily on South Asia (especially India) and West Africa (especially Nigeria).

My work has been funded by an NWO Onderzoekstalent grant (PhD), an NWO Rubicon fellowship (postdoc), and an NWO Veni grant. In addition to my role at the University of Amsterdam, I maintain affiliations with Columbia University in New York and the University of Twente in Enschede.

Research methods

Quantitative analyses (Python, R)

Qualitative analyses (household surveying, interviews, focus groups)

Geographical Information Systems

Mixed methods

Current research projects

NWO Veni: On the Move: Charting New Territory in Climate Migration Research in West Africa and South Asia.

I investigate how droughts are leading to agrarian distress in India and Nigeria, and how this leads to human mobility patterns both within and across border.

Research Grants & Honours

NWO Onderzoekstalent, NWO Embassy Science Fund, NWO Rubicon, NWO Veni.

Collaborations

Dutch Embassy in Delhi and Abuja, Columbia University, University of Twente.

Spatial Implications of Environmental Change (5132SIE12Y)

Geographical Information Systems (5132GEIS6Y)

De Stad (5022WEST6Y)

Thesis supervision BA/MA