Gina has a Ph.D. in Geography that she completed in 2002 at the University of Oxford. She is particularly interested in vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and how the additional stress of other factors, such HIV/AIDS, economy and governance limits adaptation and impacts on food security.

Her Ph.D. explored issues around seasonal climate forecasts and use among smallholder farmers in Lesotho, as well as the national and district institutions supporting climate information dissemination. This work has since developed and today Gina focuses on a broad range of social and environmental issues in southern Africa.

Gina has worked for the SEI since 2002. She also works for the University of Cape Town, where she grew up and is currently based.

Her research interests include:

- Vulnerability and adaptation to climate, environmental and health stress

- Food insecurity and household/district response

- Southern African development and resource management

- Participatory research for understanding scientific application potential

- Rural livelihood diversity and resilience

Publications

• Coping with Multiple Stresses in Rural South Africa (Journal article - 2011)

• Climate change adaptation in a developing country context: The case of urban water supply in Cape Town (Journal article - 2010)

• Resilience and Vulnerability: Complementary or Conflicting Concepts? (Journal article - 2010)

• Adapting to climate change to sustain food security (Journal article - 2010)

• Complex Multiple Stressors and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Case of a Rural South African Community (Book chapter - 2010)

• The Use of Climate Science in Agricultural Adaptation in Africa (Book chapter - 2010)

• Integrating climate change information into development and disaster management planning: Lessons from Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia (Book chapter - 2010)

• Vulnerability interventions in the context of multiple stressors: lessons from the Southern Africa Vulnerability Initiative (SAVI) (Journal article - 2009)

• Video-mediated approaches for community-level climate adaptation (Journal article - 2009)

• Vulnerability assessments in the developing world: Mozambique and South Africa (Book chapter - 2009)

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Projects

• The power of collaborative governance: Managing the risks associated with flooding and sea-level rise in the City of Cape Town