Climate Adaptation
Dr L. Mensah
Distinguished Fellow of Southshore university College · Wageningen University · Southshore
Biography
Dr Mensah leads field research on coastal adaptation in the Gulf of Guinea, working with fishing communities on saltwater intrusion, livelihoods and migration.
- Discipline
- Climate Adaptation
- Country
- Ghana / Netherlands
- Current university
- Wageningen University · Southshore
- Languages
- English, Ewe, Dutch
Areas of expertise
- Coastal adaptation
- Climate migration
- Fisheries livelihoods
- Community-based research
Appointments
- Distinguished Fellow, Southshore university College (Present)
- Associate Researcher, Wageningen Environmental Research (2017 – present)
Education
- PhD Environmental Science, Wageningen University (2016)
- MPhil Geography, University of Ghana, Legon (2011)
Selected publications
- Saltwater Intrusion and Household Strategies in the Volta Estuary. Global Environmental Change, 2023.
- Adaptive Capacity in Small-Scale Fisheries. Marine Policy, 2020.
Awards & honours
- WIO Marine Science Early-Career Award (2022)
Contact
- Email: l.mensah@southshore.edu.gh
- Office: Coastal Lab
- ORCID: 0000-0003-0987-2210
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