Centre for Development, Environment and Policy at SOAS

Colin Poulton

CeDEP Academic Director

Reader in Development Policy

Programme Convenor: Poverty Reduction: Policy and Practice

Research: Rural development and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tel: +44 (0)20 3073 8327
Email: cp31@soas.ac.uk
Room: LIDC 203

Laurence Smith

Professor of Environmental Policy and Development

Research: Natural resource management, water resources, rural development and poverty reduction.
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Tel: +44 (0)20 3073 8328
Email: ls34@soas.ac.uk
Room: 204

Research: Analysis of economic drivers of over- and under-nutrition, nutrition transition, dietary policy evaluation, impact assessment and the role of agriculture in enabling better nutrition and health.

Tel: 0207 958 8263
Email: b.shankar@soas.ac.uk
Room: LIDC 402

Nigel Poole

Professor of International Development Policy

Research: Agri-health and nutrition, natural resources and food value chains, poverty reduction.

Email: n.poole@soas.ac.uk
Room: 202
Office Hours: Wednesday 11 - 1

Ben Daley

Lecturer in Environmental Management

Programme Director, Sustainable Development

Research: Sustainable development, environmental change, environmental history and environmental management.

Tel: 020 3073 8333
Email: bd9@soas.ac.uk
Room: LIDC 205

Frauke Urban

Reader in Environment and Development

Programme Convenor: Environmental Management

Research: Climate change and development, climate change mitigation, low carbon development and energy policy, with a regional focus on Asia.

Tel: 0203 0738329
Email: fu1@soas.ac.uk
Room: LIDC 203

Jeff Waage, OBE

Member, Centre for Development, Environment and Policy

Food Policy. Farmer participatory research, biological alternatives to pesticides, biosecurity and management of invasive species affecting agriculture and the environment