Guests of the Bayreuth Academy in the last five years

Our Guests

Mr. Dr. Shuaib Lwasa

Inviting institution:	Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
Stay:	22. Juni 2014
Home university:	Makerere University (Uganda)
Personal information:	Dr. Shuaib Lwasa’s career interests are in urban geography, spatial planning, landscape ecology, climate change, urban health, adaptation of cities to climate change, and disaster risk reduction, urban sustainability with links to livelihood systems and resilience to climate change. Shuaib publishes research on topics of cities and adaptation to climate change, health impacts of climate change, land and property rights, land use and landscape ecology, resource efficiency and spatial planning for sustainability. Shuaib coordinates the Habitat University (UNI) climate change and disaster Hub at the department of Geography. He also serves on the Science steering committee of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) and the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) of Future Earth. He is an IPCC Lead Author for the Fifth Assessment Report.