Action research on challenge questions the focus of Observatory’s second year

Action research on challenge questions the focus of Observatory’s second year

by | Aug 15, 2023 | About, Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, News, Projects

In its second year the Observatory moved from establishment and agenda-setting to implementing a portfolio comprising action research by young scholars (both PhD students and post-doctoral scientists), impact collaborations on nutrition data and community-led early...
Tackling drought and food security ‘early warning to early action’ gaps

Tackling drought and food security ‘early warning to early action’ gaps

by | May 19, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Data, Data for Children Collaborative, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Impact Collaborations, Projects

Together with the Data for Children Collaborative at the University of Edinburgh, we seek individuals and organizations to join us in an impact collaboration to find answers to the question: “How can we bridge the disconnects between food security, climatic and...
Time series for country-level childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality

Time series for country-level childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality

by | May 1, 2023 | Bangladesh, Children, Climate Change, Data, Data for Children Collaborative, Impact Collaborations, Nutrition, Projects, University of Edinburgh

In 2022, the Observatory partnered with the Data for Children Collaborative in an impact collaboration process to investigate how we can best produce a time series of childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality, survey timings and climate impacts. Here,...
Jameel Observatory small project support to University of Edinburgh staff

Jameel Observatory small project support to University of Edinburgh staff

by | Apr 28, 2023 | Climate Change, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, News, Projects, Research, University of Edinburgh

To deepen engagement and bring in new skill sets from across the University of Edinburgh, the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action seeks proposals from University of Edinburgh staff to support ot undertake action research on its key themes. The Jameel...