Jennifer Joy West

Jennifer Joy West

Instituttleder

  • Institutt for internasjonale miljø- og utviklingsstudier, Noragric

Jennifer is an environmental social scientist holding a Master in Management of Natural Resources and Sustainable Agriculture (MNRSA) and PhD in international environment and development studies, both from Noragric. As head of the Department of International Environment and Development Studies, she leads academic and strategic development of research and education across Noragric's five study programmes and four research clusters dealing with rights, accountability and power in development, environmental governance, conflict, human security and development and climate change and agricultural development.

West has several decades of interdisciplinary research experience working at the interface between climate change adaptation, rural and agricultural development and transformations toward sustainability in Norway and internationally. Her primary academic expertise lies at the interface between climate adaptation, agricultural development and climate services in support of sustainable development, with a particular focus on East Africa and on inter/transdisciplinary methodologies integrating natural and social sciences and qualitative and quantitative approaches. She has also contributed to research on enhancing the relevance of climate information and services for coastal adaptation in Norway/Europe and to initiatives aimed at enhancing social science contributions to climate change and climate services research internationally.