Team

The REPAiR team brings together disciplinary and thematic research expertise spanning the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities, with partners based in the UK and South Africa. The team also includes people with practical experience in working with rangeland communities on conservation and market access.

Meet our team

Amber Huff

Research Fellow, Resource Politics and Environmental Change, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Adrian Nel

Senior Lecturer, Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)

Maria (Bat) S. Vorontsova

Research Leader, Integrated Monography, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Farai Mtero

Senior Researcher, Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)

Frank Matose

Co-Director, Environmental Humanities South Centre, University of Cape Town

Jess Nixon
Jess Nixon

Project Support Officer, Institute of Development Studies

Kevin Kirkman

Professor, Grassland Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)

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Kholosa Magudu

Meat Naturally Africa

Lars Otto Naess

Research Fellow, Resource Politics and Environmental Change, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Linda Pappagallo

Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Livasoa Randriamanalina

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Mafaniso Hara

Associate Professor, Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)

Nathan Oxley

Research Communications Manager, Resource Politics, Institute of Development Studies

Nosiseko Mtati

Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Coordinator, Meat Naturally Africa

Ruan de Wet

Technical Director, Meat Naturally Africa

Tapiwa Chatikobo

Postgraduate student, Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)

Trevor Hill

Professor, Department of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Associate Researchers

Francis Masse
Francis Masse

Assistant Professor in Human Geography, Northumbria University

Olivia Crowe
Olivia Crowe

PhD researcher, Imperial College London

Timothy Gibbs

Associate Prof (MCF), Commonwealth History, Paris-Nanterre University

Project Partners