Gabrielle Daoust

Gender and Women's Studies | Peace and Conflict Studies | International Studies | Natural Resources | Climate Change | Sustainability | Environment | Education | Geography | Political economy, political ecology, climate change, climate security/environmental security, conflict, international development, peace-building, humanitarianism, education, global governance

I joined UNBC’s Department of Global and International Studies in 2022. My research broadly examines relationships between and responses to environmental and climate change, water, and insecurity; changing forms, spaces, politics, and experiences of humanitarian response; and the political economy of education in contexts of conflict and peacebuilding. Across these areas, I am interested in colonial, post-colonial, and gendered dynamics, as well as ‘everyday’ relations and experiences. My research focuses particularly on the Lake Chad region (between Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria) and the wider Sahel region, as well as Sudan and South Sudan. For the past 10 years, I have been involved in numerous policy- and practice-focused research projects with international organizations such as UNICEF and with government bodies in the UK, including as a Research Associate in the Global Risks and Resilience programme with ODI. I completed my PhD and postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of International Relations at the University of Sussex (UK).