Flavia is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at IDD. Her research focuses on the gendered politics of adaptation decision-making in Uganda. Prior to her current role, Flavia completed a PhD in International Development at the University of Birmingham. Her Doctoral research explored the interconnection between the interaction of gendered institutions and gender relations and how these dynamics influence adaptation decisions of smallholder women farmers in Uganda.
Flavia has held teaching positions in the Department of Development Studies at Makerere University, Uganda Martyrs University, and Kumi University. During her PhD studies, she served as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant in the School of Government and frequently delivered guest lectures to Gender and Development Masters students in the School of Government.
Flavia’s research engages with the complex intersections of environmental change, gender, and sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. Her research unravels structural and relational dimensions of gendered climate adaptation contributing to broader debates on equity, justice, and resilience in the context of global environmental change. Her specific interest areas are climate change adaptation, agriculture, women’s empowerment, feminist political ecology and food security. Her academic work has been published in the Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development and by Uganda Martyrs University Press. Her work has also been presented at international conferences across Africa and Europe.