Denyse joined the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment in September 2019 as a Research Officer working with Dr. Declan Conway. Her work focuses on using climate information for adaptation, through comparative work between the UK and countries in either Africa or South Asia.

Background

Prior to joining Grantham, Denyse did her PhD in Sustainable Development at Columbia University. There, she combined climate information (including satellite rainfall data and storm advisories), economic and disaster data, alongside local perspectives, to focus on the potential for using climate information for disaster and climate risk management in the context of Caribbean small islands. Before the PhD programme, she completed MA degrees in Climate and Society (Columbia University) and in Development Studies/Economics of Development (International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Hague), as well as a post-graduate diploma in International Relations from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. Denyse has recently assisted a WB/ADB project by compiling climate change risk profiles for Pacific small islands, and has worked with the Inter-American Development Bank, UNDP, UNDESA, and the Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago to the UN in New York.

Research Interests

• Evaluating and using climate information for decision-making
• Climate change adaptation and development
• Climate and society
• Improving resilience to climate and weather shocks (incl. communication and preparedness)
• Small Island Developing States