Alice McClure

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Alice is driven by deep desire to see justice realized in many ways across African contexts, which are plagued by a history of injustice, including various forms of oppression. She is very pleased to have found a way to work towards justice through climate research that prioritizes diverse, lived experiences of climate risk (particularly for marginalized people) in conversation with scientific climate information, and that acknowledges the different (often competing) needs of various actor groups into the future. Alice’s work is rooted in transdisciplinary praxis. She also aims to contribute to growing body of knowledge relevant to transdisciplinary that focuses on (and is generated in) African contexts. Alice is currently finishing a thesis that explores transdisciplinary learning for navigating complex African urban climate risks using expansive learning theory, which centers the transformative agency of participants.

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Alice McClure, (2023) Enablers of transdisciplinary collaboration for researchers working on climate risks in African cities Sustainability Science doi:10.1007/s11625-023-01426-w
Alice McClure, Zarina Patel, Gina Ziervogel, Joanne Hardman, (2023) Exploring the role of transdisciplinary learning for navigating climate risks in African cities: The case of Lusaka, Zambia Environmental Science & Policy doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103571
Sheona Shackleton, Anna Taylor, Louise Gammage, Lindsey Gillson, Nadia Sitas, Nadine Methner, Shayan Barmand, Jessica Thorn, Alice McClure, Leigh Cobban, Astrid Jarre, Oghenekaro Nelson Odume, (2023) Fostering transdisciplinary research for equitable and sustainable development pathways across Africa: what changes are needed? Ecosystems and People doi:10.1080/26395916.2022.2164798
(2022) Power dynamics in transdisciplinary research for sustainable urban transitions Environmental Science & Policy doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2022.02.001
Anna Taylor, Lulu Pretorius, Alice McClure, Kornelia N. Iipinge, Brenda Mwalukanga, Rudo Mamombe, (2021) Embedded researchers as transdisciplinary boundary spanners strengthening urban climate resilience Environmental Science & Policy doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.002
(2021) Facilitating Urban Sustainability through Transdisciplinary (TD) Research: Lessons from Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe Sustainability doi:10.3390/su13116205
(2021) Understanding and supporting climate-sensitive decision processes in southern African cities Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2021.03.006
(2021) Co-production: Learning from Contexts Climate Risk in Africa: Adaptation and Resilience doi:978-3-030-61160-6
Burnet Mkandawire, Bernard Thole, Dereck Mamiwa, Tawina Mlowa, Alice McClure, Jessica Kavonic, Christopher Jack, (2021) Application of Systems-Approach in Modelling Complex City-Scale Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Production Process and Learning Patterns for Climate Resilience Systems doi:10.3390/systems9010007
(2020) Advancing the 2030 Agenda in African cities through knowledge co-production [] doi:10.24948/2020.01
(2019) Towards resilient African cities: Shared challenges and opportunities towards the retention and maintenance of ecological infrastructure Global Sustainability doi:10.1017/sus.2019.16
Taylor A, Methner N, Barkai K, McClure A, Jack C, New M, Ziervogel G, () Operationalising climate-resilient development pathways in the Global South Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability doi:6740fbe1-32a1-400c-b09a-862121463039

Posts by amcclure

What do we mean by urban climate justice?, 04 Nov 2022 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage and Uncategorized
Cities and climate: what’s our next step?, 09 Mar 2018 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage
A blog about not knowing, 10 Nov 2017 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage and Uncategorized
The sociable scientist, 02 Apr 2017 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage and Uncategorized
The Thirst: It calls for a lifestyle change, 15 Mar 2017 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage and Uncategorized
Culturing (some form of) a growth mindset for learning in FRACTAL, 02 Feb 2017 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage
FRACTAL’s embedded researcher in Lusaka tells us why she’s excited about the project, 23 Sep 2016 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage
FRACTAL’s first learning lab: the moment we’ve all been waiting for…, 12 Sep 2016 in Climate Services and CSAG Blog and Frontpage
Ramblings of a recovering positivist, 08 Aug 2016 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage