Alice McClure
Research Staff
Alice has been working at CSAG since 2016 and in the field of climate change and sustainable development since 2011. Alice’s research interests span climate risk and vulnerability, climate governance learning, climate adaptation, African cities resilience, as well as localizing and understanding interlinkages between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She has particular expertise in integrating these research foci to inform climate-resilient decision making in cities by bringing together networks of critical players (and funders) in addressing pressing climate risks. She has demonstrated this expertise through her role as the academic coordinator of the Future Resilience of African CiTies and Lands (FRACTAL) project at CSAG, which involves leading an international transdisciplinary team in the design, implementation and adaptive management of multi-actor, multi-region co-production research to contribute to urban African climate resilience. In line with her research interests, Alice is also enrolled in a PhD at UCT, through which she is exploring the value of transdisciplinary learning processes for governing complex, emergent problems associated with African urban climate risks. She is passionate about working with society to produce climate-related knowledge that supports transformations towards a better future. Alice obtained an MSc in Environmental Science from Rhodes University in 2011.
Personal SitePublications
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(2022) Power dynamics in transdisciplinary research for sustainable urban transitions
Environmental Science & Policy
doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2022.02.001
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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
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(2021) Facilitating Urban Sustainability through Transdisciplinary (TD) Research: Lessons from Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe
Sustainability
doi:10.3390/su13116205
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(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
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(2021) Co-production: Learning from Contexts
Climate Risk in Africa: Adaptation and Resilience
doi:978-3-030-61160-6
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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
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(2020) Advancing the 2030 Agenda in African cities through knowledge co-production
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doi:10.24948/2020.01
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(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
Posts by amcclure
- 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