Emmanuel is a multidisciplinary lecturer in Urbanisation and Sustainable Development at The Bartlett Developing Planning Unit, University College London (UCL). His research interests focus on studying the governance, policy and institutional aspects of disaster risk and risk management, climate change adaptation and resilience, and community-led development in low-income urban centres, particularly in Africa. Emmanuel has previously worked on large research consortia such as the DFID/ESRC funded £3.3million ‘Urban Africa Risk Knowledge’ (Urban ARK project) and the GCRF-funded £7million ‘Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality’ (KNOW project) leading research on risk governance and co-production of knowledge and urban practice to address inequalities and development deficits. Emmanuel regularly provides technical inputs to sustainable development policy formulation & implementation processes and has worked with the AUDA-NEPAD, UNDP, UNEP and UN-Habitat. He is a contributing author to the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report on Climate Change (Working Group 2 – on impact, adaptation and vulnerability) and also serves as a Technical Advisor on urban resilience to the African Union. Emmanuel has an LLM in Environmental Law and Policy, and a PhD in Environmental Social Science both from the University of Kent, UK.