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Blane Harvey - Research Fellow

Climate Change
T: +44 (0)1273 915831
E: b.harvey@ids.ac.uk

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Administrator:
Nadine Beard

Thematic Expertise:
Capacity Development; Climate Change; Climate Change Knowledge and Learning; Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience; Education; ICTs.

Geographic Expertise:
Canada; Ghana; Kenya; Mali; Senegal.

Blane Harvey is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Development Studies' Climate Change Team. Prior to joining IDS he completed a PhD in Education and International Development at McGill University and was a member of the Climate Change Programme at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).

Blane's recent work has focused on a critical exploration of knowledge production, validation and dissemination processes within climate change, and the use of culturally-appropriate strategies and technologies for learning and knowledge sharing in the global South with a focus on North-South partnerships and inter-institutional cooperation. He is currently conducting research on the convergence of meaning-making across development, ICTs and the sciences in participatory North-South climate change initiatives; and on the potential of African community media to engage in action research and policy influence for climate change adaptation.

Blane has published extensively in the areas of learning, capacity, and knowledge production and has presented papers in these areas at academic and policy-oriented conferences worldwide. He has also been an active contributor to the UN climate change negotiations process since 2003 with a focus on strengthening action to support developing countries adapt to climate change.

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Climate Change Communication and Social Learning - Review and Strategy Development for CCAFS

22 (2012)
Harvey, B., Ensor, J., Carlile, L., Garside, B., Patterson, Z., and Naess, L.O.

Behind the Scenes at a Climate Change Knowledge Sharing Network

IDS Working Paper 402 (2012)
Fisher, C. and Harvey, B.

New Roles for Communication in Development?

IDS Bulletin 43.5 (2012)
Lewin, T., Harvey, B. and Page, S.

Practitioner Reflection on Systemic Action Research in Climate Change

In 'Action Research for Development and Social Change' (2012)
Burns, D.

From Technicism to Transformation: Vocational Adult Learning in Development

In 'Teaching for Global Community: Overcoming the Divide and Conquer Strategies of the Oppressor' (2011)
Rossatto, C.A.

Negotiating Openness Across Science, ICTs, and Participatory Development: Lessons from the AfricaAdapt Network

Information Technologies & International Development 7.1 (2011)
Harvey, B.

Negotiating Openness Across Science, ICTs, and Participatory Development: Lessons from the AfricaAdapt Network

Information Technologies & International Development 7.1 (2011)
Harvey, B.

Learning from Power in Development Cooperation: Lessons from Senegal

Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences 2.1 (2010)
Harvey, B.

Re-imagining Capacity and Collective Change: Experiences from Senegal and Ghana

In 'Reflecting Collectively on Capacities for Change' (2010)
Oswald, K. and Clarke, P.

Knowledge Sharing for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges

MEA Bulletin 73 (2009)
Harvey, B., Diagne, B., Nnam, J. and Tadege, A.

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