Personal profile
Research interests
Professor Nunan's research interests lie in the arrangements for and practice of governance of renewable natural resources in low- and middle-income countries. She particularly uses institutional analysis, but also has interests in how power and gender relations, and the wider political economy, affect the practice and outcomes of natural resource governance.
See Professor Nunan's ORCID for a full list of outputs: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4079-6296
Biography
Prof Nunan first joined IDD in 1994, working in the areas of urban waste management, peri-urban natural resource management and poverty-environment linkages. She rejoined IDD in September 2008, after spending five years in East Africa, working on two fisheries management projects, funded by the UK Department for International Development and the EU. Her research now centres on the arrangements for and practice of governing renewable natural resources in low- and middle-income countries.
Prof Nunan served as Head of the International Development Department between 2014 and 2020.
Her first book was published in 2015 by Routledge, Understanding Poverty and the Environment: Analytical Frameworks and Approaches. The book makes an innovative contribution to literature on environment and development by bringing together a diverse range of analytical approaches and frameworks that can be used to study human-nature interactions. She was made a Professor in 2018 and gave her inaugural lecture in January 2020.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
-
SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
-
How patron-client relations influence fisheries co-management: A case study of Bangladesh
Ferdous, R. & Nunan, F., Aug 2025, In: World Development. 192, 11 p., 107043.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Delivering sustainable climate action: reframing the sustainable development goals
Singh, A., Pope, F. D., Radcliffe, J., Luiu, C., Bakare, H., Bartington, S. E., Bonsu, N. O., Bryson, J. R., Cheeseman, N., Flowe, H., Krause, S., Newbigging, K., Nunan, F., Reardon, L., Rogers, C. D. F., Rowlingson, K. & Thomson, I., 26 Nov 2024, In: npj Climate Action. 3, 10 p., 110.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile50 Downloads (Pure) -
Responding to civil war: fisheries as a safety net and lootable resource on Lake Tanganyika, the Democratic Republic of Congo
Namwira, D., Nunan, F. & Beswick, D., 1 Apr 2024, In: MAST Maritime Studies. 23, 14 p., 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile56 Downloads (Pure) -
A gendered analysis of fisherfolk migration on Lake Victoria, East Africa
Nunan, F., 22 Jul 2021, In: African Identities. 19, 3, p. 342-358 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile280 Downloads (Pure) -
How does governance mediate links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation? Results from a systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of literature
Nunan, F., Menton, M., McDermott, C., Huxham, M. & Schreckenberg, K., Oct 2021, In: World Development. 146, 105595.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile79 Downloads (Pure)
-
25/26 ISPF ODA Funding: Sustaining capacity development for adaptive fisheries governance in Malawi and Uganda
Nunan, F. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Research Councils
-
Building adaptive fisheries governance capacity
Nunan, F. (Principal Investigator)
Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs
1/12/23 → 30/11/26
Project: Other Government Departments
-
24-25 ISPF ODA: Strengthening capacity for adaptive fisheries governance in Malawi and Uganda
Nunan, F. (Principal Investigator)
18/11/24 → 31/03/25
Project: Research Councils
-
Critical review of the implications of project requirements of UK voluntary carbon offset schemes (Newton International Fellowship)
Nunan, F. (Principal Investigator)
31/03/23 → 31/03/25
Project: Research Councils
-
Identifying and mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on legal and sustainable wildlife trade in LMICs
Nunan, F. (Co-Investigator) & Bersaglio, B. (Principal Investigator)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council, Economic & Social Research Council
14/08/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Research Councils