
Andy Dougill
@andydougill
Dean of the Sciences @UniofYork & Prof @YorkEnvironment. Integrated research on land degradation & climate adaptation in African Food Systems via @FSNetAfrica
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https://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/sciences/ 22-07-2011 16:17:26
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Diversifying diets is essential for both nutrition & climate change adaptation - see our @FSNetAfrica briefing note on opportunities with curcubit seeds (egusi) in Ghana - fsnetafrica.com/publications/p… w/ Abena Boakye, PhD. Agnes Mwangwela via Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Luanar Department of Environment and Geography



Warm welcome back to University of York & Department of Environment and Geography for Philip Antwi-Agyei at the start of his YESI International Fellowship exploring 'Urban agriculture as a strategy for building climate resilience' - great to strengthen our Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology links ever deeper! york.ac.uk/yesi/events/20…


So VERY pleased & proud that Dr Sibongile Zimba has passed her PhD viva (with minor corrections) @ScienceLeeds ! Truly great work on 'Understanding mechanisms & pathways underlying drought tolerance to identify climate-smart crops' 🇲🇼🥳


From PhD student to Professor - great to listen to Philip Antwi-Agyei reflections on 'Urban Agriculture for Building Climate Resilience & Lessons from Accra' via his YESI International Fellowship w/ Department of Environment and Geography (& I'm still asking questions😉) ...


Excellent to host Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Skaith to showcase York Biomedical Research Institute future vision & collaborative opportunities across the region!

Grey skies over University of York campus as we & nation, via Greg James BBC Radio 1, celebrate the life of #Longboi & beyond! Missing those Dean & tall duck random rendezvous … Biology at York



Great weather for ducks, whether 'missing' or alive, University of York today! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Very apt 🦆🌧️🦆



Pathways to Food Systems Transformation in Africa: From research to policy & practice. See @FSNetAfrica Special Issue of New Agenda with model of holistic capacity development & case studies aruasfs.com/research/pathw… w/ elizabeth ARUA CoE in Sustainable Food Systems @GlobalFoodLeeds Department of Environment and Geography


Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Proud to provide Kalahari survey data w/ Andrew Thomas for global study via BIODESERT Fernando T. Maestre & many ...


Really pleasing to see the announcement of £22m investments in Smart Data Services & new research across the UK - sdruk.ukri.org/2024/10/17/22-… , especially that to York Psychology & University of York team (& to Nik Lomax & Leeds Institute for Data Analytics team too 😀)

Happy November & if you can help to support opening up of inclusive student access to research opportunities across Yorkshire's Universities & industry partners then check out GenerationResearch ! spsr.me/rqsH


Proud to be supporting GenerationResearch & Mentally Fit York in bringing some positivity to this part of the scientific world! A chance to open up life-changing opportunities & enabling contributions to leading scientific research all in one! spsr.me/rqsH Join in if you can

So impressed (& pleased) by the generosity of University of York staff, alumni, friends & supporters in raising over £200k for 4 worthy causes, including GenerationResearch work funding student opportunities for lab & computational research inclusively. One last push spsr.me/rqsH

Inspiring inaugural lectures on Sustainable Solvents, Sugars & so much more! Green Chemistry York living up to the Excellence in its name via Helen Sneddon & Antoine Buchard with a real buzz across packed audience Chemistry at York


Reflecting on an excellent set of 9 Departmental Strategy meetings across the Faculty of Sciences University of York & onto planning for Faculty Away Day to chart our future plans & successes! lnkd.in/ebvAmpEH


Celebrating some of our University of York successes from 2024 features.york.ac.uk/annual-review-… & then heading off here & into a BlueSky world via @andydougill.bsky.social for updates into 2025!

Join us Tuesday (21st, 1 pm GMT) for online launch of Global Panel report on 'Building Resilience & Enhancing Nutrition in Africa’s food systems' w/ insights from Malawi, Sierra Leone & Ethiopia on next steps for strengthening African food system resilience glopan.org/africa-resilie…