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Dr Ricardo Safra de Campos
Lecturer in Human Geography
4404
(01392) 724404
Amory C254
Amory Building, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ , UK
Office hours: Term 3 virtual office hours: My office hours are: Monday 13:00 - 14:00 Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00 You are able to book a 10 minute appointment within these hour slots via this link
Overview
I am a Population Geographer with interdisciplinary research interest at the nexus between climate science and society. My work examines the intersection between demographic processes including migration and mobility and human security, wellbeing and sustainability. I have developed these themes over a number of years through several projects and grants investigating migration as adaptation to climate change in deltaic and semi-arid environments and more recently the relationship between migration, urban processes and sustainability. I am currently Co-Investigator on the Belmont Forum funded research project ‘Migration, Transformation and Sustainability' (MISTY). This cross-national project expands theories of sustainability and transformation to incorporate contemporary dynamics and challenges of mobility and associated demographic shifts. I am Co-Investigator on the EU H2020 HABITABLE project linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points in the context of environmentally-driven human migration. I am the Principal Investigator on the SHLC-GCRF funded project 'Power of Partnership'. This knowledge mobilisation project employs a deliberative method to integrate the lived experiences and views of urban populations as sources of innovation into planning processes for sustainability. It builds on an innovative approach that includes co-designed visual participatory and perspective-taking activities in Chattogram, a rapidly growing city in Bangladesh.
In 2018, I joined the team of contributing authors who worked on the chapter on Observed and Projected Responses, their Costs, Benefits, Co-benefits, drawbacks, Efficiency and Governance in the forthcoming IPCC Special Report on Oceans and the Cryosphere. In 2020, I gave oral evidence to the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee of the House of Lords on climate change and migration. The Committee looked at the implications of climate change on migration, including how it affects the movement of people into Europe and the UK.
Broad research specialisms:
- Demographic transition
- Spatial mobility associated with environmental change and sustainability
- Migration and urbanisation in developing countries
- Multi-methods research design
- Climate Change adaptation
Qualifications
BA in Geography (with Hons), Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Brazil
PhD in Human Geography, University of Queensland, Australia
Research group links
Research
Research projects
- 2020-2024 EC Horizon 2020, Deputy Lead Work Package 1 Socio-Ecological Systems, Climate Impact and Tipping Points on project HABITABLE - Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration
- 2019 GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) call Capacity Development Acceleration Fund and Visiting Fellow Exchange Programme, Principal Investigator on project ‘Power of partnership: Voices of residents & city planners as sources of innovation for sustainable urban governance’.
- 2018-2021 Belmont/NORFACE call Transformations to Sustainability Co-Investigator on project ‘Migration, Transformation and Sustainability (MISTY)’.
- 2017-2019 ESRC-DfID call Development Frontiers Co-Investigator on project ‘Safe and Sustainable Cities: Human Security, Migration and Wellbeing’.
- 2016-2019 IDRC-DfID Lead researcher work package on migration, displacement and planned relocation on project 'Deltas and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation' (DECCMA)
Research networks
- 2019 – present: Member of the university's Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Strategy Group
Research grants
- 2019 Centre for Sustainable, Healthy, and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods
This knowledge mobilisation project employs a deliberative method to integrate the lived experiences and views of urban populations as sources of innovation into planning processes for sustainability. It builds on an innovative approach that includes co-designed visual participatory and perspective-taking activities in Chattogram, a rapidly growing city in Bangladesh. - 2019 International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Open research data initiative
Publications
Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year
Publications by category
Journal articles
Adger WN, de Campos RS, Codjoe SNA, Siddiqui T, Hazra S, Das S, Adams H, Gavonel MF, Mortreux C, Abu M, et al (2021). Perceived environmental risks and insecurity reduce future migration intentions in hazardous migration source areas. One Earth, 4(1), 146-157.
Das S, Hazra S, Haque A, Rahman M, Nicholls RJ, Ghosh A, Ghosh T, Salehin M, Safra de Campos R (2021). Social vulnerability to environmental hazards in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, India and Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 53, 101983-101983.
Franco Gavonel M, Adger WN, Safra de Campos R, Boyd E, Carr ER, Fábos A, Fransen S, Jolivet D, Zickgraf C, Codjoe SNA, et al (2021). The migration-sustainability paradox: transformations in mobile worlds. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 49, 98-109.
Cundill G, Singh C, Adger WN, Safra de Campos R, Vincent K, Tebboth M, Maharjan A (2021). Toward a climate mobilities research agenda: Intersectionality, immobility, and policy responses. Global Environmental Change, 69, 102315-102315. Full text.
Szaboova L, Safra de Campos R, Adger WN, Abu M, Codjoe SNA, Franco Gavonel M, Das S, Siddiqui T, Rocky MH, Hazra S, et al (2021). Urban sustainability and the subjective well‐being of migrants: the role of risks, place attachment, and aspirations. Population, Space and Place Full text.
Adger WN, Safra de Campos R, Siddiqui T, Szaboova L (2020). Commentary: Inequality, precarity and sustainable ecosystems as elements of urban resilience. Urban Studies, 57(7), 1588-1595. Abstract. Full text.
Adger WN, de Campos RS, Siddiqui T, Gavonel MF, Szaboova L, Rocky MH, Bhuiyan MRA, Billah T (2020). Human security of urban migrant populations affected by length of residence and environmental hazards. Journal of Peace Research, 58(1), 50-66. Abstract. Full text.
Das S, Ghosh A, Hazra S, Ghosh T, Safra de Campos R, Samanta S (2020). Linking IPCC AR4 & AR5 frameworks for assessing vulnerability and risk to climate change in the Indian Bengal Delta. Progress in Disaster Science, 7, 100110-100110.
Maharjan A, de Campos RS, Singh C, Das S, Srinivas A, Bhuiyan MRA, Ishaq S, Umar MA, Dilshad T, Shrestha K, et al (2020). Migration and Household Adaptation in Climate-Sensitive Hotspots in South Asia. Current Climate Change Reports, 6(1), 1-16. Abstract. Full text.
Siddiqui T, Szaboova L, Adger WN, Safra de Campos R, Bhuiyan MRA, Billah T (2020). Policy Opportunities and Constraints for Addressing Urban Precarity of Migrant Populations. Global Policy, 12(S2), 91-105. Full text.
Adger WN, Boyd E, Fábos A, Fransen S, Jolivet D, Neville G, de Campos RS, Vijge MJ (2019). Migration transforms the conditions for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3(11), e440-e442. Full text.
Conway D, Nicholls RJ, Brown S, Tebboth MGL, Adger WN, Ahmad B, Biemans H, Crick F, Lutz AF, De Campos RS, et al (2019). The need for bottom-up assessments of climate risks and adaptation in climate-sensitive regions. Nature Climate Change, 9(7), 503-511. Abstract. Full text.
Mortreux C, Safra de Campos R, Adger WN, Ghosh T, Das S, Adams H, Hazra S (2018). Political economy of planned relocation: a model of action and inaction in government responses. Global Environmental Change, 50, 123-132. Full text.
Safra de Campos R, Bell M, Charles-Edwards E (2017). Collecting and Analysing Data on Climate-related Local Mobility: the MISTIC Toolkit. Population, Space and Place, 23(6). Abstract.
Chapters
Adger N, Safra De Campos R (2020). Climate change disruptions to migration systems. In Bastia T, Skeldon R (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development, London: Routledge, 382-395. Abstract.
Vincent K, Safra De Campos R, Lazar A, Begum A (2020). Gender, migration and environmental change in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in Bangladesh. In (Ed) Engendering Climate Change Learnings from South Asia, Routledge Chapman & Hall, 152-171. Abstract.
Safra De Campos R, Codjoe S, Adger N, Mortreux C, Hazra S, Siddiqui T, Das S, Atiglo Y, Bhuiyan R, Rocky MH, et al (2020). Where People Live and Move in Deltas. In Nicholls R, Adger WN, Hutton C, Hanson S (Eds.) Deltas in the Anthropocene, London: Palgrave, 153-177.
Adger N, Safra De Campos R, Mortreux C (2018). Mobility, displacement and migration and their interactions with vulnerability and adaptation to environmental risks. In McLeman R, Gemenne F (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration, London: Routledge, 29-41.
Publications by year
In Press
Safra de Campos R (In Press). Living with drought: a study of spatial mobility in semi-arid Northeast Brazil.
2021
Adger WN, de Campos RS, Codjoe SNA, Siddiqui T, Hazra S, Das S, Adams H, Gavonel MF, Mortreux C, Abu M, et al (2021). Perceived environmental risks and insecurity reduce future migration intentions in hazardous migration source areas. One Earth, 4(1), 146-157.
Das S, Hazra S, Haque A, Rahman M, Nicholls RJ, Ghosh A, Ghosh T, Salehin M, Safra de Campos R (2021). Social vulnerability to environmental hazards in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, India and Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 53, 101983-101983.
Franco Gavonel M, Adger WN, Safra de Campos R, Boyd E, Carr ER, Fábos A, Fransen S, Jolivet D, Zickgraf C, Codjoe SNA, et al (2021). The migration-sustainability paradox: transformations in mobile worlds. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 49, 98-109.
Cundill G, Singh C, Adger WN, Safra de Campos R, Vincent K, Tebboth M, Maharjan A (2021). Toward a climate mobilities research agenda: Intersectionality, immobility, and policy responses. Global Environmental Change, 69, 102315-102315. Full text.
Szaboova L, Safra de Campos R, Adger WN, Abu M, Codjoe SNA, Franco Gavonel M, Das S, Siddiqui T, Rocky MH, Hazra S, et al (2021). Urban sustainability and the subjective well‐being of migrants: the role of risks, place attachment, and aspirations. Population, Space and Place Full text.
2020
Adger N, Safra De Campos R (2020). Climate change disruptions to migration systems. In Bastia T, Skeldon R (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development, London: Routledge, 382-395. Abstract.
Adger WN, Safra de Campos R, Siddiqui T, Szaboova L (2020). Commentary: Inequality, precarity and sustainable ecosystems as elements of urban resilience. Urban Studies, 57(7), 1588-1595. Abstract. Full text.
Vincent K, Safra De Campos R, Lazar A, Begum A (2020). Gender, migration and environmental change in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in Bangladesh. In (Ed) Engendering Climate Change Learnings from South Asia, Routledge Chapman & Hall, 152-171. Abstract.
Adger WN, de Campos RS, Siddiqui T, Gavonel MF, Szaboova L, Rocky MH, Bhuiyan MRA, Billah T (2020). Human security of urban migrant populations affected by length of residence and environmental hazards. Journal of Peace Research, 58(1), 50-66. Abstract. Full text.
Das S, Ghosh A, Hazra S, Ghosh T, Safra de Campos R, Samanta S (2020). Linking IPCC AR4 & AR5 frameworks for assessing vulnerability and risk to climate change in the Indian Bengal Delta. Progress in Disaster Science, 7, 100110-100110.
Maharjan A, de Campos RS, Singh C, Das S, Srinivas A, Bhuiyan MRA, Ishaq S, Umar MA, Dilshad T, Shrestha K, et al (2020). Migration and Household Adaptation in Climate-Sensitive Hotspots in South Asia. Current Climate Change Reports, 6(1), 1-16. Abstract. Full text.
Siddiqui T, Szaboova L, Adger WN, Safra de Campos R, Bhuiyan MRA, Billah T (2020). Policy Opportunities and Constraints for Addressing Urban Precarity of Migrant Populations. Global Policy, 12(S2), 91-105. Full text.
Safra De Campos R, Codjoe S, Adger N, Mortreux C, Hazra S, Siddiqui T, Das S, Atiglo Y, Bhuiyan R, Rocky MH, et al (2020). Where People Live and Move in Deltas. In Nicholls R, Adger WN, Hutton C, Hanson S (Eds.) Deltas in the Anthropocene, London: Palgrave, 153-177.
2019
Adger WN, Boyd E, Fábos A, Fransen S, Jolivet D, Neville G, de Campos RS, Vijge MJ (2019). Migration transforms the conditions for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3(11), e440-e442. Full text.
Conway D, Nicholls RJ, Brown S, Tebboth MGL, Adger WN, Ahmad B, Biemans H, Crick F, Lutz AF, De Campos RS, et al (2019). The need for bottom-up assessments of climate risks and adaptation in climate-sensitive regions. Nature Climate Change, 9(7), 503-511. Abstract. Full text.
2018
Adger N, Safra De Campos R, Mortreux C (2018). Mobility, displacement and migration and their interactions with vulnerability and adaptation to environmental risks. In McLeman R, Gemenne F (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration, London: Routledge, 29-41.
Mortreux C, Safra de Campos R, Adger WN, Ghosh T, Das S, Adams H, Hazra S (2018). Political economy of planned relocation: a model of action and inaction in government responses. Global Environmental Change, 50, 123-132. Full text.
2017
Safra de Campos R, Bell M, Charles-Edwards E (2017). Collecting and Analysing Data on Climate-related Local Mobility: the MISTIC Toolkit. Population, Space and Place, 23(6). Abstract.
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External Engagement and Impact
Editorial responsibilities
- 2021 - present: Associate Deputy Editor at Climatic Change, Springer
- 2016 – present: Peer Reviewer for Nature Climate Change,Global Environmental Change, Local Environment, Climate and Development, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Disasters Journal and several others.
- 2016 – present: Editorial content reviewer for Thomas Riggs & Company and Cengage Learning.
Significant Impact
2018 – 2020: IPCC Contributing Author on Special Report on Oceans and the Cryosphere.
Supervision / Group
Research Fellows
- Nicholas Marais Reyneke Exploring socially marginalised youth voices within social-ecological systems to understand youth resilience towards environmental risk
- Oana Stefancu Fairness, sense of place and well-being in communities subject to government adaptation responses to climate change: a study in West Bengal
Postgraduate researchers
- Liam Berrisford