Shazia Chaudhry is a lecturer at the Department of Diplomacy and International Studies (DDIS), University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is also an associate at the Institute of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Nairobi. She holds a Master in Arts and Ph.D. in International Studies from the Department of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi and a Bachelors of Science degree from University of the Punjab, Pakistan. Her area of expertise is environmental IR, with a key focus on climate change governance, human security, and environmental diplomacy. She has published extensively on issues of climate change, human security and a number of other IR topics. She is deeply passionate for not only teaching and research, but also mentoring the learners, and aspires to instill a deep academic culture with moral, and ethical values. Additionally, she takes great interest in empowering women and youth through active participation with various NGOs and CBOs.

Contact details:
Phone: +254 0734850032
Email: shazia@uonbi.ac.ke or shaziaarc@gmail.com
Department of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi
P O BOX 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Bio

Senior Lecturer

Shazia Chaudhry is a lecturer at the Department of Diplomacy and International Studies (DDIS), University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is also an associate at the Institute of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Nairobi. She holds a Master in Arts and Ph.D. in International Studies from the Department of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi and a Bachelors of Science degree from University of the Punjab, Pakistan. Her area of expertise is environmental IR, with a key focus on climate change governance, human security, and environmental diplomacy.

Publications


2021

.B, K, Chaudhry S.  2021.  Sports in Advancing Diplomacy in Kenya. Journal of Global Peace and Conflict. 9(2)
Wachira, J, Chaudhry.  2021.  How East African Countries can Adapt to Climate Change during Covid-19. Democracy in Africa. 9
Chaudhry, S.  2021.  Political Economy of Forest Degradation and Climate Changes in Kenya: Case Study of the Maasai Mau Forest. Handbook of Climate Change Management.. : Springer

2019

Ronoh, JK, Chaudhry S.  2019.  ‘Root causes of environmental conflicts that undermine socio-economic development in Kuresoi Sub County, Kenya.. International Academic Journal of Law and Society,. 1(2):242-261.
Chaudhry, S.  2019.  Politics of land excisions and climate change in the Mau Forest Complex: A case study of the South-Western Mau Forest. Journal of Sustainability, Environment and Peace. 1(2):52-62.

2016

Chaudhry, S.  2016.  ‘Climate Change Impact on Mount Kenya: Lets Save the Glaciers’, December. Utafiti News, University of Nairobi..
Chaudhry, S.  2016.  ‘The Impact of Climate Change on Human Security: The Case of the Mau Forest Complex. Society for International Development (SID). 58(2/3)

2014

Chaudhry, S.  2014.  ‘Climate Change and Regional Security’. Horn of Africa Bulletin.
Chaudhry, S.  2014.  China- Africa Economic Relations in the Post Mao Era. , Germany: Lambert Academic Publications

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