Barbara Evans

Professor Barbara Evans is a chartered engineer and academic with a second degree in Development Economics, currently holding the chair in Public Health Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds. Her research focuses on sanitation, hygiene, and water services in the global south, particularly addressing urban sanitation challenges.

• Chartered Engineer
• Second Degree in Development Economics

Her work integrates engineering and public health to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) systems in underserved urban areas. Recent publications emphasize gender inclusion in WASH projects, pit-latrine emptying business models, greenhouse gas emissions from sanitation, and global health impacts of inadequate sanitation infrastructure.