Liz Watson

Liz Watson is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, and affiliated with the Conservation Research Institute. Her work focuses on climate change adaptation in Eastern African drylands, particularly examining shifts from cattle to camel pastoralism among Borana communities in northern Kenya. She explores intersections of ecology, cultural identity, and development policy in her research.

• Research areas: Dryland agriculture, pastoralist systems, resilience theory, human-environment interactions
• 2016 study on camels as climate adaptation strategy in Journal of Eastern African Studies

She has received multiple accolades including the Pilkington Prize (2012) for teaching excellence and Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2015). Her current projects examine wildlife conservancies and development corridors in East Africa, collaborating with UNEP WCMC.