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Alice Sverdlik
Researcher, Human Settlements
Email:
alice.sverdlik@iied.orgExpertise:
Urban health equity; urban food security; informal settlements; gender-sensitive planning strategies.
Current work:
Health impacts of upgrading informal settlements; improving access to sustainable sanitation; gender analysis of water and sanitation improvements.
Before IIED:
- PhD (City and Regional Planning) at UC Berkeley, 2017
- Consultant, World Health Organization (2015-16)
- IPCC Voluntary Chapter Scientist, Urban Areas, AR5 (2011-2013)
Education
- MSc (Urban Economic Development) with distinction at University College London, 2010
- MSc (Social Policy Research) with distinction at London School of Economics, 2009
Languages:
English, Spanish (advanced), and Swahili (intermediate)
Alice Sverdlik's blog posts
15 January 2016 |
Selling food in Nairobi's informal settlements can provide cheap meals and create vital livelihoods, especially for women, but these providers are usually ignored and remain invisible.