David Pertaub

East African pastoralism; water governance.

David previously worked as a research associate in the Department of Anthropology at University College London on an ESCR-DFID funded project called SIDERA – ‘Shifting (In)equality Dynamics from Research to Application’ (2018-2019). He explored recent social and environmental change in a remote part of southwest Ethiopia – the lower Omo valley – with a particular focus on the downstream impact of a mega-dam (the Gibe III) on vulnerable and marginalised agro-pastoralist communities living along the river Omo.

He has spent considerable time living and working among the pastoralist Nyangatom people on the border between South Sudan and Ethiopia.

Education

He holds a Masters in Anthropology, Development and the Environment from University College London (2016)