Siera is an Adjunct Professor in Environment and Development at the University of Waterloo ,and Postdoctoral Fellow in Food Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Her research is in feminist geography, political ecology, critical agrarian, food and development studies.
Research briefs
How is gender investigated in African climate change research: a systematic review of the literature
A systematic review of all 260 studies published in the Web of Science on gender and climate change in Africa
A feminist political ecology of farm resource entitlements in Northern Ghana
Climate change in Ghana is intensifying gender inequalities in agriculture, but gender must be viewed intersectionally to fully understand vulnerabilities and their causes
The Complicated Gendering of Farming and Household Food Responsibilities in Northern Ghana
Agricultural development programmes often operate on assumptions about gender roles that do not reflect contextual dynamics. Interventions should be participatory and cooperative to reflect changing contexts and new challenges.