Dr. Stephanie Panichelli-Batalla has secured funding from IAS to invite Dr. Theobald Theodory from Mzumbe University (Tanzania) as a Residential Fellow. Dr. Theodory is a social scientist focusing on environment and natural resource management. He is a registered environmental expert at the National Environmental Management Committee (NEMC) of Tanzania to carry out environmental impact assessment, environment auditing and environmental monitoring. He serves as a member of editorial boards for different local and international journals. He has a wealth of experience in conducting monitoring and evaluation for different public and private development projects, carrying out of feasibility studies, undertaking baseline surveys and outreach activities. Currently, he is a Lecturer and Acting Head of the Centre for Environment, Poverty and Sustainable Development at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Mzumbe University (Tanzania). Dr. Theodory has published extensively in areas of climate change adaptation, land investments, water resources governance and natural resources management. He will be joining us from 12 to 17 May 2019, and will give a lecture as part of our Research Seminar Series on Wednesday 15 May 2019.