van der Geest, Kees
Academic Officer / Head of EMIC Section
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-EHS
- OFFICE:
- Environment and Migration: Interactions and Choices Section (EMIC)
- E-MAIL:
- geest@ehs.unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +49-228-815-0289
- NATIONALITY:
- Netherlands
Research Interests
- Climate Change
- Environmental change
- Human mobility
- Livelihood
Education
- PhD, Human Geography, Univeristy of Amsterdam
- Masters, Human Geography, University of Amsterdam
Biographical Statement
Dr. Kees van der Geest is a human geographer who studies the impacts of climate change, human mobility, environmental change, adaptation, livelihood resilience and rural development. Key features of his work are the people-centred perspective and the mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative research tools. His work has contributed substantially to expanding the empirical evidence base on migration-environment linkages and impacts of climate change beyond adaptation (“loss and damage”).
Kees has extensive fieldwork experience, mostly in Ghana (5 years), but also in Burkina Faso, Viet Nam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Marshall Islands and Bolivia. He coordinated research in many other countries across the Global South. Since 2012 he has been working as senior researcher at United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security in Bonn (UNU-EHS). In September 2019 he became Head of Section, leading the newly established ‘Migration and Environment’ Section.
Between 2014 and 2017 Kees co-organized the annual Resilience Academy, which is a network of approximately 100 young professionals working on resilience, loss and damage, and human mobility in the context of global environmental change. From 2016 to 2018 he has been on a part-time secondment to the University of Hawaii, where he was involved in a research project about migration and environment linkages in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Kees studied at the University of Amsterdam (human geography) and a semester at the University of Sussex (migration studies). His Master’s thesis and PhD thesis were published as monographs by the African Studies Centre. Several chapters of his PhD thesis about migration-environment linkages in Ghana have been published in international journals, like International Migration, Africa, Environment and Urbanization and Forced Migration Review. Two articles from his PhD are in the top-50 of most influential articles on the relation between migration and the environment according to ISI web of knowledge.
From 2006 to 2012 Kees worked as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Amsterdam. He taught courses on environment and international development and his research covered the fields of migration, environment and rural development. In this period, he also worked as independent research consultant. Among his clients have been the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, CARE International, DFID Ghana and the Foresight programme of the UK Office for Science.
Kees has also been active as documentary film maker. His first, award-winning, documentary was screened at over twenty international film festivals worldwide. His second documentary received a nomination for the Holland-doc Jury Award of the Dutch Film Festival, and has been watched more than three million times online.
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Articles
- Mombauer, Dennis, Link, Ann-Christine and van der Geest, Kees (2023). Addressing climate-related human mobility through NDCs and NAPs: State of play, good practices, and the ways forward.. Frontiers in Climate, 5, 1-14
- de Sherbinin, Alex, Grace, Kathryn, McDermid, Sonali, van der Geest, Kees, Puma, Michael and Bell, Andrew (2022). Migration Theory in Climate Mobility Research. Frontiers in Climate, 4, 1-16
- Stavi, Ilan, Roque de Pinho, Joana, Paschalidou, Anastasia K, Adamo, Susana B, Galvin, Kathleen, de Sherbinin, Alex, Even, Trevor, Heaviside, Clare and van der Geest, Kees (2022). Food security among dryland pastoralists and agropastoralists: The climate, land-use change, and population dynamics nexus. The Anthropocene Review, 9(3), 299-323
- Wheeler, Brittany, Fitzpatrick, Juno and van der Geest, Kees (2022). The Ongoingness of Migration: Marshallese Well-Being in the United States. Journal of Disaster Research, 17(3), 345-355
- Martin, Maria A., Boakye, Emmanuel A., Boyd, Emily, Broadgate, Wendy, Bustamante, Mercedes, Canadell, Josep G., Carr, Edward R., Chu, Eric K., Cleugh, Helen, Csevar, Szilvia, Daoudy, Marwa, de Bremond, Ariane, Dhimal, Meghnath, Ebi, Kristie L., Edwards, Clea, Fuss, Sabine, Girardin, Martin P., Glavovic, Bruce C., Hebden, Sophie, Hirota, Marina, Hsu, Huang-Hsiung, Huq, Saleemul, Ingold, Karin, Johannessen, Ola M., Kameyama, Yasuko, Kumarasinghe, Nilushi, Langendijk, Gaby S., Lissner, Tabea, Lwasa, Shuaib, Machalaba, Catherine, Maltais, Aaron, Mathai, Manu V., Mbow, Cheikh, McNamara, Karen, Mukherji, Aditi, Murray, Virginia, Mysiak, Jaroslav, Okereke, Chukwumerije, Ospina, Daniel, Otto, Friederike, Prakash, Anjal, Pulhin, Juan M., Raju, Emmanuel, Redman, Aaron, Rigaud, Kanta K., Rockström, Johan, Roy, Joyashree, Schipper, Emma Lisa F., Schlosser, Peter, Schulz, Karsten A., Schumacher, Kim, Schwarz, Luana, Scown, Murray, Šedová, Barbora, Siddiqui, Tasneem A., Singh, Chandni, Sioen, Giles Bruno, Stammer, Detlef, Steinert, Norman J., Suk, Sunhee, Sutton, Rowan, Thalheimer, Lisa, van Aalst, Maarten K., van der Geest, Kees and Zhao, Zhirong J. (2022). Ten new insights in climate science 2022. Global sustainability, 5(e20), 1-41
- Janzen, Sally, Emerton, Lucy, van der Geest, Kees, Narvaez, Liliana and Sebesvari, Zita (2021). Assessing losses and damages to ecosystem services: current state and opportunities for the Warsaw International Mechanism under the UNFCCC. Climate Policy, 21(7), 912-926
- van der Geest, Kees and van den Berg, Romy (2021). Slow-onset events: a review of the evidence from the IPCC Special Reports on Land, Oceans and Cryosphere. Current Opinion in Sustainability, 50(June), 109-120
- Hermans, Kathleen, Berger, Elisabeth, Biber-Freudenberger, Lisa, Bossenbroek, Lisa, Ebeler, Laura, Groth, Juliane, Hack, Jochen, Hanspach, Jan, Hintz, Kendisha Soekardjo, Kimengsi, Jude Ndzifon, Kwong, Yim Ming Connie, Oakes, Robert, Pagogna, Rafaella, Plieninger, Tobias, Sterly, Harald, van der Geest, Kees, van Vliet, Jasper and Wiederkehr, Charlotte (2021). Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research ‐ an opportunity for redirection. GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 30(2), 72-76
- Ajani, Amber and van der Geest, Kees (2021). Climate change in rural Pakistan: evidence and experiences from a people‑centered perspective. Sustainability Science, 16(6), 1999-2011
- Stavi, I, Paschalidou, A, Kyriazopoulos, AP., Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, R., Siad, SM., Suska-Malawska, M., Savic, D., Roque de Pinho, J, Thalheimer, L, Williams, DS., Hashimshony-Yaffe, N., van der Geest, K, de Cordovil, C. and Ficko, A. (2021). Multidimensional Food Security Nexus in Drylands under the Slow Onset Effects of Climate Change. Land, 10(12), 1-14
- Thalheimer, Lisa, Williams, David, van der Geest, Kees and Friederike, Otto E.L. (2021). Advancing the evidence base of future warming impacts on human mobility in African drylands. Earth’s Future, 9(10), 1-10
- van der Geest, Kees, Burkett, Maxine, Fitzpatrick, Juno, Stege, Mark and Wheeler, Brittany (2020). Climate change, ecosystem services and migration in the Marshall Islands: are they related?. Climatic Change, 161(1), 109-127
- van der Geest, Kees and Warner, Koko (2020). Loss and damage in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (Working Group II): a text-mining analysis. Climate Policy, 20(6), 729-742
- Evertsen, Kathinka Fossum and van der Geest, Kees (2020). Gender, environment and migration in Bangladesh. Climate and Development, 12(1), 12-22
- Ahmed, Istiakh, Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, van der Geest, Kees, Huq, Saleem and Jordan, Joanne Catherine (2019). Climate change, environmental stress and loss of livelihoods can push people towards illegal activities: a case study from coastal Bangladesh. Climate and Development, 11(10), 907-917
- Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, Kniveton, Dominic, Cannon, Terry, van der Geest, Kees, Ahmed, Istiakh, Derrington, Erin, Florano, Ebinezer and Opondo, Denis Opiyo (2019). I will not go, I cannot go: cultural and social limitations of disaster preparedness in Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Disasters, 43(4), 752-770
- Boas, Ingrid, Farbotko, Carol, Adams, Helen, Sterly, Harald, Bush, Simon, van der Geest, Kees, Wiegel, Hanne, Ashraf, Hasan, Baldwin, Andrew, Bettini, Giovanni, Blondin, Suzy, de Bruijn, Mirjam, Durand-Delacre, David, Froehlich, Christiane, Gioli, Giovanna, Guaita, Lucia, Hut, Elodie, Jarawura, Francis X., Lamers, Machiel, Lietaer, Samuel, Nash, Sarah L, Piguet, Etienne, Rothe, Delf, Sakdapolrak, Patrick, Smith, Lothar, Tripathy Furlong, Basundhara, Turhan, Ethemcan, Warner, Jeroen, Zickgraf, Caroline, Black, Richard and Hulme, Mike (2019). Climate migration myths. Nature Climate Change, 9(12), 901-903
- Van der Geest, Kees (2018). Landslide Loss and Damage in Sindhupalchok District, Nepal: Comparing Income Groups with Implications for Compensation and Relief. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 9, 157-166
- Pouw, Nicky, Dietz, Ton, Belemvire, Adame, de Groot, Dieneke, Millar, David, Obeng, Francis Kwabena, Rijneveld, Wouter, van der Geest, Kees, Zjos Vlaminck and Zaal, Fred (2017). Participatory Assessment of Development Interventions: Lessons Learned From a New Evaluation Methodology in Ghana and Burkina Faso. American Journal of Evaluation, 38(1), 47-59
- Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, van der Geest, Kees, Ahmed, Istiakh, Huq, Saleemul and Warner, Koko (2016). A people‐centred perspective on climate change, environmental stress, and livelihood resilience in Bangladesh. Sustainability Science, 11(4), 679-694
- van der Geest, Kees and Schindler, Markus (2016). Brief communication: Loss and damage from a catastrophic landslide in Nepal. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (16), 1-4
- Afifi, Tamer, Milan, Andrea, Etzold, Benjamin, Schraven, Benjamin, Rademacher-Schulz, Christina, Sakdapolrak, Patrick, Reif, Alexander, van der Geest, Kees and Warner, Koko (2015). Human mobility in response to rainfall variability: Opportunities for migration as a successful adaptation strategy in eight case studies. Migration and Development, 5(2), 254-274
- van der Geest, Kees and Warner, Koko (2015). Editorial: Loss and damage from climate change: emerging perspectives. International Journal of Global Warming, 8(2), 133-140
- van der Geest, Kees and Zeb, Anam (2015). A toolbox for assessing loss and damage. South Asia Disasters, 126, 5-6
- van der Geest, Kees and Warner, Koko (2014). Loss and damage in vulnerable communities study. Asia Pacific Forum on Loss and Damage Newsletter, 1, 13-14
- van der Geest, Kees and Zeb, Anam (2014). A toolbox for assessing loss and damage. Asia Pacific Forum on loss and damage newsletter, 5, 9-10
- van der Geest, Kees, Khoa, Viet Nguyen and Thao, Nguyen Cong (2014). Internal migration in the Upper Mekong Delta, Viet Nam: What is the role of climaterelated stressors?. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 29(2), 25-41
- Roberts, Erin, van der Geest, Kees, Warner, Koko and Andrei, Stephanie (2014). Loss and damage: When adaptation is not enough. Environmental Development, 11, 219-227
- van der Geest, Kees, Zissener, Michael and Warner, Koko (2014). Addressing loss and damage with microinsurance. South Asia Disasters, 109, 3-4
- Warner, Koko and van der Geest, Kees (2013). Loss and damage from climate change: local-level evidence from nine vulnerable countries. International Journal of Global Warming, 5(4), 367-386
Books
- van der Geest, Kees, Burkett, Maxine, Fitzpatrick, Juno, Stege, Mark and Wheeler, Brittany, Marshallese migration: The role of climate change and ecosystem services (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2019).
- van der Geest, Kees, Burkett, Maxine, Fitzpatrick, Juno, Stege, Mark and Wheeler, Brittany, Marshallese migration: The role of climate change and ecosystem services: Summary for policymakers (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2019).
Book Chapters
- Oakes, Robert, van der Geest, Kees and Corendea, Cosmin, “Any Port in a Storm? Climate, Mobility, and Choice in Pacific Small Island Developing States” in Climate Refugees: Global, Local and Critical Approaches, ed. Kent, Avidan and Behrman, Simon (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 249-260.
- Durand-Delacre, D., Bettini, G., Nash, S. L., Sterly, H, Gioli, G., Hut, E., Boas, Ingrid, Farbotko, C., Sakdapolrak, P, de Bruijn, M., Tripathy Furlong, B., van der Geest, K, Lietaer, S. and Hulme, M., “Climate Migration Is about People, Not Numbers” in Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis, ed. Boehm, Steffen and Sullivan, Sian (Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2021), 68-81.
- Durand-Delacre, D., Bettini, G., Nash, S.L, Sterly, H, Gioli, G., Hut, E., Boas, I, Farbotko, C., Sakdapolrak, P, de Bruijn, M., Furlong, B.T, van der Geest, K, Lietaer, S. and Hulme, M., “Climate Migration Is about People, Not Numbers” in Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis, ed. Boehm, Steffen and Sullivan, Sian (Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2021), 63-81.
- Mechler, Reinhard, Calliari, Elisa, Bouwer, Laurens, Schinko, Thomas, Surminski, Swenja, Linnerooth-Bayer, JoAnne, Aerts, Jeroen, Botzen, Wouter, Boyd, Emily, Deckard, Natalie, Fuglestvedt, Jan, González-Eguino, Mikel, Haasnoot, Marjolijn, Handmer, John, Haque, Masroora, Heslin, Alison, Hochrainer-Stigler, Stefan, Huggel, Christian, Huq, Saleemul, James, Rachel, Jones, Richard, Juhola, Sirkku, Keating, Adriana, Kienberger, Stefan, Kreft, Soenke, Kuik, Onno, Landauer, Mia, Laurien, Finn, Lawrence, Judy, Lopez, Ana, Liu, Wei, Magnuszewski, Piotr, Markandya, Anil, Mayer, Benoit, McCallum, Ian, McQuistan, Colin, Meyer, Lukas, Mintz-Woo, Kian, Montero-Colbert, Arianna, Mysiak, Jaroslav, Nalau, Johanna, Noy, Ilan, Oakes, Robert, Otto, Friederike, Pervin, Mousumi, Roberts, Erin, Schaefer, Laura, Scussolini, Paolo, Serdeczny, Olivia, De Sherbinin, Alex, Simlinger, Florentina, Sitati, Asha, Sultana, Saibeen, Young, Hannah, Van der Geest, Kees, Van den Homberg, Marc, Wallimann-Helmer, Ivo, Warner, Koko and Zommers, Zinta, “Science for loss and damage. Findings and propositions” in Loss and Damage from Climate Change Concepts, Methods and Policy Options, ed. Mechler, Reinhard, Bouwer, Laurens, Schinko, Thomas, Surminski, Swenja and Linnerooth-Bayer, JoAnne (Cham: Springer, 2019), 3-37.
- van der Geest, Kees, de Sherbinin, Alex, Kienberger, Stefan, Zommers, Zinta, Sitati, Asha, Roberts, Erin and James, Rachel, “The Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services and Resulting Losses and Damages to People and Society” in Loss and Damage from Climate Change Concepts, Methods and Policy Options, ed. Mechler, Reinhard, Bouwer, Laurens, Schinko, Thomas, Surminski, Swenja and Linnerooth-Bayer, JoAnne (Cham: Springer, 2018), 221-236.
- van der Land, Victoria, Romankiewicz, Clemens and van der Geest, Kees, “Environmental change and migration: A review of West African case studies” in Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration, ed. McLeman, Robert and Gemenne, François (London and New York: Routledge, 2018), 163-177.
- van der Geest, Kees, Burger, Kees, Yelfaanibe, Augustine and Dietz, Ton, “Not the Usual Suspects: Environmental Impacts of Migration in Ghana’s Forest-Savanna Transition Zone” in Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, ed. Chabay, Ilan, Frick, Martin and Helgeson, Jennifer (n/a: Elsevier, 2015), 463-481.
- van der Geest, Kees and Warner, Koko, “Vulnerability, coping and loss and damage from climate events” in Hazards, risks and disasters in society, ed. Collins, Andrew E. (n/a: Elsevier, 2015), 121-144.
- van der Geest, Kees and Warner, Koko, “Loss and damage from droughts and floods in rural Africa” in Inside Africa’s agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics: Digging deeper, ed. Akinyoade, Akinyinka, Klaver, Wijnand, Soeters, Sebastiaan and Foeken, Dick (Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2014), 276-293.
Reports
- Wheeler, Brittany, Fitzpatrick, Juno, van der Geest, Kees and Burkett, Maxine (2020). Marshallese Migration: Comparative Well-Being In U.S. Destination States. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
- van der Geest, Kees, Burkett, Maxine, Fitzpatrick, Juno, Stege, Mark and Wheeler, Brittany (2019). Marshallese perspectives on migration in the context of climate change. Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series. IOM.
- Thalheimer, Lisa, Ficko, Andrej, Roque de Pinho, Joana, Hashimshony-Yaffe, Nurit, Paschalidou, Anastasia, Savic, Dragisa, Stavi, Ilan, Stojanov, Robert, Suska-Malawska, Malgorzata, van der Geest, Kees, Webersik, Christian and Williams, David (2019). Policy Brief: Food Security in Drylands Under a Changing Climate. COST Actions.
- Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja and Van der Geest, Kees (2018). Understanding Livelihood Resilience in Bangladesh: The multifaceted infuences of environmental shocks and climate change impacts on people’s lives. UNU-EHS Factsheet. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security.
- van der Geest, Kees and Schindler, Markus (2017). Handbook for assessing loss and damage in vulnerable communities. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security.
- Zommers, Zinta, van der Geest, Kees, De Sherbinin, Alex, Kienberger, Stefan, Roberts, Erin, Harootunian, Gillisann, Sitati, Asha and James, Rachel (2016). Loss and Damage: The Role of Ecosystem Services. United Nations Environment Programme.
- Van der Geest, Kees and Schindler, Markus (2016). Factsheet: Loss and damage from a catastrophic landslide in Nepal. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security.
- van der Geest, Kees, Kreft, Soenke, Zommers, Zinta, Huq, Saleemul, Amy Quandt, Preato, Alberto, Chandra, Alvin, Mulla, Ava, Chaffin, Brian, Koto, Camari, Barthelt,Christian, Carter, Christopher J., Corendea, Cosmin, Wrathall, David, Opondo, Denis Opiyo, Florano, Ebinezer, Yustiningrum, Emilia, Boyd, Emily, Derrington, Erin, Roberts, Erin, Rabbani, Golam, Khan, Hafijul Islam, Islam, Ina, Ahmedi, Istiakh, Bolland, Jack, Rhyner, Jakob, Junghardt, Jana, Warner, Koko, Schaefer, Laura, Nijzink, Laurens, Mukherjee, Nandan, Jha, Nimisha, Serdeczny, Olivia, James, Rachel, Granados, Rocio, De Souza, Roger M., Henry, Sabine, Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, Schwan, Susanne, Cannon, Terry, Loster, Thomas and Pathak, Vishal (2016). Loss and Damage Livelihood Resilience. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security.
- van der Geest, Kees and Schindler, Markus (2016). Case Study Report: Loss and Damage from a Catastrophic Landslide in Sindhupalchok District, Nepal. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security.
- Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, Tanner, Thomas, van der Geest, Kees, Warner, Koko, Adams, Helen, Ahmedi, Istiakh, Alaniz, Ryan, Andrei, Stephanie, Barthelt,Christian, Bhargava, Malashree, Bronen, Robin, Contreras, Diana, Cradock-Henry, Nick, Fernando, Nishara, Henly-Shepard, Sarah, Huq, Saleemul, Lawless, Christopher, Lewis, David, Loster, Thomas, McNamara, Karen, Milan, Andrea, Mitchell, Tom, Nawrotzki, Raphael, Olson, Laura, Prasad, Vivek, Rahman, Ashiqur, Rhyner, Jakob, Rivera, Andrea, Sietz, Diana, De Souza, Roger M., Thomalla, Frank, Tellman, Elizabeth, Vivo, Gaetano, Williams, Casey, Wrathall, David and Zommers, Zinta (2015). Livelihood resilience in a changing world – 6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable future. UNU-EHS Working Paper. UNU-EHS.
- van der Geest, Kees and Warner, Koko (2015). What the IPCC 5th Assessment Report has to say about loss and damage. UNU-EHS Working Paper. UNU-EHS.
- Roberts, Erin, van der Geest, Kees, Warner, Koko and Andrei, Stephanie (2014). Loss and Damage: When adaptation is not enough. UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service. UNEP.
- Zommers, Zinta, Wrathall, David and van der Geest, Kees (2014). Loss and Damage to Ecosystem Services. UNU-EHS Working Paper. UNU-EHS.
- Warner, Koko, van der Geest, Kees and Kreft, Soenke (2013). Pushed to the limit: evidence of climate change-related loss and damage when people face constrains and limits to adaptation. UNU-EHS Report. UNU- EHS.
- Warner, Koko, van der Geest, Kees, Kreft, Soenke, Huq, Saleemul, Harmeling, Sven, Kusters, Koen and De Sherbinin, Alex (2012). Evidence from the frontlines of climate change: loss and damage to communities despite coping and adapation. UNU-EHS Report. UNU- EHS.
- Khoa, Viet Nguyen, Thao, Nguyen G. and van der Geest, Kees (2012). Rainfall, food security, and human mobility: case study Viet Nam. UNU-EHS Report. UNU- EHS.
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Articles
- Pouw, N., Dietz, T., Belemvire, A., de Groot, D., Millar, D., Obeng, F., Rijneveld, W., Van der Geest, K., Vlaminck, Z. & Zaal, F. (2016). Participatory Assessment of Development Interventions: Lessons Learned From a New Evaluation Methodology in Ghana and Burkina Faso. American Journal of Evaluation, 1, 13.
- Van der Geest, Kees. (2011). North-South migration in Ghana: What role for the environment? International Migration, 49(S1), 69-94.
- Van der Geest, Kees (2010). Local Perceptions of Migration from Northwest Ghana. Africa, 80(4), 595-619.
- Van der Geest, Kees, Vrieling, Anton and Dietz,Ton (2010). Migration and environment in Ghana: a cross-district analysis of human mobility and vegetation dynamics. Environment and Urbanization, 22 (1), 107-123.
- Van der Geest, Kees. & de Jeu, Richard (2008). Climate change and displacement: Ghana. Forced Migration Review, 16, 31.
Books
- Van der Geest, Kees (2011). The Dagara farmer at home and away: Migration, environment and development in Ghana. PhD thesis University of Amsterdam. African Studies Collection, No.33. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Van der Geest, Kees. (2004). “We’re Managing!”Climate Change and Livelihood Vulnerability in Northwest Ghana. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
Book Chapters
- Dietz, Ton, van der Geest, Kees and Obeng, Francis (2013). “Local perceptions of development and change in Northern Ghana” in Rural development in Northern Ghana, ed.Yaro, Joseph. (New York: Nova Science Publishers) 17-36.
- Van der Geest, Kees and Dietz, Ton (2004). “A literature survey about risk and vulnerability in drylands, with a focus on the Sahel” in The Impact of Climate Change on Drylands, eds. Dietz, Ton, Rueben, Ruerd. and Verhagen, Jan (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 117-146 .
Reports
- Van der Geest, Kees. (2010). Rural Youth Employment in Developing Countries: A Global View. Rome: FAO.
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- Gibika and Resillience Academy: Livelihood Resilience in Bangladesh – Turning Research into Action
- Low-carbon society: an enhanced modelling tool for the transition to sustainability LOCOMOTION
- PROtecting the WELLbeing of MIGRANTS in India during the COVID-19 pandemic (PROWELLMIGRANTS)
- E-Learning: Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change (E-HM3C)
- ‘CRoss-sEcToral planning decisIoN-maKing platform to foster climate Action’ — ‘RethinkAction’
- Integrating migration from a rural livelihoods perspective in NAP and NDC processes