{"id":20127,"date":"2016-10-31T10:16:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T10:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=profile&p=20127"},"modified":"2025-09-10T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:56:54","slug":"kate-gannon","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/kate-gannon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Gannon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kate is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in the Sustainable Development team. She has a background in human geography as well as science and technology studies. Kate pursues interdisciplinary and problem-solving research that explores the interactions and relationship between climate and society. Her research is particularly focused on social and institutional dimensions of climate change adaptation at multiple scales, including in sub-Saharan Africa and among private sector actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate is co-Principal Investigator on the Behavioural Adaptation for water Security and INclusion (BASIN) project<\/a>. BASIN is an impact-focused, transdisciplinary partnership led by the Grantham Research Institute, WaterAid and Water Witness International under the CLimate Adaptation and REsilience (CLARE) programme<\/path><\/svg><\/a>. It brings together four universities, three NGOs and a knowledge broker to apply multi-level behavioural and psychological science for adaptation in Africa, to enhance water security for the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate is co-Director of ATTENUATE<\/a><\/b> which focuses on proving the investment potential of UK adaptation and enhancing enabling environments for adaptation finance in the UK. The Grantham Research Institute is delivering ATTENUATE in partnership with the Environment Agency, the Green Finance Institute, Love Design Studio, Paul Watkiss Associates, and the University of Bath. ATTENUATE – creating the enabling conditions for UK climate adaptation investment- is funded by the UKRI-Defra “Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change” programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also leads the Women Entrepreneurs in Climate Change Adaptation (WECCA) project<\/a>, which investigates specific barriers to adaptation faced by female-led businesses in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate is also a member of the Climate Resilience in the UK Wine Sector (CREWS-UK)<\/a> research team, focusing on adaptation pathways to support resilience in English and Welsh wine production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate’s other recent projects include:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n