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Declan draws on insights from different disciplines to pursue problem focused research. He has over 25 years of experience working in the UK\/Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Declan&rsquo;s research funding has included the EU, UK government departments FCDO and Defra, UK NERC and ESRC, US NSF, Canadian IDRC and the World Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Declan is jointly leading <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/basin\/\">BASIN (Behavioural Adaptation for water Security and INclusion)<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, which aims to synthesise, assess and test the application potential of behavioural and psychological science perspectives for adaptation to enhance water security for the most vulnerable. BASIN is working in Burkina Faso, Malawi and Tanzania in a transdisciplinary partnership with three other universities, three NGOs and a knowledge broker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recently completed projects include&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/resilient-wine\/\">Climate resilience in the UK wine sector &ndash; CREWS-UK<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/the-development-corridor-partnership\/\">Development Corridors Partnership<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/research\/umfula\/\">UMFULA<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Uncertainty reduction in Models For Understanding deveLopment Applications)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Behavioural and psychological perspectives on adaptation and water security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water security and climate change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adaptation and development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water-energy-food Nexus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>Declan Conway&nbsp;joined the Grantham Research Institute as a Professorial Research Fellow on the 28th October 2013. 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