Antoinette van der Merwe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6454863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antoinette van der Merwe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antoinette |
| FAMILY NAME | van der Merwe |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER MERWE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | ETH Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2489-8479 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From the desk to the field
Protective behaviour on artisanal gold mines
Knowledge about mercury and protection techniques against exposure are low;. • Higher knowledge of mercury is not correlated with higher personal risk perception;. • Higher risk perception is not correlated with higher protective behaviour. • Receiving personal protective equipment for free increases protective behaviour;. • Access to personal protective equipment was more important than risk perception or knowledge. Many artisanal miners use mer…
Raising the future together
Due to their child-centric approach, CHICS meetings had higher attendance than regular meetings. • CHICS is a support platform to unite and mobilise, correlated with increase life satisfaction. • In the long term, unity boosted agency and mobilisation to address issues children are facing. • In the long term, parents wanted to learn new skills and information about early child development. Parental involvement in a child's school is crucial durin…
Urban mining
Doing ASGM without mercury is like trying to make omelets without eggs”. Understanding the persistence of mercury use among artisanal gold miners in Burkina Faso
Researchers and policymakers are concerned with the uncontrolled use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Despite the availability of alternative technologies, mercury is still the first choice to separate gold from ore on most ASGM sites. Taking the case of Burkina Faso, this mixed methods study contributes to understanding the continued use of mercury by analyzing the non-technical functions that mercury accomplishes. App…
Managing the Covid-19 pandemic in poor urban neighborhoods
Without a vaccine, practicing social distancing and protective hygiene are the most effective measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. In order to understand how the urban poor mitigate their risk of infection, we conducted a survey with more than 1,400 poor households in two of the African cities with the most COVID-19 infections, Accra and Greater Johannesburg, early in the pandemic, during lockdowns of public life. We find that many of the urb…
Managing the Covid-19 pandemic in poor urban neighborhoods
Without a vaccine, practicing social distancing and protective hygiene are the most effective measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. In order to understand how the urban poor mitigate their risk of infection, we conducted a survey with more than 1,400 poor households in two of the African cities with the most COVID-19 infections, Accra and Greater Johannesburg, early in the pandemic, during lockdowns of public life. We find that many of the urb…
Doing ASGM without mercury is like trying to make omelets without eggs”. Understanding the persistence of mercury use among artisanal gold miners in Burkina Faso
Researchers and policymakers are concerned with the uncontrolled use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Despite the availability of alternative technologies, mercury is still the first choice to separate gold from ore on most ASGM sites. Taking the case of Burkina Faso, this mixed methods study contributes to understanding the continued use of mercury by analyzing the non-technical functions that mercury accomplishes. App…
Managing the Covid-19 pandemic in poor urban neighborhoods
Without a vaccine, practicing social distancing and protective hygiene are the most effective measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. In order to understand how the urban poor mitigate their risk of infection, we conducted a survey with more than 1,400 poor households in two of the African cities with the most COVID-19 infections, Accra and Greater Johannesburg, early in the pandemic, during lockdowns of public life. We find that many of the urb…
Doing ASGM without mercury is like trying to make omelets without eggs”. Understanding the persistence of mercury use among artisanal gold miners in Burkina Faso
Researchers and policymakers are concerned with the uncontrolled use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Despite the availability of alternative technologies, mercury is still the first choice to separate gold from ore on most ASGM sites. Taking the case of Burkina Faso, this mixed methods study contributes to understanding the continued use of mercury by analyzing the non-technical functions that mercury accomplishes. App…
Urban mining
Raising the future together
Due to their child-centric approach, CHICS meetings had higher attendance than regular meetings. • CHICS is a support platform to unite and mobilise, correlated with increase life satisfaction. • In the long term, unity boosted agency and mobilisation to address issues children are facing. • In the long term, parents wanted to learn new skills and information about early child development. Parental involvement in a child's school is crucial durin…
Protective behaviour on artisanal gold mines
Knowledge about mercury and protection techniques against exposure are low;. • Higher knowledge of mercury is not correlated with higher personal risk perception;. • Higher risk perception is not correlated with higher protective behaviour. • Receiving personal protective equipment for free increases protective behaviour;. • Access to personal protective equipment was more important than risk perception or knowledge. Many artisanal miners use mer…
From the desk to the field
Business (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Mining and Resource Management (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Gold mining (2 works) · Mercury (programming language (2 works) · Natural resource economics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Poverty (2 works) · Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (2 works)