Amollo Ambole
Biographic Data
| ID | 6815582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amollo Ambole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amollo |
| FAMILY NAME | Ambole |
| SIGNATURE | AMBOLE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nairobi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4315-8804 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Potential of citizen science to advance urban planetary health research in low and middle-income countries
Planetary health has emerged as a transdisciplinary field to capture the interdependencies between environmental changes and human health. Nowhere is this more critical than in the low- and middle-income country (LMIC) settings where the majority of the world’s population live. These settings are undergoing rapid urbanisation that could further threaten planetary boundaries. The collaborative and societally engaged nature of planetary health mean…
Modelling gendered innovation for the security of energy services in poor urban environments
The security of energy services remains a challenge in poor urban Africa. Many households lack adequate energy technological devices to match modern energy carriers to fulfil their energy service needs. Females are most affected because of the culturally embedded gender roles at the household level. Despite the disproportionate gender roles in energy services, gender dimensions remain covert in the energy products innovation process. The study ex…
Building capacity towards what? Proposing a framework for the analysis of energy transition governance in the context of urban informality in Sub-Saharan Africa
There is an emerging scholarship that criticises the conceptualisation of urban informality from a deficit view and emphasises that informality constitutes a way of life, a practice in its own right. We argue that energy is part of the informal way of life and that energy transitions need to take into account the specificities of urban informality when used for policy. Acknowledging energy practices is necessary to improve the justice of energy t…
Embedding Design in Transdisciplinary Research
Emergence in the African urban context provides unique opportunities to study novel ways of designing within a transdisciplinary set up, yet little has been written in this regard. In this paper, I reflect on how I have engaged in transdisciplinary research as a designer in Africa's urban contexts over the recent years. These reflections offer African perspectives that are enriched by ongoing global conversations around complex urban challenges. …
Exploring the Dynamics of Social Networks in Urban Informal Settlements
Mainstreaming gender to achieve security of energy services in poor urban environments
Rethinking Design Making and Design Thinking in Africa
The framing of design in sub-Saharan Africa is problematic due to Africa’s colonial past. This paper, therefore, constructs a broad perspective of the development of design in Africa, with the aim of challenging the dominance of Western design paradigms on the continent. By exploring the disparities between Western conventions and pre-colonial African design, the paper lays the groundwork for critiquing the current use of neoliberal design paradi…
Mediating household energy transitions through co-design in urban Kenya, Uganda and South Africa
Mediating household energy transitions through co-design in urban Kenya, Uganda and South Africa
Embedding Design in Transdisciplinary Research
Emergence in the African urban context provides unique opportunities to study novel ways of designing within a transdisciplinary set up, yet little has been written in this regard. In this paper, I reflect on how I have engaged in transdisciplinary research as a designer in Africa's urban contexts over the recent years. These reflections offer African perspectives that are enriched by ongoing global conversations around complex urban challenges. …
Exploring the Dynamics of Social Networks in Urban Informal Settlements
Mainstreaming gender to achieve security of energy services in poor urban environments
Rethinking Design Making and Design Thinking in Africa
The framing of design in sub-Saharan Africa is problematic due to Africa’s colonial past. This paper, therefore, constructs a broad perspective of the development of design in Africa, with the aim of challenging the dominance of Western design paradigms on the continent. By exploring the disparities between Western conventions and pre-colonial African design, the paper lays the groundwork for critiquing the current use of neoliberal design paradi…
Building capacity towards what? Proposing a framework for the analysis of energy transition governance in the context of urban informality in Sub-Saharan Africa
There is an emerging scholarship that criticises the conceptualisation of urban informality from a deficit view and emphasises that informality constitutes a way of life, a practice in its own right. We argue that energy is part of the informal way of life and that energy transitions need to take into account the specificities of urban informality when used for policy. Acknowledging energy practices is necessary to improve the justice of energy t…
Modelling gendered innovation for the security of energy services in poor urban environments
The security of energy services remains a challenge in poor urban Africa. Many households lack adequate energy technological devices to match modern energy carriers to fulfil their energy service needs. Females are most affected because of the culturally embedded gender roles at the household level. Despite the disproportionate gender roles in energy services, gender dimensions remain covert in the energy products innovation process. The study ex…
Potential of citizen science to advance urban planetary health research in low and middle-income countries
Planetary health has emerged as a transdisciplinary field to capture the interdependencies between environmental changes and human health. Nowhere is this more critical than in the low- and middle-income country (LMIC) settings where the majority of the world’s population live. These settings are undergoing rapid urbanisation that could further threaten planetary boundaries. The collaborative and societally engaged nature of planetary health mean…
Geography (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)