Melissa Hansen

Dados Biográficos

ID6299205
NOMEMelissa Hansen
PRENOMESMelissa
SOBRENOMEHansen
ASSINATURAHANSEN M
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of the Free State
ORCID0000-0002-8632-3331
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2013
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H1

  • Socioeconomic factors, sleep timing and duration, and amygdala resting-state functional connectivity in children

    Open AccessMelissa Hansen, Katrina R Simon et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024

    Introduction Reduced sleep health has been consistently linked with increased negative emotion in children. While sleep characteristics have been associated with neural function in adults and adolescents, much less is known about these associations in children while considering socioeconomic context. In this study, we examined the associations among socioeconomic factors, sleep duration and timing, and resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC)…

  • Disaster (Un)preparedness under cyclone Idai

    Open AccessWisdom Sibanda, Geofrey Mukwada et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2022

    Disasters and crises have been part of the human experience since time immemorial. They may be unpredictable, but important steps can be taken before a disaster occurs to minimize the threat of damage. This study seeks to explore the level of disaster (un)preparedness through women activities in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme during Cyclone Idai at Tongogara Refugee Camp (TRC) in Chipinge, Zimbabwe. The study argues that refug…

  • The appropriation of African Indigenous Knowledge System in Wash activities by Women at Tongogara Refugee Camp, Zimbabwe

    Open AccessWisdom Sibanda, Melissa Hansen et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2022

    Migrations, whether forced or voluntary, are often characterised by cultural insecurities for immigrants, refugees and displaced persons. This study focuses on the appropriation of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIKS) in the implementation of water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) activities by women at Tongogara Refugee Camp (TRC), Zimbabwe. It argues that despite the impact of modernist predispositions on personal and collective identity, r…

  • The Afromontane Research Unit

    Open AccessVincent Ralph Clark, Geofrey Mukwada et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development2021

    Research to inform a sustainable future for southern African mountains as social–ecological systems requires major investment. This is needed to strengthen existing relationships, build new relationships among academia, policy, and practice, and drive a robust research capacity program. This is particularly important in disciplines where there is currently limited capacity for mountain-related research in the region. For many pertinent issues in …

  • The Politics of Natural Resource Enclosure in South Africa and Ecuador

    Open AccessMelissa Hansen, Mine Islar et al.ARTICLEConservation and Society2015

    The paper examines the ways in which states facilitate 'new enclosures' of natural resources, and the challenges of this as a strategy of development and environmental sustainability. We argue that enclosures introduce significant changes in property regimes, which redefine conditions for the access and control of land and forest, especially for tribal and indigenous communities. In this context, we analyse two state-initiated projects-the iSiman…

  • New geographies of conservation and globalisation

    Melissa HansenARTICLEJournal of Contemporary African…2013Citada por: 2Referências: 29

    This paper analyses spatial conflicts in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (IWP) in South Africa, a state-led ‘development for conservation’ project and UNESCO World Heritage Site. With inspiration from Henri Lefebvre's theory on the production of space, it examines dialectical processes of the production of conservation space empirically. Two arenas of conflict: fencing and punitive actions against conservation transgressors are discussed in terms o…