Biography 

Dr. Rebecka Henriksson Malinga graduated with an MSc in Biology in 2005 from Department of Systems Ecology at Stockholm University, Sweden. After a couple of years working with environmental and waste management at a Swedish municipality, she came back to Stockholm University to continue with her academic career. During the first year of Dr. Henriksson Malinga’s PhD studies she commenced her field work in the Drakensberg, hosted by the CWRR (then BEEH). For the remainder of her PhD studies she resided in South Africa and was based at CWRR (/BEEH) as a visiting researcher. In 2016 Dr. Henriksson Malinga graduated with a PhD in Sustainability Science from Stockholm Resilience Centre, with her study of the social-ecological dimensions of ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes in South Africa and Sweden.

Dr. Henriksson Malinga joined the CWRR in 2017 as a postdoc researcher studying smallholder sugar producers’ socioeconomic and environmental challenges and vulnerabilities to climate change in Malawi under the Future Climate for Africa project “Uncertainty Reduction in Models for Understanding Development Applications” (UMFULA). Her research interests are related to gender and equity issues within agricultural landscapes in Southern Africa, specifically smallholder farming systems. Her current focus is decision-making at various levels, and factors shaping and influencing the sustainability of land, water and natural resources management.

Dr. Henriksson Malinga is the editor of CWRR’s monthly newsletter and coordinates the CWRR seminar series “Research on Tap”, which runs seminars with CWRR members and external visitors.