Prof. Dr. Felicia O. Akinyemi

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsRemote Sensing,Ecology of Land Use
KeywordsEnvironmental resource management, Geographic Information System, Poverty mapping, Spatial Decision Support System, Sub-Saharan Africa
Honours and awards

2022: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellowship, European Commission Horizon 2020

2020: Seal of Excellence Funding (SELF), University of Bern, Switzerland

2019: Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellowship at ZFL, University of Bonn, Germany

2019: EU Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie-Individual Fellowship Seal of Excellence

2017: Established Scientist travel award, European Geosciences Union (EGU)

2017: High-Resolution Imagery grant, DigitalGlobe Foundation, USA

2009: Conference award, Association of Geoinformation Laboratories in Europe (AGILE), Hannover, Germany

2009: Travel award, EGU 5th Alexander von Humboldt ‘Iphakade’ conference, Cape Town, South Africa.

2004: Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at University Hannover, Germany

2003: Young researcher travel award in recognition of high-quality paper, ICA

Current contact address

CountrySwitzerland
CityBern
InstitutionUniversität Bern
InstituteGeographisches Institut

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Monika SesterInstitut für Kartographie und Geoinformatik, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover
Prof. Dr. Klaus GreveZentrum für Fernerkundung der Landoberfläche (ZFL), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2004

Programme(s)

2004Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2022Felicia O. Akinyemi and Chinwe {Ifejika Speranza}: Agricultural landscape change impact on the quality of land: An African continent-wide assessment in gained and displaced agricultural lands. In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 106, 2022, 102644
2021Akinyemi, Felicia O. and Ghazaryan, Gohar and Dubovyk, Olena: Assessing UN indicators of land degradation neutrality and proportion of degraded land for Botswana using remote sensing based national level metrics. In: Land Degradation \& Development, 32, 2021, 158-172
2021Felicia O. Akinyemi and Laura T. Tlhalerwa and Peter N. Eze: Land degradation assessment in an African dryland context based on the Composite Land Degradation Index and mapping method. In: Geocarto International, 36, 2021, 1838-1854
2021Akinyemi, Felicia O.: Vegetation Trends, Drought Severity and Land Use-Land Cover Change during the Growing Season in Semi-Arid Contexts. In: Remote Sensing, 13, 2021,
2020Modise Mhete and Peter N. Eze and Teddie O. Rahube and Felicia O. Akinyemi: Soil properties influence bacterial abundance and diversity under different land-use regimes in semi-arid environments. In: Scientific African, 7, 2020, e00246
2019Felicia O. Akinyemi and Mphoentle Ikanyeng and Javier Muro: Land cover change effects on land surface temperature trends in an African urbanizing dryland region. In: City and Environment Interactions, 4, 2019, 100029
2018Felicia O. Akinyemi and Gofamodimo Mashame: Analysis of land change in the dryland agricultural landscapes of eastern Botswana. In: Land Use Policy, 76, 2018, 798-811
2017Akinyemi, F.O. Climate change and variability in semi-arid Palapye, Eastern Botswana: An assessment from smallholder farmers’ perspective. In: Weather, Climate and Society, 2017, 349-365
2017Akinyemi F.O., Pontius Jr R.G., and Braimoh, A.K. Land change dynamics: Insights from Intensity Analysis applied to an African emerging city. In: Journal of Spatial Science, 2017, 69-83
2017Akinyemi, F.O. Land change in the central Albertine Rift: Insights from analysis and mapping of land use-land cover change in north-western Rwanda. In: Applied Geography , 2017, 127-138
2017Kebonye N.M., Eze P.N., Akinyemi F.O. Long-term treated wastewater impacts and source identification of heavy metals in semi-arid soils of Central Botswana. . In: Geoderma Regional , 2017, 200-214
2016Akinyemi, F.O. Technology use in Rwandan secondary schools: An assessment of teachers’ attitudes towards Geographic Information Systems (GIS). . In: International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2016, 1-16
2016Mashame, G. and Akinyemi, F.O. Towards a Remote Sensing based assessment of land susceptibility to degradation: Examining seasonal variation in land use-land cover for modelling land degradation in a semi-arid context. . In: Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science , 2016, 137-144
2015Akinyemi, F.O. An assessment of GIS use for teaching in Rwandan secondary schools. . In: The Geography Teacher, 2015, 27-40
2014Khan, S., Akinyemi, F.O. and Schweikart, J. Ausgewählte Aspekte öffentlicher Gesundheit in einer innerstädtischen informellen Siedlung. Das Beispiel Sangwa in Kigali. . In: Urbanes Leben – Urban Living - Forum GeoBau, 2014, 33-40
2014Ilius, Jennifer, Akinyemi, Felicia O. and Schweikart, Jürgen Community-based tourism als Instrument zur Armutsbekämpfung am Beispiel von Fallstudien in Ruanda. In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, 2014, 255-272
2013Felicia O. Akinyemi: An Assessment of Land Use Change in the Cocoa Belt of South West Nigeria. . In: International Journal of Remote Sensing., 2013, 2858-2875
2013Akinyemi, F.O., Kibora P.M., and Aborishade P. Layout and legend design of topographic maps.. In: Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization. , 2013, 1-12
2008Felicia O. Akinyemi and Adejuwon, J.: A GIS-Based Procedure for Downscaling Climate Data for West Africa. . In: Transactions in GIS, 2008, 613-631
2007Felicia O. Akinyemi: Spatial Data Needs for Poverty Management. . In: Harlan Onsrud , Research and Theory in Advancing Spatial Data Infrastructure Concepts, . ESRI Press, 2007. 262-277