Prof. Dr. Felicia O. Akinyemi

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-2 und Äquivalente
FachgebietFernerkundung,Ökologie der Landnutzung
KeywordsEnvironmental resource management, Geographic Information System, Poverty mapping, Spatial Decision Support System, Sub-Saharan Africa
Auszeichnungen

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

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandSchweiz
OrtBern
Universität/InstitutionUniversität Bern
Institut/AbteilungGeographisches Institut

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

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
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.12.2004

Programm(e)

2004Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm

Publikationen (Auswahl)

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