Lizzy Moonga, Environment and Human Security (M.Sc.)

Graduate of the joint Master’s program of the University of Bonn and the United Nations University “Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security”. Research stays in Tanzania.

Research interests:

  • Vulnerability and environmental risk assessment
  • Nature based solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
  • Food security and food systems resilience
  • Urban and regional land use and land use change planning

Contact:
Phone: + 49 (0) 231 9051-270
E-Mail: lizzy.moonga@ils-research.de

Publications (Selection)

  • Moonga, Lizzy (2019): Aufbau der Widerstandsfähigkeit von Haushalten und Ernährungssicherheit durch Gemüsegartenbau. Eine empirische Analyse unter ländlichen Kleinbauern in Babati, Tansania.
  • Moonga, Lizzy (2009): Wiederwachstum der Stadt: ökologische und soziale Auswirkungen. Eine Fallstudie der Stadt Ndola in Sambia. (unveröffentlicht)

  • Giedych, Renata; Gawryszewska, Beata; Maksymiuk, Gabriela; Cieszewska, Agata; Olszewska-Guizzo, Agnieszka; Gąsior, Weronika; Escoffier, Nicolas; Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Halina; Borowiec, Agnieszka; Klingemann, Justyna; Syczewska, Zuzanna; Cioncoloni, Virginia; Bonfiglio, Federica; D’Ostuni, Michele; Pennisi, Giuseppina; Knight, Sarah; Belcher, Richard; Schoen, Victoria; Hardman, Michael; Bragg, Rachel; Sear, Denise; Tapley, Fiona; Adams, Debi; Iodice-Kraft, Chiara-Charlotte; Gutjahr, Moritz; Otsuka, Noriko; Moonga, Lizzy; Åshage, Anna;  Cau Wetterholm, Petra Ellora; Pálsdóttir, Anna María; Hedblom, Marcus; Roscoe, Charlotte; Lanford, Rebecca; Koren, Yael;  Domènech-Panicello, Carola; de Prado-Bert, Paula; Reichmann, Lynn; Fitzgerald, Rose; Jones, Rosa; Cole, Helen V.S.; Triguero-Mas, Margarita (2024): Deliverable 2.2 Green care baseline reports for each study country.

Presentations (Selection)

  • Bringing Green Care into Urban spaces: A qualitative analysis of its role and perception in Germany (Iodice-Kraft, Chiara-Charlotte; gemeinsam mit Specht, Kathrin*; Gutjahr, Moritz*; Otsuka, Noriko*, Moonga, Lizzy*; Xu, Shaojuan*; Giedych, Renata*; Garyzewska, Beata*). Vortrag auf der 9th International Conference on Green Urbanism (GU), 27.11.2025, Rom, Italien.
  • Adapting to Climate Change and Social Stressors: The Role of Green and Blue Spaces for Enhancing Mental Health and Human Wellbeing (gemeinsam mit Otsuka, N.*; Specht, K.*; Iodice, C.-C.*;  Moritz, G*.; Cole, H.V.S.*; Triguero-Mas, M.*; Giedych, R.*; Gawryszewska, B.*; Cioncoloni, V.*; Roscoe, C.*; Koren, Y*; Caputo, S.*; Crichigno, A.*; D’Ostuni, M.*; Hedblom, M.*; Schoen, V*; Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, H.*;  Palmlof*, K.; Michael, B). Vortrag auf der ENBEL Conference  2025 “Connecting Health and Climate Change” der University of Tartu, UMEA University und CICERO-Centre for International Climate Research, 17.10.2025, Tallin, Estland.

  • Urban Climate Resilience. Vortrag auf dem Städtebaulichen Kolloquium der RWTH Aachen University, 01.07.2025, Aachen.
  • Community owned solutions and sustainability challenges. Summer school poster presentation at University of Bonn, 3-6.10.2016, Bonn.
  • Building food security and nutrition resilience through vegetable production and consumption. Concept Note presentation at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), 19.10.2017, Bonn.