Dr. Tuyeni Mwampamba

Research Professor · National University of Mexico · company speakers →

Tuyeni Heita Mwampamba is a native Tanzanian who was trained as an ecologist at the University of California Davis. She is a tenured research professor at the Institute for Ecosystems and Sustainability Research (IIES) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico where she leads the Ecology and Social Dimensions of Community Forestry Laboratory. Over the past 20 years, Mwampamba has focused on describing and measuring social and ecological sustainability in charcoal systems in Mexico and East Africa and studying the effects of dominant charcoal narratives on energy and environmental policies. Comfortable with both ecological and social science methods, her interests have recently expanded to explore indigenous research methods and understand the challenges of knowledge integration in socioecological research; decolonizing tropical ecosystems and conservation science; and increasing stakeholder participation in decision making. She is keen on testing how universities can support transdisciplinary research. Mwampamba is a 2022 Earth Leadership Fellow, was a Coordinating Lead Author in the IPBES Values and Valuation Assessment, and is also the president-elect of the Association for Tropical Ecology and Conservation.

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