Curriculum vitae
September 2024 – November 2024
Intern: Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) Unit, Vulnerability subdivision, Adaptation division, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany.January 2022 – June 2024
Project Coordinator: Sompon Socialservices Baden-Württemberg e.V., GermanyDecember 2016 – April 2021
Master of Education in Geography and Environmental Studies: University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Thesis title: Capacity building needs of teachers for enhancing students’ climate change awareness and adaptation in Enugu state, Nigeria.October 2017 – July 2019
Master of Science in Climate and Society: Mekelle University, Ethiopia (July 2019)
Project title: Drought and crop yield analyses to develop area-specific crop insurance index for the Southern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.August 2016 – September 2021
Lecturer: Geography and Environmental Education Unit, Department of Social Science Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.September 2015 – July 2016
Educator (Geography & Social Studies): Deeper Life High School, Enugu, Nigeria.August 2014 – July 2015
Pioneer Head Teacher: Tender Heart Schools, Goshen Land, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria.July 2013 – July 2016
Volunteer Student Research Assistant, University of Nigeria, NsukkDecember 2009 – July 2013
Bachelor of Science in Education/Geography: University of Nigeria, Nsukka (July 2013)
Project title: Influence of location and gender on students’ achievement in West African Senior School Certificate Geography in Enugu state.Research interests
- Geography education
- Environmental and sustainability education
- Climate change adaptation
- Disaster risk management
- Disaster science
- Heritage conservation
- Needs assessment
- Africa & the developing world
Publications
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2024). Next-generation core competency gaps for disaster risk management and preparedness in UNESCO-designated heritage sites. Sustainable futures, 8 (100239). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100239
Eze, E., Petersen, M. & Siegmund, A. (2024). Enhancing protection motivation for disaster preparedness among actors at UNESCO-designated heritage sites in Africa. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 109 (104599). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104599
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2024). Exploring factors of disaster preparedness in UNESCO-designated heritage sites, Geography and Sustainability, 5 (3), 392 – 404, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2024.04.001
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2024). Appraising competency gaps among UNESCO-designated heritage site actors in disaster risk reduction innovations. Progress in Disaster Science, 22, 100321 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2024.100321
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2024). Analyzing important disaster risk factors for enhanced policy responses in perceived at-most-risk African countries. Environments, 11(2), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11020027
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2024). Identifying disaster risk factors and hotspots in Africa from spatiotemporal decadal analyses using INFORM data for risk reduction and sustainable development. Sustainable Development, 1 – 22. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2886
Obiagu, A., Ocheje, J., Ofodum, I. & Eze, E. (2024) Fostering environmental personal norms: the role of environmental education in Nigerian pre-service teachers’ environmental knowledge, pro-environmental beliefs and behaviours. Environmental Education Research, 30(8), 1231–1246. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2297159
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2023). Flash flood drivers, devastations, and directions in UNESCO biosphere reserves: Evidence from a systemic map. International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, 7 (1), 23 – 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.25316/IR-19149
Okolo, C.C., Gebresamuel, G., Zenebe, A., Haile, M., Orji, J.E., Okebalama, C.B., Eze, C., Eze, E., Eze, P.N. (2023). Soil organic carbon, total nitrogen stocks and CO2 emissions in top- and subsoils with contrasting management regimes in semi-arid environments. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1117. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28276-x
Onwuzurike, U. A. & Eze, E. (2022). In-service and pre-service teachers’ awareness and utilisation of climate change education strategies in Teaching climate change contents in University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Nigeria Social Science Education Review (NSSER), 6 (1), 28 – 42.
Kourouma, J.M., Eze, E., Kelem, G., Negash, E., Phiri, D., Vinya, R., Girma, A. & Zenebe, A. (2022) Spatiotemporal climate variability and meteorological drought characterization in Ethiopia. Geomatics, Natural Hazards, and Risk, 3:1, 2049-2085, DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2022.2106159
Eze, E., Nwagu, E.K.N & Onuoha, J.C. (2022). Nigerian teachers' self‐reported climate science literacy and expressed training needs on climate change concepts: Prospects of job‐embedded situative professional development. Science Education, 106, 1535–1567. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21743
Eze, E., Girma, A., Zenebe, A., Okolo, C.C., Kourouma, J.M. & Negash, E. (2022). Predictors of drought-induced crop yield/losses in two agro-ecologies of southern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Scientific Reports, 12 (6284) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09862-x
Fumnanya, E. & Eze, E. (2021). The role of social workers in developing adaptive capacities of flood-prone communities. Journal of Social Work in Developing Societies, 3(2), 16-28. Link
Kourouma, J.M., Eze, E., Negash, E., Phiri, D., Vinya, R., Girma, A. & Zenebe, A. (2021) Assessing the spatio-temporal variability of NDVI and VCI as indices of crops productivity in Ethiopia: a remote sensing approach, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 12(1), 2880-2903, https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2021.1976849
Onuoha, J.C., Eze, E., Ezeaputa, C.M., Okpabi, J.U. & Onyia, J.C. (2021). Does learning geography increase climate change awareness? A comparison of school subjects’ influence on climate change awareness. Journal of Geography, 120 (4), https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2021.1949027
Omenma, Z.O., Edeh, N.C., Nwagu, E.K.N., Ezegbe, B.N., Nwabudike, C.P., Eze, E., Onwuzurike, U.A. (2021). Peace education in nursery and primary schools: an example from Nigeria. IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African Studies, 22 (1), 1 – 9.
Eze, E., & Nwagu, E.K.N. (2021). Dimensions of teachers’ capacity building need on climate change education strategies in Enugu state, Nigeria. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 17(4), e2251. https://doi.org/10.21601/ijese/10982
Eze, E. (2021). Why secondary school geography students perform poorly in external examinations. Journal of Geography, 120 (2), 51 – 60 https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2020.1860114
Eze, E., Girma A., Zenebe, A., Kourouma, J. M. & Zenebe, G. (2020). Exploring the possibilities of remote yield estimation using crop water requirements for area yield index insurance in a data-scarce dryland. Journal of Arid Environments, 183, 8, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104261
Eze, E., Girma A., Zenebe, A. A. & Zenebe, G. (2020). Feasible crop insurance indexes for drought risk management in Northern Ethiopia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 47 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101544
Eze, E. (2020). Sociographic analysis of climate change awareness and pro-environmental behaviour of secondary school teachers and students in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 29:1, 89-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2019.1657683
Idika, E. O., Onuoha, J. C., Nji, I. A., Eze, E. (2018). Determinants of academic achievement in Economics in public secondary schools in Nsukka local government area Enugu state, Nigeria. International Journal of Economics Education Research, 1(1), 75 – 92
Onuoha, J. C. and Eze, E. (2013). Analysis of students' attitude towards the study of Geography in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu state. African Review of Arts, Social Sciences & Education, 3 (1), 141 – 157
Book Chapters
Onuoha, J. C. and Eze, E. (2016). Environmental Pollution. In Onuoha, J. C. (ed), Man and his environment: major issues, 32 – 56. Nigeria: SOSCEAN
Onuoha, J. C. and Eze, E. (2016). Physical environment and man: A discourse. In Onuoha, J. C. (ed), Man and his environment: major issues, 57 – 82. Nigeria: SOSCEAN
Onuoha, J. C. and Eze, E. (2016). Man’s social environment. In Onuoha, J. C. (ed), Man and his environment: major issues, 83 – 95. Nigeria: SOSCEAN
Lectures and presentation
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2024). Optimizing resources and competencies to enhance disaster risk reduction, resilience, and sustainability in UNESCO-designated heritage sites. 35th International Geographical Congress, August 24 – 30, 2024, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland.
Eze, E. (2023). Synergising resources for disaster risk reduction in UNESCO-designated sites towards sustainable futures. A presentation at the webinar on “Nature Conservation and Biodiversity: Safeguarding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future” organised by the European Technology Chamber (EUTECH), December 8, 2023.
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2023). Refocusing Africa’s core policies in line with disaster risk trends in the last decade. German Congress for Geography (DKG) 2023, September 19 – 23, 2023, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. Link
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2023). Disaster risk factors and spatiotemporal trends in Africa. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-8307, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8307
Eze, E. (2023). Addressing the causes of students’ poor achievement in geography examinations to reverse enrollment decline. Association of Nigerian Geographers 62nd Annual National Conference, February 7 – 11 2023, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2022). Responsiveness of national action plans to disaster risk predictors in Africa. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2022, December 12 – 16, 2022. Chicago, IL, USA. Link
Danwolf, L., Eze, E., Petersen, M., Zanetta-Colombo, N., Siegmund, A. (2022). The Use of Digital Geomedia for Management of UNESCO Sites – Current State of Knowledge and Future Potential. Earth Observation for Environmental Monitoring 41st EARSeL Symposium 6th EARSeL Workshop on Developing Countries 13-16 September 2022, Paphos, Cyprus. Link
Eze, E., & Siegmund, A. (2022). What evidence exists on the drivers, devastations and directions of flash floods in biosphere reserves? Flood Knowledge Summit at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands on July 7 – 8, 2022.
Omenma, Z.O., Edeh, N.C., Nwagu, E.K.N., Ezegbe, B.N., Nwabudike, C.P. & Eze, E. (2021). Implementing peace education strategies in nursery and post nursery schools: an example from Nigeria. A Paper presented at the 2021 International Peace and Conflict Studies Journal Conference, at the Nova Southeastern University (NSU), USA, February 10, 2021. Link
Eze, E., Nwagu, E.K.N. & Nwabudike, C.P. (2021). Climate science competency gaps of teachers in Enugu state, South-eastern Nigeria. A Paper presented at the 2021 international Virtual conference of the Institute of Climate Change Studies, Energy and Environment, University of Nigeria: February 9 – 10, 2021
Eze, E., & Nwagu, E.K.N. (2020). Capacity building needs of teachers for promoting ecological discourse among secondary school students in Enugu state, Nigeria. A paper presented at the 2020 International conference of the Nigeria Ecolinguistics Association (virtual): December 7 – 9, 2020.
Onwuzurike, U. A. and Eze, E. (2020). How do they teach climate change? Teaching techniques adopted by in-service and pre-service teachers in the University of Nigeria. A paper presented at the National Conference of Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria, Nsukka on September 17, 2020.
Ekwesaranna, F. and Eze, E. (2018). Social work in the face of climate change: a case study of Umuikwuanam and Umudioranam in Anambra west local government area of Anambra state, Nigeria. A paper presented at the 1st International conference of the Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria, Nsukka from September 12th to 13th, 2018.
Awards
Travel grant, 2024: Young Researcher’s Fund, Graduate Academy, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Travel grant, 2024: International Geographical Union (IGU) Congress, Dublin, Ireland
Travel grant, 2022: European Geosciences Union (EGU), CNDS Summer School, Sweden
Doctoral research grant, 2021 – 2024: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Germany
Intra-ACP Scholarship Award for Full Master Mobility, 2017 – 2019: European Union funded project [Transdisciplinary Training for Resource Efficiency and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (TRECCAfrica)]
Certificate of Merit: Departmental Best Graduating Student 2013–University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Joint Venture (JV) University Scholarship Award 2009 – 2013: Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC)
Professional roles
Professional affiliations/memberships
Member: Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nigeria
Member: African Students and Alumni Forum (ASAF)
Member: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Member: Association of Nigerian Geographers (ANG)
Member: European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Member: Natural Hazards/Risks Working Group of German Society for Geography (DGfG)
Member: Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) (Chartered)
Member: Social Studies and Civic Educators Association of Nigeria (SOCEAN)
Member: Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN)
Professional certifications
Academic publishing and peer review, Elsevier, 2022
Certified Teacher, TRCN, 2014
Chartered Manager, NIM, 2014
Research integrity, Epigeum, UK, 2022
Science Communication, Uni-Heidelberg
Spatial Data Science, Esri, 2022
Peer review services (selected)
Agriculture
Applied Sciences
Agricultural Water Management
Agronomy
Applied Environmental Education and Communication
Atmosphere
Climate Risk Management
Earth’s Future
Earth and Space Science
European Journal of Geography
Geography and Sustainability
History in Africa
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
International Journal of Climatology
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
International Journal of Environmental & Science Education
Journal of Geography
Natural Hazards Research
Science Education
Sustainable Futures
Sustainability