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Introduction
Sabine Henry is a Professor in Geography (University of Namur, Belgium). Her research line is the interaction between environment and migration at the household or individual -level. Her research builds on a strong expertise and knowledge of human migration patterns, especially in Africa. In Burkina Faso, she provided one of the rare empirical evidences on the effects of drought on migration (in collaboration with UCL, INED, France and University of Montreal) and she updated this study by including recently a comparison of direct and indirect effects of climate on migration (in collaboration with the London School of Economy). In 2020, a new FNRS PDR project, has started on the perceptions of environmental modifications and human mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the university of Neufchatel (Switzerland) and St Louis in Senegal. With the aim to deepen this link between migration and environment in various rural contexts (Ecuador, The Philippines, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso), her team explored who is likely to migrate (gender, age, socio-economic level, education, livelihood, etc.), which facets of the changing environment most influence the decision-making process to move, how these facets are perceived by the future migrants, and who are likely to be trapped. One of her PhD student is trying to understand migration and emotions related to the environment in a town hit by a super typhon in the Philippines by using a board game (in collaboration with UPPI, Manila).
Sabine Henry also has extensive experience with social vulnerability assessment. She started by measuring social vulnerability to climate-induced hazards (flash flood) in the Philippines (2010-14, with ESSC, Manila). It usesed community participatory approaches to guarantee durability of the project outcomes. Sabine Henry is also implied in several projects (mostly funded by PRD-ARES) focusing on vulnerability assessments to earthquakes in Haiti (2018-23), landslide and flash flood in Rwanda (2019-23), and finally flash flood and river erosion in Burundi (2019-23). The 3 ongoing PhD theses aim to better understand decisions made by households and their impacts on their livelihood. The first PhD thesis is about the perception of the seismic risk and perception of the actors' capacity to cope with earthquakes in Haiti. The second one aims to assess the vulnerability of the population to the processes of river dynamics in a large African city through the analysis of territorial vulnerability (Bujumbura). The third one aims at analyzing the interplay between population and vulnerability to landslides and floods in North-Western Rwanda.
She also has experience researching migrants in Belgium, having received funds to study the sociocultural challenges of the EU migration, with the case of Romanians in Belgium (in collaboration with University of Iasi, Romania).
The significant experience in international and national research projects allows the Sabine Henry’s team exploring several regions in the world (West and Central Africa, South-East Asia, Central America), using different methods to tackle the same issue (quantitative, qualitative, board game, etc.) and examining from every angle the link between migration and environment (interactions between drivers, vulnerability, resilience, slow-onset and sudden events, disaster, etc.). Two papers have been cited more than 400 times and two between 100 and 200 times. Our team received three prices during major international conferences. Currently, her team is composed by 5 PhD students and one permanent scientific collaborator, thanks to the support of international and national projects.
Sabine Henry was the only EU member of the scientific panel on the Impact of Internal Migration in Developing Countries (2010-15) and member of the scientific panel on the Migration-Climate and Health (2017-2020) of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. She is a member of the Steering committee of the Population and Environment Research Network (2008-2011 and 2019-present). Since 2015’s refugee crisis in Europe, she also gave several conferences to broader audience about migration in Europe.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Science, Université Catholique de Louvain
Award Date: 30 Jun 2003
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ILEE-FSR-mangroves: Socio-ecological resilience of populations living around mangroves
15/02/22 → 14/02/26
Project: Research
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Landslide and flood hazards and vulnerability in NW Rwanda: towards applicable land management and disaster risk reduction
1/11/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Adaptations aux changements environnementaux en Afrique de l'Ouest: perceptions et chronologies
Luyts, J., Henry, S. & De Longueville, F.
3/08/20 → 31/07/24
Project: PHD
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PEEMPASS: Perceptions of environmental modifications and human mobility in Sub- Saharan Africa
Henry, S., Piguet, E. & Luyts, J.
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Climate-driven ‘species-on-the-move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change
Pecl, G. T., Kelly, R., Lucas, C., van Putten, I., Badhe, R., Champion, C., Chen, I. C., Defeo, O., Gaitan-Espitia, J. D., Evengård, B., Fordham, D. A., Guo, F., Henriques, R., Henry, S., Lenoir, J., McGhie, H., Mustonen, T., Oliver, S., Pettorelli, N., Pinsky, M. L., & 6 others , 18 Jul 2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 5, p. 1384-1402 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Qualitative Data and Approaches to Population–Environment Inquiry
Henry, S., Dujardin, S., Henriet, E. & Baltazar, S., 7 Feb 2022, International Handbook of Population and Environment. Hunter, L. M., Gray, C. & Véron, J. (eds.). 1 ed. Switzerland: Springer, Cham, Vol. 10. p. 139-163 25 p. (International Handbooks of Population).Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Challenges and Opportunities of Field-based Data Collection with a Game: Analysis of the Development and use of a Game to Collect Data on People’s Emotional Experience in their Environment
Henriet, E., Burnay, N., Dalimier, J., Hurley, J. & Henry, S., Jan 2021, In: BMS Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/ Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique. 149, 1, p. 7-29 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of the peasants’ livelihood strategies in the Paute basin of Ecuador
Vanegas, R., Demoulin, F., Ruivenkamp, G. & Henry, S., 21 Dec 2020, In: Maskana. 11, 2, p. 70-80 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing climate change perceptions and meteorological data in rural West Africa to improve the understanding of household decisions to migrate
De Longueville, F., Ozer, P., Gemenne, F., Henry, S., Mertz, O. & Nielsen, J. Ø., 1 May 2020, In: Climatic Change. 160, 1, p. 123-141 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Annual Meeting Poster Award, for the poster: Henry S., Dos Santos S. “Rainfall Variations and Child Mortality in Sahelian Region: Results from a comparative analysis in Burkina Faso and Mali
Henry, Sabine (Recipient), 19 Apr 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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IUSSP 2013 Poster Award, for the poster Vanegas R., Demoulin F., Henry S., 2013. “Identifying socio-economic and demographic driving factors at household population level conditioning the local agricultural practices, land use and perception of land degradation in the Paute catchment (Ecuador)”
Henry, Sabine (Recipient), Demoulin, Fabrice (Recipient) & Vanegas Cabrera, Raul (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Poster Award, for the poster Demoulin F., Henry S. “The nexus between international migrations and ecological services uses of rural households left-behind, empirical evidences in two ecuadorian provinces
Henry, Sabine (Recipient), 26 Oct 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network
Corentin Visee (Participant), Jelena Luyts (Participant), Florence De Longueville (Participant) & Sabine Henry (Participant)
10 Jul 2023 → 12 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (External organisation)
Sabine Henry (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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Alison Lenaerts (Geography, UCL), “Impacts socio-économiques de l’émigration international sur le système agricole des aires rurales de la region sud des Andes équatoriennes”, January 2013
Sabine Henry (Supervisor)
Sept 2013Activity: Examinations › External Thesis
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Stéphanie Lanthier (Geography, UCL), “Identification of economic and social outcomes of high-yielding yellow corn through commodity chain analysis. A case study in an upland area of Bukidnon province, Philippines”, January 13
Sabine Henry (Supervisor)
Jan 2013Activity: Examinations › External Thesis
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Anne-Sophie Roberti (Geography, UCL), « la réussite des migrations internationales : le point de vue des migrants équatoriens en Belgique et en Espagne », September 2011
Sabine Henry (Supervisor)
Sept 2011Activity: Examinations › External Thesis