Fourth Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
16 - 22 November 2024
The Ravenala Attitude Hotel, Mauritius

Prof Olanrewaju Lawal - Participant

Role of Data Streams In Informing Infection Dynamics in Africa (Pilot Project Lead)

Dr. Olanrewaju Lawal is an expert in Geocomputation and Integrated Geographic Analysis. He has a wealth of experience using social, economic, and environmental modelling as well as the use of AI and statistical analysis in the development of new insights from data across natural and social systems. He has led teams in the development of a regional and national social vulnerability index, vulnerability to climate change, flood vulnerability modelling, coastal community climate change vulnerability and risk assessment, risk perception modelling, facility accessibility, etc. Dr Lawal has managed and consulted across some multidisciplinary teams working at the intersection of social and biophysical investigation for sustainable development and resource management. Furthermore, he is leading a team within the INFORM Africa project, developing social vulnerability indices for countries across sub-Saharan Africa and linking this with health outcomes. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Association of Nigerian Geographers and Nigerian Environmental Society.