Edinah Samuel

Edinah Samuel is a Kenyan research scientist working on transdisciplinary research in water, sanitation, climate change, conflict and fragility. She completed an MSc in Environmental Planning and Management from Kenyatta University with a BSc in Environmental Science from Egerton University, both in Kenya. At Oxford, she is studying for a Master of Science in Water Science, Policy and Management at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. She is a Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholar at Linacre College.

Done simultaneously through research and consulting, she has worked on multi-disciplinary WASH projects in developing countries context (Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Somalia and Ethiopia), spanning from Water Quality, WASH Governance, Economics of Urban and Rural WASH, Water Innovations, Multi-Stakeholder Planning and Programming for WASH service delivery, Sustainability Transitions of Sanitation Regimes in urban Africa. Funded by the World Bank, UNICEF, Children Investment Fund Foundation, USAID, Hilton Foundation, WSUP, Water.org, and the Government of Kenya, she has worked in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Bangladesh and Madagascar.

Edinah is a recipient of the EPP fellowship (Partnership Program for Developing Countries) to the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland. She was also awarded the Young Water professional fellowship to represent Africa at the AGUASAN workshop in Switzerland and the AquayaLEARN fellowship with the Aquaya Institute in Nairobi, Kenya. Recently, she completed the Kofi Annan Foundation Changemaker initiative for intergenerational dialogue and capacity development program.

She is excited to extend her love for research, unique perspectives and deep-rooted experience of Africa's water issues to spark fresh thinking and unearth novel ideas with Oxford researchers. Edinah has a particular interest in pursuing a Ph.D. on water quality/insecurity issues and climate change to enhance her technical competence and develop innovative scientific and policy initiatives that are true to the contextual complexities of Africa's water realm.