Dylan O'Driscoll – The Conversation

Kenyan women fetch water the morning after it rained for the first time in over a year in Turkana. Lynsey Addario/Getty Images

April 27, 2026

Climate change is worsening violent extremism in Kenya – what can be done

Dylan O'Driscoll, Coventry University; Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen, Technical University of Mombasa; Joel Busher, Coventry University; Sheila Ronoh, Coventry University, and Wilson Ndenyele, Technical University of Mombasa

Climate change increases vulnerability to extremist recruitment, while al-Shabaab activity blocks adaptation, reinforcing a cycle of fragility.

One of the murals from the study. Author provided

October 28, 2025

Dylan O'Driscoll, Coventry University; Birte Vogel, University of Manchester, and Eric Lepp, University of Waterloo

By systematically tracking changes in murals over time, we have gained profound insights into the dynamics of peace and conflict.