Her Ph.D. explored issues around seasonal climate forecasts and use among smallholder farmers in Lesotho, as well as the national and district institutions supporting climate information dissemination. This work has since developed and today Gina focuses on a broad range of social and environmental issues in southern Africa.
Her research interests include:
- Vulnerability and adaptation to climate, environmental and health stress
- Food insecurity and household/district response
- Southern African development and resource management
- Participatory research for understanding scientific application potential
- Rural livelihood diversity and resilience
- Addressing the risk of maladaptation to climate change
- Coping with multiple stresses in rural South Africa
- Resilience and vulnerability: Complementary or conflicting concepts?
- Adapting to climate change to sustain food security
- Complex Multiple Stressors and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Case of a Rural South African Community