Dr Penda Diallo

Before joining Camborne School of Mines (CSM), Penda Diallo was Senior Resilience Advisor at CARE International-UK, providing technical support and project development assistance on resilience-building projects in various CARE country programmes including Niger, Nepal, Somaliland, South Sudan, and Haiti. Before CARE, she had been a livelihoods and governance advisor, working on natural resource management projects in Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Cameroon. She had also worked as an environmental consultant for AECOM, and in research and communications roles for the Conflict, Security and Development Group at King’s College London, and Helen Keller Worldwide in Guinea.

Penda has worked and lived in several developing countries. Her expertise includes advising different stakeholders on building sustainable community relationships in mining areas, monitoring the resilience aspect of development and humanitarian projects,  social impact assessment for the delivery of sustainable natural resource management projects, market analysis, identifying and working with local, national and international institutions, supporting the design of locally appropriate development projects in mineral resource-rich countries, and increasing the capacity of local institutions and vulnerable groups to manage their natural resources in a sustainable manner. She also advises different organisations on advocacy, marketing and communication strategies.

Penda holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Sciences with a focus on the impact of mining on development and politics.