Matt Kandel is a Research Fellow in Environmental Anthropology in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Southampton. Among other engagements he works on two international research and capacity strengthening consortia projects, both of which are supported by the UK Global Challenges Research Fund: Building Research capacity for sustainable water/food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA, 2018-21, implemented in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi) and  Bridging national strategy on sustainable development of water-energy-food systems to local scale needs in Malawi (2020-21). His interests include land and natural resources tenure and governance, livelihoods, participatory research, landscape restoration approaches and strategies/initiatives supporting multi-level stakeholder engagement.