Dr. Kennedy Mbeva

Kennedy Mbeva (PhD) is a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and Research Fellow and Member of the Governing Body at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. His research focuses on the governance of global catastrophic risk, focusing on climate change and geoeconomics. Dr Mbeva has contributed to high-profile UN reports such as the IPCC AR6 and the Adaptation Gap Report and served on Kenya’s delegation to the UN Climate Change negotiations. A Kenyan national, he holds a PhD in International Relations (distinction) from the University of Melbourne and has studied and worked in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. His latest book is "Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, co-authored).