Sarobidy Rakotonarivo

Sarobidy Rakotonarivo is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Antananarivo and founder of Mitsilo, a lab advancing social-science-led, interdisciplinary research in Madagascar. She holds a joint PhD in environmental socio-economics from Bangor University and the University of Copenhagen, and a double MSc in Sustainable Tropical Forestry. Her work examines how conservation and climate initiatives can better support both people and biodiversity, drawing on economics, political ecology, and conservation science. She has authored 50+ peer-reviewed publications and received awards including the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (Sub-Saharan Africa) Award. She currently leads internationally funded projects on climate-smart farming, rural livelihoods, equitable protected-area management, climate-related migration, and forest restoration, while mentoring emerging scholars and working with policymakers to ensure nature–climate solutions deliver tangible benefits for both people and nature.