Assoc. Prof. Pedi Obani

Meet Assoc. Prof. Pedi Obani

An academic. A climate governance expert. A UKRI Future Leaders Fellow.

Dr. Pedi Obani is an Associate Professor at the University of Bradford, where she leads a multi-country research exploring Gender Inclusive Climate Change Governance (GenCGov).

Her work asks an important question:

What happens when the people most affected by climate change are given a meaningful voice in shaping the solutions?

Through her research, Dr. Obani examines how inclusive climate governance can create more equitable and sustainable outcomes, particularly by empowering women and marginalised communities to play an active role in building climate resilience.

As a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, she champions interdisciplinary collaboration and policy innovation, bringing together researchers, communities and decision‑makers to address critical climate change challenges.

She was recently recognised as one of the 100 African Women Leading Africa’s Water and Sanitation Future, and was also featured by the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) among the 25 Women Who Inspire in 2025.

Pedi, trained through the Advance HE Aurora Programme in 2023, combines academic excellence with a strong commitment to gender equity and inclusive environmental and climate change decision‑making.

At TEDxWibsey 2026, she will bring her expertise and perspective to the stage, where she will speak on There Are No Vulnerable People - Only Vulnerable Systems. Her talk reframes vulnerability as a design flaw in systems, not in people. And because systems are built by people, she believes they can be rebuilt to protect rather than expose us.