• Ph.D. (Climate change and Gender), Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. 2016
• M.Sc. Water Engineering, Campus Escola Superior de Agricultura, ‘Luiz de Queiroz’ (ESALQ), Brazil. University of Sap Paulo, Brazil 2008
• Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya, 2000

• Environmental Social Impact Assessment and Environmental Audit, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), 2024
• Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability. Learning and Essentials (MEAL) Certificate, Monitoring and Evaluation of donor grants and contracts (projects), Disaster Ready certificate and digital badge, 2024
• Certification in Project Management (CAPM), Project planning, monitoring and implementation, European Business University of Luxembourg, 2022-2024

• Professional Engineer, Engineers Board of Kenya, A3067, 2015
• Cooperate Member, Institute of Engineers of Kenya, M5385, 2016
• Graduate Engineer, Engineers Board of Kenya, 2010

Publications

• Kovaleva, M., Leal Filho, W., Borge meister, C., & Kalungu, J. W. (2022). Understanding needs and potentials for gender-balanced empowerment and leadership in climate change adaptation and mitigation in Africa. Sustainability, 14(15), 9410.
• Leal Filho, Walter, Desalegn Yayeh Ayal, Desalegn Dawit Chamma, Marina Kovaleva, Gabriela Nagle Alverio, Daniel M. Nzengya, Serafino Afonso Rui Mucova, Jokastah Wanzuu Kalungu, and Gustavo J. Nagy. "Assessing causes and implications of climate-induced migration in Kenya and Ethiopia." Environmental Science & Policy 150 (2023): 103577

• Kovaleva, M., Leal Filho, W., Borge meister, C., & Kalungu, J. W. (2022). Understanding needs and potentials for gender-balanced empowerment and leadership in climate change adaptation and mitigation in Africa. Sustainability, 14(15), 9410.

• .Leal Filho, Walter, Desalegn Yayeh Ayal, Desalegn Dawit Chamma, Marina Kovaleva, Gabriela Nagle Alverio, Daniel M. Nzengya, Serafino Afonso Rui Mucova, Jokastah Wanzuu Kalungu, and Gustavo J. Nagy. "Assessing causes and implications of climate-induced migration in Kenya and Ethiopia." Environmental Science & Policy 150 (2023): 103577

• Kalungu, Jokastah Wanzuu, and David Harris. "Smallholder farmers’ perception of the impacts of climate change and variability on rain-fed agricultural practices in semi-arid and sub-humid regions of Kenya." Journal of Environment and Earth Science 3.7 (2013): 129-140.

• Walter Leal Filho, Franziska Wolf, Edmond Totin, Luckson Zvobgo, Nicholas Philip Simpson, Kumbirai Musiyiwa, Jokastah W. Kalungu, Maruf Sanni, Ibidun Adelekan, Jackson Efitre, Felix Kwabena Donkor, Abdul-Lateef Balogun, Serafino Afonso Rui Mucova, Desalegn Yayeh Ayal (2022) Is indigenous knowledge serving climate adaptation? Evidence from various African regions, Development Policy Review, DPR-Apr-22-3511.R1, August 2022

• Kovaleva, Marina, Walter Leal Filho, Christian Borgemeister, and Jokastah Wanzuu Kalungu. "Understanding Needs and Potentials for Gender-Balanced Empowerment and Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa." Sustainability 14, no. 15 (August, 2022): 9410.

• Climate change responses among the Maasai Community in Kenya, Nzengya, Daniel; Muasya, Gladys; Chemuliti, Judith; Kalungu, Jokastah W. (Springer Verlag, 2017-10-17), The impacts of climate change to the dryland areas of East Africa are especially strong, especially if it is considered that these areas have weak institutions and governance systems. Climate change has also affected many.

• Kalungu JW, Filho WL, (2016) Adoption of appropriate technologies among smallholder farmers in Kenya, Journal of Climate development.

• Kalungu JW, Filho WL, David H, (2014) Gender and Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya : An Assessment of the impacts of climate change on smallholder farming practices and the role of gender on adaptation strategies in semi-arid and sub-humid regions of Kenya, Metropolitan University, UK. Thesis.

• Kalungu JW, et al. (2013), Exploring gender dynamics on perception of climate change on farming with focus groups in Machakos and Makueni Counties, Kenya, submitted for 27th SSSEA conference paper, October, Naivasha, Kenya

• Kalungu JW et al. (2013), Smallholder Farmers’ Perception of the Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Rain-fed Agricultural Practices in Semi-arid and Sub-humid Regions of Kenya, Journal of environmental and earth science, ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper), ISSN 2225-09048 (ONLINE ) Volume 3. No. 7

• Kalungu JW, (2012), CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY: Making the choices that make a difference! Nordic climate facility: Building adaptive capacity to climate change in Kenya, Water Resource Management Authority Climate change adaptation project, 24 – 28 September, Naivasha, Kenya

• Kalungu J, (2012-presenter), Socio-Economics of Rainwater Harvesting, Presented at USAID-KHCP /KRA Rainwater Harvest Workshop on Water and food security: Climate Smart Agriculture for smallholder farmers in the Drylands of Ukambani and Coastal Regions of Kenya, 21 – 22, 2012 held at Syombunguo hotel, Makueni-Kenya

• Kalungu J. W, RO Monteiro, RD Coelho, 2010, Irrigation technology in South Africa and Kenya (Tecnologia da irrigação na África do Sul e no Quênia), Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, Online, CR-3212, ISSN 0103-8478, Received 02.28.10 Approved 08.23.10.

• KALUNGU, J.W. et al (2012). Irrigation application depths and potassium doses on tomatoes under a protected environment in Southeast Brazil. Revista de Agricultura (Piracicaba), v. 87, p. 100-110, 2012.

• Kalungu, JW et al. (2008), Effect of irrigation water depths and fertigation to tomato yield and water use efficiency in southeast Brazil, Conference paper, Central theme, technology for all: sharing the knowledge for development. Proceedings of the International Conference of Agricultural Engineering, XXXVII Brazilian Congress of Agricultural Engineering, International Livestock Environment Symposium - ILES VIII, Iguassu Falls City, Brazil, 31st August to 4th September,2008 2008 pp. unpaginated, Record Number,20093329489.

• Kalungu, J.W. 2008. Effect of different drip irrigation application depths and potassium doses on tomatoes grown in a greenhouse under two soil cover conditions in São Paulo, Brazil. Published M.Sc. thesis, University of São Paulo, Campus Escola Superior de Agricultura, ‘Luiz de Queiroz’ (ESALQ), Brazil.

• Kalungu, J.W., R.O. Monteiro, R.D. Coelho and M.V. Folegatti. 2007. Irrigation technology in South Africa and Kenya. In: International Conference for Agricultural Engineers, 30 July – 03 August 2007, Bonito, Mato Grosso, Brazil, p. 1-4.

• Kalungu, J.W., H.R. Luiz, C.A. Zolin, R.D. Coelho and M.V. Folegatti. 2007. Effects of global warming in Africa’s irrigation systems. Paper presented at Brazilian Symposium of Natural Disasters and Technology (2º SIBRADEN), 9 - 13 December, Santos – SP, Brazil, p. 1-8. Chapters in Books

• Kalungu J, et al. (2013), Assessing the Impact of Rainwater Harvesting Technology as Adaptation Strategy for Rural Communities in Makueni County, Kenya, Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, Article ID:367546, Chapter ID:23

• Kalungu J, Filho WL, Mwangi (2011), Responding to Food Production Challenges in the Face of Global Warming at Community Level in Kenya: The role of a local University, submitted as a chapter to a book, to be published by Springer “Sustainable food security in the era of local and global environmental change” by Mohamed Behnassi, Olaf Pollmann, Gabrielle Kissinger

Training and Workshop

• 2025, Global South Academic Conclave (GSAC) on WASH and Climate- February 2025, INDIA

• 2024, Climate Entrepreneurship Training from 12th to 14th November 2024 – Machakos

• 2022: Financial Technology shaping the traditional space of Financial Services, FINTECH CAMPUS” in partnership with HS Bremen (International Graduate Center) and the European Business University

• 2022: Training on Project management, FINTECH CAMPUS” in partnership with HS Bremen (International Graduate Center) and the European Business University

• 2022: Webinar: Citizen Water Observatories for Transboundary Water Cooperation Rajan Subedi, River Basing manager, Oxfam

• 2022: Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Risk Reduction in Eastern Africa, Dominique Mvunabandi, Director of Sciences, Technology and Innovation Unit, Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO

• 2024 – AWARD fellowship - Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action (AAWLCA) Fellowship.

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