Sarah Dickin
Researcher at Uppsala University Future institutes (UUniFl); Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus (UUniCORN)
- E-mail:
- sarah.dickin@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala
Lecturer at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Centre for Health and Sustainability
- E-mail:
- sarah.dickin@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjöldsväg 14B, 1 tr
75237 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala
Keywords
- water
- sanitation
- planetary health
- sustainability and health
- equity
- gender inequalities
- empowerment
Biography
Sarah Dickin is a health geographer working at the intersections of environment, health and inequalities, with a major focus on water and sanitation insecurity. She is currently Associate Professor (docent) at the Centre for Health and Sustainability at Uppsala University. She is affiliated to UUniCORN, the Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus, where she is establishing a working group on critical planetary health. Previously, she led a policy and research team at the Stockholm Environment Institute working on Sida-funded water and sanitation initiatives.
Publications
Recent publications
Part of International Journal of Water Resources Development, p. 789-811, 2025
- DOI for Assessing the importance of gender transformative WASH: evidence from a gender-mainstreamed WASH programme in Bangladesh
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Part of Health and Place, 2025
- DOI for Entangled risks: knowledge co-production with sanitation workers to address current and future challenges of handling menstrual waste in informal settlements in Kenya
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Towards a one health approach to WASH to tackle zoonotic disease and promote health and wellbeing
Part of PLOS WATER, 2025
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Part of WELLBEING SPACE AND SOCIETY, p. 100243, 2025
- DOI for Intersecting vulnerabilities: Health and wellbeing of older adults in Uganda during a global health crisis
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Part of Social Science and Medicine, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of International Journal of Water Resources Development, p. 789-811, 2025
- DOI for Assessing the importance of gender transformative WASH: evidence from a gender-mainstreamed WASH programme in Bangladesh
- Download full text (pdf) of Assessing the importance of gender transformative WASH: evidence from a gender-mainstreamed WASH programme in Bangladesh
Part of Health and Place, 2025
- DOI for Entangled risks: knowledge co-production with sanitation workers to address current and future challenges of handling menstrual waste in informal settlements in Kenya
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Part of WELLBEING SPACE AND SOCIETY, p. 100243, 2025
- DOI for Intersecting vulnerabilities: Health and wellbeing of older adults in Uganda during a global health crisis
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Part of Social Science and Medicine, 2024
Part of WIREs Water, 2024
Part of Water Security, 2023
- DOI for Inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene: Challenges and opportunities for measurement and monitoring
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Part of BMJ Global Health, 2023
- DOI for Systematic mapping of gender equality and social inclusion in WASH interventions: knowledge clusters and gaps
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Part of Frontiers in Water, 2023
- DOI for Human rights, COVID-19, and barriers to safe water and sanitation among people experiencing homelessness in Mexico City
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Examining water and gender narratives and realities
Part of WIREs Water, 2022
- DOI for Examining water and gender narratives and realities
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Articles, review/survey
Towards a one health approach to WASH to tackle zoonotic disease and promote health and wellbeing
Part of PLOS WATER, 2025
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Greenhouse gas emissions from sanitation and wastewater management systems: a review
Part of Journal of Water and Climate, p. 1797-1819, 2024
- DOI for Greenhouse gas emissions from sanitation and wastewater management systems: a review
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A review of how decision support tools address resource recovery in sanitation systems
Part of Journal of Environmental Management, 2023
- DOI for A review of how decision support tools address resource recovery in sanitation systems
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