Research Papers
Rigorous inquiry at the frontier of AI and development.
Peer-reviewed and working papers spanning NLP, climate AI, human-centred design, and institutional governance, designed to inform practice, not just add to the literature.
Working Paper2024
Climate Intelligence for Community Resilience: An AI-Assisted Framework for Adaptation Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mensah, R. — Working paper — open for collaboration
This paper proposes a framework for translating satellite-derived climate signals into community-readable risk narratives using machine learning and geospatial analytics. The approach is designed for low-resource settings where data science capacity is limited but climate risk is acute.
Climate AISDG 13Global SouthNLP
Research Note2023
Predictive Analytics for Youth Programme Outcomes: A Data-Driven Approach to Measuring Social Impact
Internal research note — EGA Mentorship International
Working Paper2023
Human-Centred AI Design Principles for Development Contexts
Working paper — open for review
Current research agenda
What Richard is working on now
- NLP for low-resource African languages: bridging the digital language divide
- Climate signal translation: turning satellite data into community-readable risk narratives
- Human-centred AI design: building systems that work across literacy levels and device constraints
- Institutional AI readiness: what governance and accountability look like in the Global South
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