Research areas
My current focus is on family dynamics and the population-environment nexus. I approach it through localised case studies in East Africa and Madagascar and national as well as international data. Connecting classical demographic sources to remote sensing
Other activities
I co-head the research unit Demosud and I am in charge of Knowledge sharing with the global South at Ined.
PhD Supervision:
2024- : Jude Otim, Makerere University (co-supervision with Prof. Betty Kwagala and Dr Stephen O. Wandera)
2023- : Pierre Schlegel
Selection of publications
KAKUBA Christian, NANKINGA Olivia, GOLAZ Valérie, 2025, « Who leaves school prematurely in Uganda: Do predictors vary by place of residence? », International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 114 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2025.103238
NJINGOUO MOUNCHINGAM A., GOLAZ V., 2024, Impact des cyclones sur la morbidité et la malnutrition des enfants de moins de cinq ans à Madagascar, In: T. Eggerickx, J.–P. Sanderson (eds), Regards démographiques sur quelques crises climatiques, Association In
GASTINEAU B., GOLAZ V., DOS SANTOS S., 2024,La croissance démographique entre science et science-fiction : quand démographes et écrivains imaginent le futur, Quetelet Journal, 2024, 10 (1), pp.85-95. ?10.14428/rqj2022.10.01.05?
GOLAZ V., MEDARD C., 2024, «Titres fonciers et superposition de droits. Comment mesurer l’étendue des transformations vers la pleine propriété en Ouganda ?», In: Digressions, Les Impromptus du LPED n°8, p.128-148.
ROUSSE B., LOBRY S., DUTHE G, GOLAZ V., WENDLING L, 2024, «Domain Adaptation for Mapping LCZs in Sub-Saharan Africa with Remote Sensing: A Comprehensive Approach to Health Data Analysis», IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3421284.
WANDERA S.O., GOLAZ V., KWGALA B., NTOZI J. et AYUKU D.O., 2024, «“These are just finishing our medicines”: Older Persons’ Perceptions and Experiences of Access to Healthcare in public health facilities in Uganda», BMC Health Services Research, 24(1):396. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-10741-6
SIKARWAR A., GOLAZ V., 2024, «Substantial increase in population exposure to multiple environmental burden in sub-Saharan Africa (2000-2019)», Environmental Research Letters, 19. doi: : 10.1088/1748-9326/ad376b
