Clémence Mboutcheu

Dr. Clémence Mboutcheu is a highly skilled Cameroonian sociologist and sustainable development consultant with specialized expertise in population and development, environmental sociology, project monitoring, and data architecture. She currently serves as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Yaoundé I, facilitating seminars and supporting graduate student research within the Department of Sociology. Dr. Mboutcheu is recognized for her extensive field research across Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR), focusing on the intersection of community rights, socioeconomic development, and natural resource management.

Dr. Mboutcheu has built a versatile track record providing strategic data collection and qualitative analysis for prominent international organizations and ministries. She has collaborated regularly with the Groupe d'Experts Évaluateurs Indépendants (GEEI) on critical international environmental conservation projects, serving as an Expert and Data Analyst for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and UNESCO. Her notable conservation assignments include re-engineering management and business plans for the Mbaéré-Bodingué National Park in CAR, evaluating co-management public-private frameworks in the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas, and evaluating local community development programs within the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In the public health sector, Dr. Mboutcheu has operated as a Regional Supervisor and investigator for the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), designing analytical tools, training regional investigators, and leading large-scale field collections across Cameroon regarding health leadership evaluation, malaria tracking, and vaccination programs. Her public sector experience also includes consulting for Cameroon's Ministry of Tourism and Leisure to author the national master plan for tourist site development, and advising the Ministry of Employment on socio-feasibility studies for regional textile competence centers.

Dr. Mboutcheu holds a Bachelor's degree, a Master's degree in the Management of Development Projects, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology with the highest distinction (Très Honorable) from the University of Yaoundé I. Her doctoral thesis comprehensively examined protected area management and ecotourism dynamics across the Bénoué, Campo Ma'an, Lobéké, and Santchou wildlife reserves. She is an active scientific communicator, widely published on ecotourism and community rights, and holds advanced training in child protection and transformational leadership from UNICEF and the Life Success Institute. She is a native French speaker, holds professional fluency in English, and speaks Fulfulde.