Academic Publications

Journal Articles

Shamsudduha, M., Lee, J., Joseph, G., Bahuguna, A., Wijesundera, S., Nair, S., Hoo, Y.R., Wang, Q., Ayling, S. (2025)Assessing the water quality hazard and challenges to achieving the freshwater goal in Sri Lanka. Sci Rep 15, 10187 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-93845-1

Lopane, Fulvio D., Sophie Ayling, Yi Rong Hoo, et al. (2025). Optimising Water Storage for Climate Resilience: Geospatial Targeting for Small Tanks Rejuvenation in Sri Lanka. Journal of Environmental Management 374 (February): 124031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124031.

Joseph G, Milusheva S, Sturrock H, Mapako T, Ayling S, et al. (2023) Estimating spatially disaggregated probability of severe COVID-19 and the impact of handwashing interventions: The case of Zimbabwe. PLOS ONE 18(11): e0292644. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292644

Gething PW, Ayling S, Mugabi J, Muximpua OD, Kagulura SS, Joseph G (2023) Cholera risk in Lusaka: A geospatial analysis to inform improved water and sanitation provision. PLOS Water 2(8): e0000163. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000163

Ayling S, Milusheva S, Maidei Kashangura F, Hoo YR, Sturrock H, Joseph G. A stitch in time: The importance of water and sanitation services (WSS) infrastructure maintenance for cholera risk. A geospatial analysis in Harare, Zimbabwe. Withey JH, editor. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17:e0011353.. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011353

Bayissa, Yared, Raghavan Srinivasan, George Joseph, Aroha Bahuguna, Anne Shrestha, Sophie Ayling, Ranjith Punyawardena, and K. D. W. Nandalal. 2022. ‘Developing a Combined Drought Index to Monitor Agricultural Drought in Sri Lanka’. Water 14 (20): 3317. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14203317.

Wise, S., Milusheva, S., & Ayling, S. (2022). The Importance of Scaling for an Agent Based Model: An Illustrative Case Study with COVID-19 in Zimbabwe. In International Conference on Computational Science (pp. 259-265). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08754-7_35

Conference Proceedings

Robert Manning Smith, Sarah Wise, and Sophie Ayling. Calibration in a Data Sparse Environment: How Many Cases Did We Miss? (Short Paper). In 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 277, pp. 50:1-50:7, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.50

Ayling, S., Lopane, F. D., Hoo, Y. R., Wang, Q., Shamsudduha, M., Bahuguna, A., & Joseph, G. (2024, April 10). Designing a Tank Prioritisation Index for Sri Lanka: A Geospatial Approach. 32nd Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK), University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10927868  

MacLachlan, A., Ayling, S., Mutabuzi, A., Mwamwaja, S., Kalisa, F., Coville, A., Sansonetti, J., Joseph, G., Kennedy Walker, R., & Kodoma, T. (2024, April 10). Closing the gap: a spatially targeted approach to water point rehabilitation in Tanzania. 32nd Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK), University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10926688 

Working Papers

Gething,Peter William; Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi; Mugabi,Josses; Muximpua,Odete Duarte; George Joseph; Kagulura,Solomon Sitinadziwe. 2023 Cholera Risk in Lusaka : A Geospatial Analysis to Inform Improved Water and Sanitation Provision (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10469 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099818506052334587/IDU023b094f009b07048570b2e70098a9538d71d

George Joseph; Sveta Milusheva; Sturrock,Hugh James William; Kashangura,Faith Maidei; Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi; Hoo,Yi Rong. 2023 The Importance of Maintenance : Geospatial Analysis of Cholera Risk and Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Harare, Zimbabwe (English). Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 10327 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.  https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10327

Joseph, George, Sveta Milusheva, Hugh Sturrock, Tonderai Mapoko, Sophie Charlotte Emi Ayling, and Yi Rong Hoo. 2023. Estimating Spatially Disaggregated Probability of Severe COVID-19 and the Impact of Handwashing Interventions: The Case of Zimbabwe. Policy Research Working Papers. The World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10328.

Joseph, George, Sophie Ayling, Pepita Miquel-Florensa, Hernán D. Bejarano, and Alejandra Quevedo Cardona. 2021. Behavioral Insights in Infrastructure Sectors: A Survey. Policy Research Working Papers. The World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9704.

Joseph, George, Bushra Binte Alam, Anne Shrestha, Khairul Islam, Santanu Lahiri, and Sophie Ayling. 2019. An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh’s Community Health Clinics. Policy Research Working Papers. World Bank, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8924.

Joseph, George, Luis Alberto Andres, Gnanaraj Chellaraj, Jonathan Grabinsky Zabludovsky, Sophie Charlotte Emi Ayling, and Yi Rong Hoo. 2019. Why Do So Many Water Points Fail in Tanzania? An Empirical Analysis of Contributing Factors. Policy Research Working PapersWorld Bank, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8729.