[9] Empirical studies of desertification in the Sahel found strong local adaptability to uncertain rainfall,[10] with little use of Western agricultural inputs or seed varieties.

[11] A comparative study of World Bank relationships with NGOs in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and Ecuador with David Lewis and Tony Bebbington resulted in several articles.

[12] Since 2010 he has worked in the un-decolonised South Pacific settler economy[13] of New Caledonia-Kanaky on the political ecology of mining and other issues affecting Indigenous Kanak societies and cultures, producing a major volume in English in 2024 with Matthias Kowasch.

[16] Research on Community Bike Workshops and their contributions of low carbon mobility, social justice, and active travel is an emerging area (funded by the British Academy, 2024).

[17] Batterbury chairs a small workshop, WeCycle,[18] that gives away more than 250 rebuilt and repaired bikes a year to refugees and asylum seekers in Melbourne; it featured on national TV.