Summary
I am a social scientist and freelance researcher with a passion for working in international development. I have experience working on various gender and social research and consultancy contracts in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. My most recent research focuses on understanding gender in the Pacific and aims to better integrate gender considerations into development projects, particularly related to natural resource management. I have a Master of International and Community Development, and a Bachelor of Social Science (Environment). I am a native English speaker, and am proficient in Solomon Islands Pijin and Papua New Guinean Tok Pisin.
Qualifications and credentials
Master International and Community Development, Completed, Deakin University
Bachelor Social Science (Environment), Completed, RMIT University
Gender Sensitive Governance, 2015, Completed, Institute of Development Studies
Solomon Island Pijin, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
Papua New Guinean Tok Pisin, Good, Good, Good, Good
Work experience
Gender mainstreaming
Environmental and social safeguards specialist
WorldFish, Regional/Gender Consultant, Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands, Regional / Gender Consultant / CBRM Coordinator, Regional Consultant (May 2015 – January 2016)
- Engaged to conduct a study examining how social and gender norms shape men and women’s capacities to i
Wildlife Conservation Society, Social Scientist, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Social Scientist, - Led a socioeconomic research study with the objective to understand the social-ecological systems of fisheries in Papua New Guinea to enable local c
World Wide Fund for Nature, Socio-economic Consultant, Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands, Socio-economic Consultant, Food security and livelihoods program, Socio-economic Consultant (August 2013 – June 2015)
- Engaged under WWF’s food security and livelihoods program to design a socioeconomic baseline stu
Publications
Understanding adaptation and innovation capacity in aquatic agricultural systems; applying a gender lens, Ambio, in prep.
Shifting gender norms; considerations for development and natural resource management, CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems, in prep.
Western Province Situation Analysis, CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems, CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems, http://www.aas.cgiar.org/publications/solomon-islands-western-province-situation-analysis