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Patrina DumaruSenior Social Scientist
Biography
Patrina is a Senior Social Scientist with the Social and Behavioural Science Team. She specializes in climate and disaster risk reduction planning and monitoring and evaluation. She also specialises in the use of participatory action research (PAR) tools for assessing climate vulnerability vulnerability from a human security and wellbeing perspective and is currently carrying out research on: wellbeing impact assessment of resilience investments; PAR on climate change adaptation and groundwater research; social licensing and just transition related to geothermal mineral extraction for renewable energy development; and perception of resilience among Pasifika youth.
Qualifications
- PhD, Development
- PhD, Science - Climate Adaptation
- BA, Community Development
- Postgraduate Diploma, Geography
Areas of expertise
- Social Science: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
- Social Science: Climate change policy
- Social Science: Community Resilience
- Social Science: Community resilience building
- Social Science: Disaster Impact Reduction
- Social Science: Disaster risk management
- Social Science: Environmental perceptions
- Social Science: Focus Groups
- Social Science: Impact Assessment
- Social Science: Interviewing
- Social Science: Land Use Planning
- Social Science: Participatory Action Research
- Social Science: Perceptions of energy resources
- Social Science: Social Vulnerability Analysis
- Social Science: Socio-economic impacts
- Business Development: Impact Monitoring and Evaluation