Patrina Dumaru

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.