Meet The Team
PROJECT CO-LEADER
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
Distinguished Professor
Steven Ratuva
Award-winning leading interdisciplinary expert on Pacific politics, culture, environment, development, economics and climate crisis
PROJECT CO-LEADER
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Professor Elisabeth Holland
One of the Pacific’s leading climate scientists who has been involved in high level negotiations, policies and research in the Pacific region for more than 10 years
CLIMATE, POPULATION, AND WELLBEING
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
Professor Bronwyn Hayward
One of NZ’s leading climate policy expert and one of the authors of the latest UN Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on global climate crisis
PACIFIC SUSTAINABILITY AND WELLBEING
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Associate Professor Joeli Veitayaki
Award-winning and leading Pacific expert on ocean and costal management and climate adaptation
PACIFIC CLIMATE, LOSS AND DAMAGE
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Dr Viliamu Iese
Leading Pacific-wide expert on climate crisis, loss and damage, disaster and risks and food security
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
Dr Christina Laalaai-Tausa
Samoan-New Zealand scholar and former government official with a wide-ranging skills, extensive experience and deep knowledge of project management and delivery
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Dr Hilda Sakiti-Waqa
Experienced researcher and a Pacific regional advisor in Conservation, Biodiversity and Environmental Management. Dr Sakiti-Waqa also has extensive experience in consultancies and project management.
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND RESILIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
Dr Suliasi Vunibola
Experienced researcher with in-depth understanding of Pacific methodologies and approaches having conducted his PhD in the Pacific with local communities
MOBILITY AND IMMOBILITY
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
Dr Dalila Gharbaoui
Experienced author of a number of high quality research on climate crisis, mitigation, planned relocation, and land governance in the Pacific region with particular focus on the following; migration as a result of climate change; climate crisis in the context of the Pacific.
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR
Shree Jaganath Reddy
Chartered Accountant with vast accounting experience in private, public, and educational sector.
GEOSPATIAL ANALYST
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Dr. Luisa Malua Young
Expertise in geospatial analysis, remote sensing, global climate change and seascape ecology.
DIGITAL GEOGRAPHY & CRISIS MAPPING
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
David Garcia
An expert mapmaker with expertise in geospatial analysis, environmental planning, and cartography in the Asia & Pacific regions, especially about disasters.
IT SPECIALIST
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Jiaoji Sigavata
Extensive work experience and in-depth knowledge of IT infrastructure in the Pacific region and with local tertiary institutions in Fiji.
TECHNICAL EDITOR/DIGITAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Eliki Drugunalevu
Former Journalism Teaching Assistant and currently at the back end of completing his masters on Sustainable Development Goals and the media in Fiji.
COMMUNICATIONS AND WEB DESIGN
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
Chloe-Ane Wragg
Masters candidate and former government official with experience in scientific fisheries data analysis and international fisheries in the Pacific region, WCPFC, SPRFMO & SIOFA.