Anna is a resilience, climate change and disaster risk leader and specialist with over 17 years’ experience in the Asia-Pacific region. She is an experienced project manager, having led climate change and disaster resilience consultancies, evaluations, and research projects since 2008 across 10 Pacific Island Countries.

With experience working with DFAT, MFAT, the Pacific Community (SPC), UNDP, IIED, Plan International, SNV, Pacific governments and local NGOs in the Pacific, Anna has an applied understanding of the range of ways climate change and disasters influence development. Her contribution to international development research is underpinned by strong intercultural skills and a keen willingness to ensure research informs policy and practice.

Anna’s background in climate science underpins her experience working on transdisciplinary projects with climate change and disaster implications relevant to humanitarian response; urbanisation and informal settlements; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); gender; aid effectiveness; forced migration and human mobility. She has published numerous research and evaluation outputs including academic journal papers, research/project reports and working papers, evaluation reports, policy briefs and book chapters.