Tamara has 12 years’ experience working in international development practice, education, research and evaluation. She possesses strong practitioner experience in social development and bilateral aid projects of the Southeast Asia and Pacific region.

Tamara has worked on applied research projects at the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) since October 2017 on the themes of effectiveness of international development programming, gender and social inclusion and climate change adaptation. At ISF Tamara has contributed her strengths in qualitative, participatory, co-designed research to a variety of gender-focused projects. Partners have included Act for Peace, Australian Pacific Climate Partnership, Australian Volunteers International, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Centre for Global Development, KIAT, KONEKSI, Plan Australia, Plan Indonesia, Plan Asia-Pacific, WaterAid Timor-Leste, and World Vision Bangladesh.

Tamara’s research interests include development effectiveness, gender and sexual diversity, social inclusion, refugee protection, community economies, and climate change adaptation and resilience. She has a particular interest in working with disadvantaged communities and individuals, and supporting their advocacy efforts with evidence-based policy change. She desires to contribute research of social relevance for a more just and equitable world, and which pays explicit attention to decolonising knowledge production.