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        Sukaina Bharwani

        Senior Research Fellow

      • SEI Oxford,
      • Role(s): Leading research on three EU Horizon projects: MAIA, DIRECTED and AGORA
      • Expertise: Vulnerability, climate change adaptation and decision-making
      • sukaina.bharwani@sei.org
      • +44 1865 426316
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      Sukaina Bharwani is an interdisciplinary senior researcher with a background in both social anthropology and computer science. This combination provides her with a unique range of qualitative and quantitative skills to further climate adaptation research in innovative ways.

      Sukaina co-led the SEI Climate Services initiative and several work streams in large European and international projects. She also coordinates the strategic and technical development of the weADAPT  global platform and network for climate change adaptation.

      Her current research supports urban adaptation in southern Africa , connects communities  working on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Europe, and contributes to the field of climate change adaptation taxonomies and climate services. She leads research in three Horizon Europe projects:

      • MAIA (the Mapping and ASsessment for Integrated Ecosystem Accounting project) gives visibility to and connects European research.
      • DIRECTED (the Disaster Resilience for Extreme Climate Events providing Interoperable Data, Models, Communication and Governance Project), advance SEI’s transdisciplinary knowledge co-production framework, Tandem , in “Real World Labs”.
      • AGORA (A Gathering place to cO-design and co-cReate ADaptation) enhances inclusive citizen engagement in building a climate resilient society.

      Sukaina was a contributing author to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group II, on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.

      She has a Ph.D. in Applied Computing (Social Sciences) and a BA (Hons) in Social Anthropology.

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      Meet Sukaina Bharwani, Senior Research Fellow

      Meet Sukaina, an interdisciplinary senior researcher at SEI Oxford. Sukaina started working at SEI in 2003.

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      Publications by Sukaina Bharwani

      • An introduction to the themed section on 'Using agent-based simulation for integrating qualitative and quantitative evidence'
      • Principles for co-producing climate services: practical insights from FRACTAL
      • Understanding and supporting climate-sensitive decision processes in southern African cities
      • Co-producing climate information for Windhoek decision making
      • Refocusing the climate services lens: introducing a framework for co-designing “transdisciplinary knowledge integration processes” to build climate resilience
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      Perspectives by Sukaina Bharwani

      • Is the new IPCC report a game changer for adaptation?
      • Bouncing back or bouncing forward? The overlooked role of taxonomies for climate action and pandemic recovery
      • Una hoja de ruta que acelera la gestión de conocimiento para la acción climática
      • A road map to accelerate information exchange for climate action
      • Exploring the power of collaboration to address climate change in urban Africa
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      Featured stories with Sukaina Bharwani

      • weADAPT at 15: How research, policy and practice community members use the platform
      • SEI Oxford event addresses the future of climate change adaptation
      • Q&A: How IPCC reports get written, why they matter and what role governments play in them
      • The role of international cooperation in disaster risk reduction
      • Introducing “Participate!” – an online course that teaches how to better facilitate events on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
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      Projects and tools with Sukaina Bharwani

      • DIRECTED – Disaster resilience for extreme climate events through improved data accessibility, communication and risk governance
      • Adaptation at Altitude
      • Iniciativa Servicios Climáticos de SEI
      • PLACARD
      • FRACTAL
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