Research team

Research team

Meet the core team of researchers from Griffith University working on the EcoAdapt project. Coastal scientists and engineers, spatial and systems modellers, ecologists, social scientists, political scientists, micro-economists, amongst others conducted interdisciplinary research across the project's key themes:

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Climate and ecosystems
Coastal processes
Economics
In-country support
Project integration & stakeholder engagement
Risk assessment
Social & Policy
Tourism
Professor Christopher Fleming

Prof. Chris Fleming

Co-lead - Micro-economics, benefit-cost analysis, alternative indicators of well-being
Dan Ware

Dan Ware

Previous Project Manager for the EcoAdapt project
Mehdi Hafezi

Mehdi Hafezi

PhD Scholar, School of Engineering and Built Environment.
Lin Hasan

Dr. Syezlin Hasan

Environmental economist and expert in econometrics modelling and stated preference research design.
Susanne Becken

Prof. Susanne Becken

Lead - Social Policy & Analysis. Expertise in carbon footprint; climate change vulnerability and adaptation destination management.
Allan Dan

Allan Dan

In-country project coordinator for Tanna and Vanuatu.
Oz Sahin

Dr. Oz Sahin

Systems modeller and Senior Research Fellow in School of Engineering and Built Environment.
Andrew Buckwell

Andrew Buckwell

Applied environmental and resource economist and social scientist.
Wade Hadwen profile shot

Dr. Wade Hadwen

Lecturer - working on social policy and analysis. Expert in climate change adaptation, and WASH issues
Alyssa Giffin

Alyssa Giffin

PhD scholar - assisting with the EcoAdapt project. Expert in coral reef ecology
gaelle Faivre

Gaëlle Faivre

PhD scholar. Assisting with the EcoAdapt project on water quality in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

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