SAGE and its early contributions to improvements in governance of area-based conservation
16 January 2023
Naira Dehmel
Technical support and research officer
Telephone: +44 (0)20 3463 7399
Languages:
English,
Spanish (fluent), German (fluent), French (conversational), Portuguese (conversational)
Naira is part of IIED’s Natural Resources research group where she works on environmental justice and rights-based approaches to biodiversity conservation and natural resource governance.
Expertise
Political ecology; conservation and natural resource governance; environmental justice, social equity and rights-based approaches; participatory research methodologies; mixed-method and interdisciplinary research; monitoring, learning and evaluation.
Naira has research and work experience in countries in Europe (UK, Germany), Latin America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador) and Africa (Mozambique, Uganda).
Before IIED
Before joining IIED, Naira has been conducting PhD research on the questions how and why (not) to evaluate equitable governance in conservation areas. As part of her research, she collaborated and worked with IIED and its partners.
Previously, Naira worked on environmental social science research projects with the Stockholm Environment Institute and the University of East Anglia.
Education
- Current: PhD in environmental social sciences, King’s College London
- MSc, social research methods, London School of Economics and Political Science
- BA, international development with economics, University of East Anglia
Current work
Naira is currently supporting the ‘scaling up equitable governance’ project of IIED’s conservation, communities and equity programme, coordinating research, activities and advocacy with partners in Bolivia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nepal and Tanzania.
