Catalysing Change Agents

Dr Seona Meharg is a leading interdisciplinary social scientist, specializing in evaluation and catalysing competencies required for adaptation. She collaboratively designs, leads, and delivers projects across domains with all levels of government and communities, both within Australia and the Asia-Pacific, often in situations of high ambiguity and contested contexts such as climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development through research for development.  Seona has an eclectic background in ecology, communication, environmental law and project management, and exploring how change can be catalyzed in international development projects, exploring the theory and practice of implementation including capacity considerations for adaptation research.

• Chapter 1.- Creating systemic change through Research for Development Interventions.- Chapter 2.- Systemic change and adaptation.- Chapter 3.- Who are and what is the role for change agents?.-  Chapter 4.- Research for Development Alliance.- Chapter 5.-  Climate projections.- high level downscaling for Vietnam.- Chapter 6.- Climate adaptation through sustainable urban development in Can Tho, Vietnam.- Chapter 7.- Climate adaptation through sustainable urban development in Makassar, Indonesia.- Chapter 8.- Climate strategies for rural livelihoods in Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.- Chapter 9.- Activating potential agents of change through R4D.- Chapter 10.- Enabling change agents of the future.