Research Team

Sara E Davies

Sara is a Professor in the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, and an Adjunct Fellow in the Monash Gender Peace and Security Centre, Monash University.
Her current research focuses on global health governance and the women, peace and security agenda. Her research seeks to identify the political conditions that deny humans access to civil, economic, and social human rights. Sara is co-leading this project.
Gender Equality Research Network, Griffith University

Robin E Roberts

Robin is an Associate Professor in Agribusiness and a research lead with the Griffith Asia Institute and the Griffith Business School, Griffith University.
Her current research focuses on mapping export opportunities, customer and consumer insights, and new product development. Her research has been devoted to identifying opportunities to advance food trade and market insights for public and private sectors in the Asia-Pacific region. Robin is co-leading this project.
Griffith Agribusiness, Griffith University

Dominic Smith

Dominic is an Associate Professor in Agribusiness research with the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University.
His work focuses on agriculture, rural development, food systems, value chains and marketing, pro-poor development, and decentralised finance and planning.
Dominic is using his expertise to support the COVID-19 Food Insecurity Experience Survey for the project.

Griffith Agribusiness, Griffith University

Naomi Woyengu

Naomi is the Director of the newly formed HausKuk Initiative for women and children in Papua New Guinea.
She is experienced in regional youth development studies across the Asia-Pacific region. Her research interests include studies with non-profit organisations, management and training, leadership and strategic planning.
Naomi is leading the in-country qualitative research activity for the Papua New Guinea study in this project.

Darlene Joy D Calsado

Darlene is a Research Associate with the Center for West Visayan Studies at the University of Philippines Visayas and undertaking a master’s degree.
She has been working with various international humanitarian organisations in implementing disaster risk reduction programs.
Her research interests focus on the inclusion and integration of children and youth rights on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation programs.
Darlene is supporting the in-country qualitative research activity for the Philippines study in this project.

Claire Samantha T Juanico

Claire is currently undertaking her PhD with the University of the Philippines Visayas and is a project development officer with the Philippine Genome Center Visayas.
Her interests in gender and development started when she was the GAD Focal Person at Central Luzon State University. In this role she initiated activities for students studying fisheries to further their employment opportunities. Claire is leading the in-country qualitative research activity for the Philippines study in this project.

Clare Wenham

Clare is an Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy at London School of Economics and Political Science.
She specialises in global health security and the politics and policy of pandemic preparedness and outbreak response, through analysis of influenza, Ebola and Zika. Her research focuses on global health governance, role of WHO, national priorities and innovative financing for pandemic control, particularly in Latin America.
Clare is using her expertise to provide a supporting role in this project.

Karen A Grépin

Karen is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong.
She is a health economist and health systems researcher. Her research focuses on institutional factors affecting the demand and supply of health services, government response to infectious disease outbreaks, and the role of routine health information systems in strengthening health systems.Karen is using her expertise to provide a
supporting role in this project.

Julia Smith

Julia is a Research Associate in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University.
She is currently co-leading the Gender and COVID-19 Project. Her research focuses on the role of civil society in the response to HIV/AIDS, the political economy of the tobacco industry and Indigenous Peoples’ health. Her research interests include social, political and commercial determinants of health, gender-based analysis and participatory methods.
Julia is using her expertise to provide a supporting role in this project.

Belinda Eslick

Belinda is an early career researcher with the Griffith Agribusiness team at Griffith University and lecturer with the University of Queensland.
Her research interests include women’s non-institutional and informal political practices, women’s contributions to communities and feminist philosophy. Belinda is currently involved in agribusiness research projects relating to the trade of fresh produce and dedicated historical studies such as Understanding the Impact of Deregulation on the South East Queensland Dairy Industry. Belinda is supporting this project as a Research Assistant.

Diego Leiva

Diego is an early career researcher with the Department of Government and International Relations, Griffith University.
His current research interests include Presidentialism, Latin American Foreign Policy, and Sino–Latin American relations.
Diego is supporting this project as a Research Assistant.