PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Society of South African Geographers (SSAG)

South African Network for Coastal and Oceanographic Research (SANCOR)

MAIN TEACHING FIELDS

Human Geography

Geographies of Urban & Rural Change

Environmental Management

Environmental Conflicts

MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS

Environmental Management & Policy

Coastal Zone Management

Environmental Conflicts

Tourism

Gender and Livelihoods

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH

• External Examiner: Oval College- Tourism (2007/8), UKZN (2010), Durban University of Technology-Hospitality & Tourism (2011)
• Reviewer: African Journal of Marketing Management (2009),  Agenda (2010 & 2012), Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa(2011); chapter in Gender, Development, and Transnational Feminism- Centre for Women’s & Gender Studies, West Virginia University, New York (2012)
• Reviewer for National Research Foundation THRIP project proposals & progress reports (2012)
• Most recent conferences:
  • Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Symposium, Reunion Island. Rapporteur on Session XI: Ocean Governance and International Perspectives. (August 2009)
  • InSym-SUSL 2010, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka (August 2010). Oral presentation.
  • Conference on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in the WIO region: “Solutions to the Crisis”, Grand Baie, Mauritius. Rapporteur: session viii: keynote and panel presentations on climate change financing and private sector involvement -  climate change financing in Africa   (March 2011)
  • Expert Conference on Climate Change and Conflict in Africa, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Durban (September 2011). Oral presentation