I provide consulting services for non-government organizations and non-profits (large, international organizations as well as small, local organizations), universities, and government agencies.
Services include:
Social-Ecological Research
- Interdisciplinary research, primarily interview-based, bringing skills from ecology, geography, anthropology, and sociology with both qualitative and quantitative methods
- Developing and/or implementing research toolkits adapted to each specific project’s needs, goals, resources, and context
Training & Outreach
- Developing and delivering training materials, courses, & programs for communities, institutions, and students to build desired skills in research, project management, conservation, collaboration, etc.
- Co-designing outreach programs and campaigns to more effectively reach target audiences
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Mixed methods quantitative & qualitative M&E (and, depending on your preference, MEL and MEAL!), including participatory approaches
- Guidance in developing Theories of Change, results chains, M&E frameworks
Technical Writing & Editing
- Writing and editing reports, report sections/chapters, proposals, and manuals/guidelines for projects and institutions
- Trainings in technical writing for institutions and students
TOPICS
Keiruna Inc.’s approaches are adaptable to a wide range of topics, but my particular experience and expertise is in biodiversity conservation and environmental management, especially in coastal and marine systems. Previous and ongoing topics of work include:
- Programs to support village youths as coastal conservation stewards
- Marine megafauna bycatch in small-scale fisheries: assessing the magnitude & characteristic of bycatch, and developing possible solutions
- Institutional and community capacity for urban ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change
- Blue Justice interventions (and impacts of Blue Economy initiatives)
- Gender issues in conservation
- Project impacts on communities
- Stakeholder perspectives of conservation processes and outcomes
- Training program outcomes and impacts
- Social capital for environmental management in communities
CLIENTS
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