Siad Darwish

First name
Siad
Last name
Darwish
Email
[email protected]
Phone number
+61 481 205 294
How do you self-identify or would like to be identified?
Man
Do you belong to any ethnic minority group of self-identify as an indigenous person?
Yes
Affiliation, organization, or community
CDA Collaborative
Years of professional or activism experience or of knowledge built on specific indigenous expertise
10-15 years
Country of residence
Australia
Languages
English
In which geographic region (and sub-region) does your work mostly focus?
Western Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Northern Africa
Do you have proven experience in gender and climate change issues?
No, my work/ area of expertise focuses on other climate related issues
Please provide your short bio reflecting on your academic, professional and practical background

Dr. Siad Darwish is an anthropologist and peacebuilder specialized in inclusion and environmental peace and conflict. Dr. Darwish is a research associate at the University of Melbourne’s Initiative for Peacebuilding and leads CDA Collaborative Learning Projects participatory research project on climate security.  As an independent consultant, Dr. Darwish has conducted research and given policy advise for the British Foreign Office, the European Union, UNDP, USAID, UNWomen, SIDA, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, amongst many others.

Siad has taught at the University of Wollongong and contributed to research projects on peace and conflict at Deakin University. His academic publications have appeared in Development in Practice, Ethnos: A Journal of Anthropology, Anthropological Forum, and Cultural Anthropology’s Theorizing the Contemporary Series.

Siad holds a PhD in Anthropology from Rutgers University, where he received a US National Science Foundation Grant, and an MA in the Anthropology of Development from the University of Sussex.

Provide a link to your LinkedIn account
https://www.linkedin.com/in/siad-darwish-phd-67487765/
Are you interested in being contacted for any of the following
Panelist at climate change event
Advisory in technical assistance project
Contributor to research/publication