Navya Vikraman Nair

Dr. Navya Vikraman Nair (she/her) is a transdisciplinary sustainability scholar and Research Associate with the Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Global Partnership.. She is a postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Victoria and works on groundwater resilience, wildfire adaptation, and social-ecological systems through interdisciplinary engineering and sustainability approaches in British Columbia and beyond. In addition, she is also a postdoctoral researcher working collaboratively with the Department of Biology and School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University, focusing on community-led coastal restoration, blue carbon ecosystems, and social-ecological resilience pathways across Canada and India. Navya completed her interdisciplinary PhD in Sustainability Management (Water) at the University of Waterloo under supervision of Dr. Prateep Nayak and committee members, Dr. Bruce Frayne, Dr. Jeremy Pittman and Dr. Nandita Basu. Her research explored the interconnections between blue carbon ecosystems, water quality, small-scale fisheries, and coastal social-ecological governance in India through participatory and community-centered approaches. She also holds a Master of Technology in Environmental Engineering and a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering and has research experience with organizations including ICAR–Indian Institute of Water Management, Environmental Defense Fund, and CSIR–National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, contributing to projects on microbiological filter development and air pollution repository establishment. Her work integrates systems thinking, ecological understanding, and qualitative social science methods. She is involved in collaborative sustainability initiatives across Canada, Europe, and South Asia through international fellowships and interdisciplinary research partnerships, with broader interests in sustainability transitions, climate adaptation, environmental governance, participatory research, Indigenous and traditional ecological knowledge systems, coastal resilience, and justice-oriented sustainability pathways.