Karen Nortje
CSIR senior researcher
Nortje’s key competencies are in qualitative research methodology, stakeholder communication and consultation and understanding socio-cultural issues pertaining to cultural behaviour and its significance in relation to the natural environment, as well as conservation and natural resource management, particularly socio-cultural approaches to ecosystem goods and services.
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Expertise: Social and environmental anthropology
Nortje holds a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her areas of interest lie in the role of public belief systems in perceiving the biophysical (including climate change), socio-economic and cultural-spiritual vulnerabilities in rural communities, socioecology and conservation.
Academic qualifications:
- BA, University of the Witwatersrand, 1999
- BA Hons (Anthropology), University of the Witwatersrand, 2000
- MA (Anthropology), University of the Witwatersrand, 2006
