Dr. Naicker’s holds a PhD in Geography (Cambridge) focused on Science Policy, and Master of Science Degrees in Geology (UCT) and Philosophy of Social Sciences (LSE). With her own organization EVISIGHTS, she is working on methods to help Partner Science and Society: Facilitating scientific researchers and citizen scientists, sense-makers and policymakers to work together to advance evidence-informed policymaking
She has a role at the African Academy of Sciences, worked as a Chief Director of International Resources at the Department of Science and Technology South Africa, worked as a Research Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa focusing on environment and sustainable development. She was involved in various policymaking processes in the science, environment and mining fields in post-apartheid South Africa. She was also a Research Associate at the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) at the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Governance at the University of Witwatersrand.
