Dr Monika Walia

Dr Monika Walia is a Research Fellow at the Net Positive Health and Climate Solutions (Net+ Centre). Her current work focuses on utilising a systems thinking approach for conceptualising and identifying key issues and priorities in climate change and mental health, and mapping complex systems that underpin them (Under Theme 1).

Before her PhD on exploring linkages between climate change and mental health and wellbeing in the UK and Australia, she worked on various health and development-related issues as a public health researcher with Population Council, India Office and International Food Policy Research Institute, South Asia Region for over 6 years. Monika’s current research interests include climate change, air pollution, mental health, and community mobilisation interventions with a focus on identifying issues and potential solutions to address systemic bottlenecks. Key areas of her previous research include climate change, air pollution, Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Health and Nutrition (RMNCH+N), family planning, HIV/AIDS, and community mobilisation interventions among marginalised population groups.

Some of her methodological expertise includes conducting mixed-methods studies, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEAL) activities, primary and secondary large-data analysis, and applying systems thinking approaches.