Isayvani Naicker

Dr Isayvani Naicker is Founder of Evisights – an active learning platform on transforming evidence into insights for actionable policy making by connecting citizen, expert and policy knowledge communities. Evisights is a partner in the Enforce Horizon Europe project that aims to enhance environmental compliance by integrating citizen science with innovative technologies. Evisights is also developing a Science Policy Art (SPART) digital toolkit for science policy engagement and communication.

Isayvani Naicker is a senior advisor to various European and African organisations in the science for international sustainable development fields. She was previously Chief Director of International Resources at the Department of Science and Innovation South Africa and Director of Strategy and Partnerships at the African Academy of Science. She led the partnership with the European Commission, conceptualising and delivering together with the European Research Council, European Commission DG International Partnerships and the AUC the African Research Initiative on Scientific Excellence (ARISE), which was launched in 2022. She has a PhD in Geography (Science Policy) from the University of Cambridge.