Jeevika Vivekananthan
Biography
Publications
Jeevika Vivekananthan is the lead author of Crossing the Divide: Pacific diaspora in humanitarian response to natural disasters. She is a diaspora researcher and a member of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora community in Australia.
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Kinship is vital to Pacific disaster response
As the Pacific cyclone season looms, Australia should look to those already stepping up – the Pacific diaspora.