Tammy Tabe
Assistant Professor
PhD University of Bergen (2016)
Moore Hall 218
tammy8@hawaii.edu
(808) 956-5510
Dr. Tammy Tabe is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pacific Islands Studies (DPIS), University of Hawaiʻi, Manoa. Dr. Tabe holds a BA and a Postgraduate Diploma from the University of the South Pacific, MA from the University of Hawaiʻi, Manoa, and PhD from the University of Bergen.
Research interests
Oceania, cultural anthropology, ecosystem-based adaptation, socio-economic impacts of marine protected areas, fisheries management, seaweed farming, gender studies, identity and diaspora, colonial legacies of forced relocation and displacement, climate migration policies and frameworks, climate adaptation, community resilience, Pacific diplomacy and relationality.
Courses Taught
PACS 120 – Politics and Poetics of Climate Change in Oceania
PACS 108 – Pacific Worlds – An Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies
Recent Publications
- Chandra, A., McNamara, K.E., Clissold, R., Tabe, T., and Westoby, R. 2023. Climate-Induced Non-Economic Loss and Damage: Understanding Policy Responses, Challenges, and Future Directions in Pacific Small Island Developing States. Climate 11(3), 74, MPDI
- Singh, P., Tabe, T and Martin, T. 2022. The role of women in community resilience to case study of an Indigenous Fijian community. Women’s Studies International Forum, Vol 90 (2022):1-13.
- Dorevella, N., Waqa-Sakiti, H and Tabe, T. 2021. Climate Change adaptation programmes on water security in the Pacific: A focus on the Solomon Islands. Pacific Dynamics, Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, Vol 5 (1): pp 1-17.
