Beatrice Hati (Bea) is a pracademic in Urban Development and Disaster Governance. She currently serves as the Urban Development and Research Associate at the International Center for Frugal Innovation (ICFI- Kenya Hub) while pursuing her doctoral studies at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. Bea specializes in urban development, disaster risk, resilience, participatory urbanism, governance, and public policy. Her doctoral research focuses on multilevel disaster governance arrangements involving grassroots organizations in marginalized urban poor communities. 

Bea has research interests in Pro-poor development and research, Community resilience, Disaster risk management, Adaptive governance, development policy and politics, (Nested) Networks and Partnerships. Methodologically, she has experience and affitinity for Participatory Action Research methods, Collaborative Applied Science and Community Research.

In her previous assignment, she has worked as an independent consultant for the Centre for Urban Research Innovation, University of Nairobi; Urban planner and development specialist for Shack/ Slum Dwellers International (SDI); Lead transport researcher for Institute for Development Studies (IDS), and now also sits at the UNAccc (Unity of Nations Action for Climate Change Council) Governing Council as the Secretary General for Kenya.

She subscribes to Global Citizenship and commits to pro-poor development.