Narissa collaborates where ever possible on issues of global importance. She is listed as one of Australia's leaders addressing the climate challenge, chosen as a future leader in deep-sea research by the Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) DOERs program and she is one of many researchers working on the Marine Ecosystem Assessment of the Southern Ocean (MEASO), the Collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census (CEAMARC) Atlas and the Centre for Marine Socioecology Future Seas Project. She also contributes to a number of UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development actions such as the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) and Challenger 150.
Narissa is part of a multi-disciplinary team working with the women of the Australian Antarctic program to improve gender equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) research cultures. She is available as a scientific mentor locally in Tasmania for the IMAS PhD program and internationally via the Chicago Scholars program, and as a signatory to the project 500 women and 1 million women in science, where you can request a women scientist. Is supportive of arts projects with a connection to the deep-sea and coral reefs, has reviewed book chapters relevant to the Southern Ocean, and provided input into the Australian Academy of Science decadal plan for taxonomy and STEM. She brought her first yacht in 2017, Dune a 30ft research vessel (in the making) participating in the CSIRO ecological mooring project monitoring Spotted Handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) populations. Her leisure time is spent sailing and adventuring in remote locations, such as the South West coast of Tasmania, and the Falkland Islands often in conjunction with conservation and research project commitments. Currently living in Nuuk, Greenland and working at the Greenland Climate Research Centre.