This project aims to discover the potential of social norms to enable energy-producing communities to...
Dr Michiel Piersma will introduce walking interviews as a methodological intervention in studying...
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How can political ecology and geography help to navigate environmental crises and change?
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The Paris agreement goal of “under 2C and towards 1.5C” transformed the global conversation for...
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Dr Michiel Piersma will introduce walking interviews as a methodological intervention in studying...
How can political ecology and geography help to navigate environmental crises and change?
The Paris agreement goal of “under 2C and towards 1.5C” transformed the global conversation for...
People
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Quentin GraftonR. Quentin Grafton, FASSA, is Professor of Economics, Australian Laureate Fellow, Convenor of the Water Justice...
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Safa FanaianDr Fanaian is a research fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, advancing research in water justice,...
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Ana ManeroAna is a post-doc research fellow at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, working on water economics and...
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Rebecca ColvinBec Colvin is a social scientist with the Resources, Environment & Development Group at the ANU Crawford...
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Sonia AkterDr Sonia Akter has joined the Crawford School of Public Policy as Senior Lecturer in January 2023. Her research...
Research themes
RE&D researchers work in Australia, Asia and the Pacific on contemporary challenges in conservation, ecosystem services, land transformations, water governance, extractive industries, disaster response and more,
Research projects
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Biodiversity conservation in the Global South has traditionally been viewed as a ‘silverback’ or ‘alpha-male...
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This research examines how transformative landscape and infrastructure developments in mainland Southeast...
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Resisting resource grabs: Understanding emotions in environmental conflict in the Mekong River BasinUnderstanding emotions in environmental conflict in the Mekong River Basin. Resource grabs are threatening...
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This project aims to study the effects of Asia’s rapidly expanding chicken meat industry on environmental...
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Large water infrastructure projects and programs are inherently risky because of their complexity, scale,...
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This ARC Discovery Project (2022-2025) aims to discover whether the presence of unconventional climate...
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Funded by the Extractive Industries Division of the World Bank, this multi-scalar research aims to introduce...
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This grant is held by Professor Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt jointly with Dr Patrik Oskarsson of Swedish Agricultural...
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Pulses are grown in the most marginalized of agricultural lands in Pakistan. Yet, they are the chief source...
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The term ‘intersectionality’ has arguably become the new theoretical darling for feminists; a growing body...
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The aim of this 2019...
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Family Dispute Resolution is a mediation process conducted by an independent practitioner to assist people...
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The Pacific is often said to have contributed the least in carbon emissions but to have suffered the most...
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Despite rapid economic growth in the middle income countries of Asia, rural populations face multiple shocks...
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Smoke haze from indiscriminate burning of peatlands has become a major issue in Southeast Asia in recent...
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The aim of this ACIAR funded project is to support the development of innovative wood processing industries...
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Over recent decades large scale land acquisitions have occurred in Southeast Asia and the Pacific provoking...
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Are informal gold miners environment destroyers? Are they involved in this livelihood due to poverty? Are...
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This interdisciplinary study examined how local actors negotiated transnational networks and markets on the...
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Neoliberal economic policies are fundamentally transforming the social landscapes of rural communities,...
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Over recent decades an agricultural transformation has altered agricultural land uses across Asia. In...
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Supporting economic diversification and social well-being in Australia’s coal production communitiesProduction communities across regional Australia are embarking on the diversification of their local...
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Resource, industrial and infrastructure investments have driven mainland Southeast Asia’s growth since the...
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This research project explores the effects of new environmental governance mechanisms in Southeast Asia...
About us
The staff in the Resources, Environment and Development Program (RE&D) carry out cutting edge, interdisciplinary research and teaching, focusing on the social dimensions of environmental and resource management in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
