Large water infrastructure projects and programs are inherently risky because of their complexity, scale,...
People
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Paul WyrwollI am a Research Fellow in the Resources, Environment and Development Program at the ANU Crawford School of...
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Sango MahantyI am a human geographer and study the politics of social and environmental change. My earlier research,...
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Sarah MilneSarah Milne is the Convenor of the Masters in Environmental Management and Development & Graduate...
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Sonia AkterDr Sonia Akter has joined the Crawford School of Public Policy as Senior Lecturer in January 2023. Her research...
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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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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.
