I am a geographer and environmentalist curious about human-nature relations. My interests revolve around traditional ecological knowledge, water, forests and agriculture, and issues of sustainable rural development in Southeast Asia. Currently, I am based at the National University of Singapore’s Asia Research Institute (ARI), where I am a Research Fellow working on the project ‘Climate Governance of Nature-based Carbon Sinks in Southeast Asia’ (www.cgsea.org), with a focus on forests. I am interested in furthering work on climate justice and benefit-sharing in environmental governance.

I completed my PhD at the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore in 2023. My PhD thesis is titled ‘Enhancing Traditional Knowledge: Insights from Participatory Research in the Lao PDR’. Prior to my PhD studies, I worked for PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, taking on the portfolios of master planning for the Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters (ABC Waters) Programme, community relations, and a secondment at the Centre for Liveable Cities. During my free time, I enjoy being in nature, doing ballet and thinking about the nexus of parenting and climate change.

Blog posts here comprises (i) short thinkpieces about how we can (try to) live ecologically on our planet – something so important today given the environmental crisis our home planet is in, and (ii) reflections from my research fieldwork.

It takes a village to make an academic and I’m grateful to my supervisors, colleagues , collaborators, friends  and family for their support! A shout-out also to all the university administrators and laboratory staff!

 

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