Biography
Christie is an environmental and development anthropologist. Her research is multidisciplinary in nature, drawing on Anthropology, Environmental Sciences, and Development Studies perspectives. Her particular research interests are the social dimension of natural resources conflicts (protected areas management), climate change adaptation, carbon farming, sustainability science, displacement and resettlement as well as post-disaster recovery. Christie loves working with communities closely by listening to their voices and empowering them in the decision-making process through participatory research methods such as ethnography, and participatory action research to develop co-designed sustainability policies. She welcomes inquiries from students who are interested in understanding environmental sustainability from the social science perspective.
Qualifications:
PhD in Anthropology (The University of Adelaide)
Master in Environmental Studies (The University of Adelaide)
Bachelor Degree of Journalism and Communication (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Knowledge areas
Environmental Anthropology
Climate change adaption and mitigation
Carbon farming and markets/farmers' decision-making behaviour
Sustainability and pro-environmental behaviour
Natural resources management (protected areas management, wetland restoration)
Disaster risk reduction and disaster recovery
Cultural landscape and human wellbeing
Research Methods: Ethnographic fieldwork, participatory and action research, community engagement, survey design and qualitative interviews.
Publications
L Lam
(2023), pp. 1-13, Sustainable Development, London, Eng., C1
Against the trend: evaluation of Nepal's owner-driven reconstruction program
L Lam
(2022), Housing Studies, C1
L Lam, B Pant, V Sarma
(2019), pp. 81-96, Land Acquisition in Asia: Towards a Sustainable Policy Framework, Berlin, Germany, B1-1
The long-term livelihood effects of the conservation-led displacement in Kanchanpur, Nepal
L Lam, B Pant, V Sarma
(2019), pp. 41-56, Land Acquisition in Asia: Towards a Sustainable Policy Framework, Berlin, Germany, B1-1
Interdisciplinary approach to long-term welfare effects of displacement
Lai Lam, S Paul
(2019), pp. 9-23, Land Acquisition in Asia: Towards a Sustainable Policy Framework, Berlin, Germany, B1-1
Resilience and disaster governance: Some insights from the 2015 Nepal earthquake
Lai Lam, Rob Kuipers
(2019), Vol. 33, pp. 321-331, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Disaster governance and challenges in a rural Nepali community: Notes from future village NGO
L Lam, V Khanna, R Kuipers
(2017), Vol. 37, pp. 75-86, Himalaya, Saint Paul, Minn., C1-1
L Lam
(2015), pp. 205-221, Global Implications of Development, Disasters and Climate Change: Responses to Displacement from Asia Pacific, B1-1
Environment, livelihood and household: The ethno-history of Rana Tharus Badaghar households
L Lam
(2015), Vol. 26, pp. 293-312, Australian Journal of Anthropology, C1-1
Disputed land rights and conservation-led displacement: A double whammy on the poor
L Lam, S Paul
(2014), Vol. 12, pp. 65-76, Conservation and Society, C1-1
Displacement and Erosion of Informal Risk-Sharing: Evidence from Nepal
L Lam, S Paul
(2013), Vol. 43, pp. 42-55, World Development, C1-1
L Lam
(2011), Vol. 9, pp. 311-324, Conservation and Society, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
No Funded Projects at Deakin found
Supervisions
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