List of contributors

Authors/Editors

Alexis DROGOUL graduated in Artificial Intelligence in 1990 and received his PhD from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) in 1993. Recruited in 1995 as associate professor, he became full professor in 2000 and joined the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, french National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) as a senior researcher in 2004. Author of more than 200 research articles, he works on the computer simulation of complex socioenvironmental systems, and developed the GAMA software platform (http://gama-platform.org). Since 2007, he has been working in Vietnam to enhance the research capacity of Vietnamese teams (in Vietnam National University, Can Tho University, the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, and Thuy Loi University) on the design of models for environmental decisionsupport and adaptation to climate change, in the framework of several international research projects. In addition, he has been an IRD representative in Vietnam and the Philippines since 2017.

Étienne ESPAGNE is a senior economist at the agence française de Développement (AFD, French Development Agency), the bilateral development bank for the French government. He develops and contributes to a research program on the modelization and evaluation of climate damages, adaptation, and mitigation strategies in developing and emerging economies, especially in Southeast Asian countries. He holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) and is also a graduate from the École des Mines de Paris (MINES ParisTech) and the École d’économie de Paris (PSE, Paris School of Economics). He has published several academic papers in the field of climate change and energy economics and regularly teaches at Paris 1 University, EHESS, École Polytechnique, Paris Dauphine University, and ENSTA Paristech. He previously worked at France Stratégie, CEPII, and CIRED.

HUYNH Thi Phuong Linh is currently an IRD research associate in Hanoi, Vietnam and frequent trainer as part of the Erasmus+ WANASEA project (“Strengthen the production, management and outreach capacities of research in the field of WAter and NAtural resources in South-East Asia”). She is trained in agronomy and water management and obtained her PhD in

Development Studies from Universität Bonn (the University of Bonn) in 2015. Since then, she has worked in the fields of anthropology and sociology on land and water management, with a focus on the Mekong region and Southeast Asia. Her current expertise and interests lie in the linkage between environment stressors, social equalities and justice, including aspects of climate adaptation and resilience.

Stéphane LAGREE holds a PhD in Tropical Geography from Bordeaux 3 University (France) and has been working in social sciences research, development, and capacity building in higher education for over 20 years. From 2009 to 2017, he was mandated by the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO, French School of Asian Studies) and AFD to design and organize “Tam Dao Days,” a university-level summer school program in Southeast Asia aimed at developing the analytical and project management skills of social sciences researchers. Stéphane Lagrée is behind the creation (in 2010) of the Francophone cooperation unit at the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences (GASS) in Hanoi. He is co-author of the Erasmus+ WANASEA project, funded by the EU, and since October 2018 has played the role of International Coordinator for WANASEA, based at GASS on behalf of the University of Nantes. He is also the coordinator of the project “Inequalities and Environmental Changes Nexus in the Mekong River Basin” (2019–2021), funded by the EU-AFD Facility. Authors

Laura BECKWITH completed her PhD in International Development from the University of Ottawa in Canada. Her fieldwork examined how urban farmers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia responded to the combined effects of environmental change and urbanization. She is currently employed at Northumbria University as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow on the Living Deltas Research Hub.

Benjamin BUCLET holds a PhD in Socioeconomics from EHESS. Associated with the “Les Afriques dans le monde” (Africa in the World) (LAM) Laboratory at Sciences Po Bordeaux, he works as an independent researcher and consultant. An expert in the design (identification and formulation), monitoring, and evaluation of development projects/programs with over 20 years of experience, Benjamin demonstrates an excellent knowledge of higher education and research for development issues. From 1998 to 2007, Benjamin lived in Brazil where he coordinated

research on the governance of environmental issues in the Brazilian Amazon. Upon returning to France, he joined IRD, where he became Head of the Capacity Building Department. Through managing capacity-building programs, he acquired a deep expertise in project management. From 2009 to 2013, he designed, set up, and coordinated the EC Funded project “GVal-Sécurité Alimentaire”: ACP Science and Technology Program in Niger, Benin, and Burkina Faso. Benjamin took a leave of absence from IRD in 2014 and created the Center for Research and Expertise on Education and Development (CREED), a private organization dedicated to capacity-building and development.

Rebecca M. COLVIN is a social scientist and lecturer with the Resources, Environment & Development Group at the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy (ANU RE&D). Bec’s research interest is in the role of social-political identity in shaping these interactions with regard to climate and environmental issues. Much of this work has a focus on the dynamics and interplay of formalized processes for including citizens and stakeholders in decision-making and informal processes of interaction in the public sphere.

Katherine A. DANIELL, A/Prof, BEng(Civil)(Hons)/BA (Adel.), PhD (ANU/AgroParisTech, France), MIEAust, is a transdisciplinary academic at the Australian National University’s Institute for Water Futures (ANU IWF) based at the Fenner School of Environment and Society. Katherine’s work in Australia, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific focuses on collaborative approaches to policy and action for sustainable development.

Daniel HAYWARD works as an international development researcher, focused on land relations, agricultural value chains, gender, and migration. He is based at Chiang Mai University as project coordinator of the Mekong Land Research Forum. He is also the Asian Local Knowledge Engagement Coordinator for Land Portal, as well as a consultant for various local and international NGOs and research institutes.

Clara JULLIEN is a PhD candidate in Urban Planning at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne University) in France, within the Géographie-Cités (GeographyCities) lab. Her interest lie in environmental risk management and people displacements in Asia. Her PhD research questions the urban integration of rural migrants moving in a context of environmental changes, from delta and coastal rural areas of Vietnam to Ho Chi Minh City.

Frédéric LASSERRE has been professor at the Department of Geography at Université Laval since 2001. He is also a researcher with the École Supérieures d’Études Internationales (ESEI, Institute for Advanced International Studies), and chairs the Conseil québécois d’Études géopolitiques (CQEG, Quebec Council for Geopolitical Studies) at ULaval. He has published articles on geopolitics, maritime border issues, water conflicts and management, natural resources geopolitics, and Arctic geopolitics.

Melissa MARSCHKE is a professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. Since the late 1990s she has been interested in livelihoods, resources, and environmental governance challenges particularly in Southeast Asia. Her current research focuses on labor dynamics across two commodities: sand and seafood.

Éric MOTTET is Professor at the Catholic University of Lille (Université Catholique de Lille), France. He is currently assistant director of the Conseil québécois d’études géopolitiques (CQEG, Quebec Council for Geopolitical Studies) and research associate at the Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporain (IRASEC, Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia), in Bangkok. His research interests include international relations, regional integration, and the exploitation of natural resources in Asia. He has authored several articles and books.

NGO Thi Thu Trang is a lecturer at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Ho Chi Minh City. She obtained a PhD in Geography in France in 2014, focusing on lifestyle changes in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City among local residents, immigrants, and new residents. Currently, she is implementing projects related to migration, climate change adaptation, livelihoods, and lifestyle changes.

Stephen NYEIN HAN TUN is a sociopolitical analyst, anthropologist, researcher, humanitarian worker, and land/human rights defenders in Myanmar. He graduated with an MA in Social Science and Development Studies from the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Chiang Mai University. He now dedicates himself to international development projects for marginalized people, and monitors and studies the impacts of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, large-scale investments, and resource politics in the jade and tea lands of Shan State, Myanmar. His focus includes matters relating to land, water, and livelihood management and issues.

Gwenn PULLIAT is a researcher in Geography at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS, French National Centre for Scientific Research), within the ART-Dev lab. Her research deals with urban development in Southeast Asia, particularly in Vietnam and Thailand. Her two main focuses are environmental dynamics and policies, and urban food systems.

Jean-François ROUSSEAU is Associate Professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. His research focuses on the relationships between agrarian change, infrastructure development, and ethnic minority livelihood diversification in Southwest China.

Phaothai SIN-AMPOL is a PhD Student at the Fenner School of Environment & Society and the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University, and a lecturer in a socioenvironmental policy cluster at the Department of Geography, Chiang Mai University. Phaothai’s focus is related to micro-level adaptation to water resources, climate changes, and disasters by using qualitative approaches. Local initiatives in policy making are central to his interest.

Lukas VAN ARRAGON is a recent graduate from the MA program at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. His research focused on sand livelihoods in Cambodia. Lukas currently works at Global Affairs Canada in the climate finance division.