Experience

Northumbria University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Associate Professor in International Development

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  Management and leadership: Programme Leader, MSc International DevelopmentShortlisted for 2017 Newton PrizeSuccessful research bids:1. Coinvestigator: GCRF Living Deltas Hub (02/2019-02/2024). Lead: Newcastle University2. Coinvestigator and work package lead: Newton-NERC grant on Vietnam: Slow Onset Hazard Interactions with Enhanced Drought and Flood Extremes in an At-Risk Mega-Delta (10/2018-04/2021). Lead: Southampton University3. Coinvestigator and work package lead: GCRF grant on Building REsilience to Multi-source Flooding in Southeast/South Asia through a Technology-informed Community-based approacH (REMATCH) (11/2016-07/2017). Lead: Newcastle University4. Principal investigator: Royal Academy of Engineering, Newton Research Collaboration Programme (02/2017-02/2018, NRCP1617/6/82): Soft Engineering Approaches to Disaster Risks Reduction: A Case Study on Flood Management in the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam 5. Principal investigator: British Academy - Newton Fund Mobility Grant (09/2015-08/2016, NG150072): Proactively Living with Floods: Developing New Approaches to Flood Management in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta6. Principal investigator: British Academy International Partnership and Mobility Scheme: One-Year UK-Taiwan partnership (PM120039): Institutional Reforms and the Effects on Civil Society Groups: A Comparison of the Emergence of Environmental Organisations in China and Taiwan (2012-2013).



University of Southampton

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer in China and Global Politics

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Achievements in research:1. Successful bid for a British Academy Small Research Grant on “Institutionalising Environmental Norms for Large Dams: the Case of the Mekong River Commission” to understand the role of global environmental norms for transboundary water resources governance2. Field work in Laos hosted by the German Development Agency GIZ Achievements in teaching: 1. Designed and implemented two modules (year 3 and postgraduate): The New Rising Powers (co-taught); The Decline and Rise of China in Global Politics2. Supervision of master and bachelor dissertations 3. Personal tutor for undergraduate and postgraduate students



University of Warwick

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Part-time lecturer

  • Oct 2010 - Aug 2011

  My responsibilties included teaching of postgraduate modules International Relations in Pacific-Asia, and East Asian Developmental Models, and to supervise masters dissertations.



German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

• Germany
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Consultant

  • May 2010 - Jul 2010

  to evaluate the extent to which global environmental norms are relevant for Chinese hydropower investment in the global South. Case studies Ghana and Cambodia. to liaise with national development agencies, government, NGOs, activists and journalists to evaluate dynamics of dam planning and local resistanceto understand environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes



Essex Business School

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Part-time Lecturer

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  My responsibilities included teaching a semester 1 postgraduate level module on Ethics, Governance and Sustainability and to supervise masters dissertations



Global Witness

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Mar 2010 - Apr 2010

  My responsibility included to evaluate underlying rationales of China's development aid strategy, and conduct a case study on the rising influence of China in Cambodia.



DAAD German Academic Exchange Service

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow: Transatlantic Postdoc Fellowship for International Relations and Security

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2009

  Transatlantic Postdoc Fellowship for International Relations and Security (TAPIR)Funded by DAADHosted by Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.; Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon; and Chatham House, London



German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

• Germany
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Consultant

  • Oct 2008 - Dec 2008

  To evaluate the role of global environmental norms in China for hydropower planning and implementation. Major research conducted with the assistance of the National Research Centre for Resettlement, Hohai University, Nanjing, who hosted a 3-month field stay



Institute for Development and Peace (INEF), University of Duisburg-Essen

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2007

  To understand the dynamics of youth violence in Cambodia. I was in charge of the Cambodia study in the project on Social and Political Fractures after Wars: The Role of Youth Violence in Cambodia and Guatemala, funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research. This included developing major field research in Cambodia, working with the German development agency GIZ to organise a local workshop, and liaising with government, NGOs, researchers and international organisations to collect data relevant to youth violence