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Kate Griffiths, Research Officer

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Kate provides research and administrative support to the AusAID funded Cambodia Water Project which is a five year water resource management research capacity development program based in Cambodia. This project is being led by the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) in Phnom Penh in conjunction with the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) and the University of Sydney.

In addition to this work, Kate also manages the Australian Mekong Resource Centre. As well as managing the daily running of the Centre, Kate is also responsible for coordinating the Southeast Asian Seminar series which is co-jointly run by AMRC and the Chair of Southeast Asian Studies in the Faculty of Arts; managing the AMRC website; and organising and coordinating AMRC postgraduates, alumni and visiting scholars.

Kate has over five years experience in international development, primarily in the Southeast Asian region. She has conducted research on Chinese aid to the region and water governance in Cambodia. Kate hold a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Human Geography and is currently completing a Masters of Science (Research) on aid cultures in Cambodia .

School of Geosciences
Madsen Building (F09), Rm 470
University of Sydney, NSW, 2006
Tel: (+612) 9351 7796
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Selected Publications

  • Wokker, C., Santos, P., Ros, B., Griffiths, K. (forthcoming) Irrigation Water Productivity in Cambodian Rice Systems. CDRI Working Paper: Phnom Penh
  • Wokker, C., Santos, P., Ros, B., Griffiths, K. (forthcoming) The Value of Irrigation to Productivity in Cambodian Rice Systems. CDRI Policy Brief: Phnom Penh.
  • Chann, S., Wales, N., Griffiths, K (2011) Investigating land cover change in Cambodia. CDRI Policy Brief: Phnom Penh
  • Griffiths, K (2010) comments on 'China and western-led aid structures in Cambodia' 1 July 2010 in Brautigam, D. China in Africa: The Real Story
  • Griffiths, K (2010) 'Aid cultures in Cambodia – Traditional donors and China' Paper presented at Association of American Geographers (AAG) conference , 14-18 April, Washington DC, USA.
  • Griffiths, K (2009) 'Aid Cultures: Chinese aid in Cambodia' Paper presented at Institute of Australian Geograpers (IAG) conference, 28 Sept - 1 Oct, Cairns, Australia.
  • Phalla, C., Hirsch, P., Somatra, K.S., Sovannarith, S., Vanny, S., Daravy K., Neave, M., Griffiths, K., Wales N., Gillespie, J., Kimkong, H., Vuthy, L., Keamony, N., Phallika, C., and Sopheak, C. (2008). Framing research on water resources management and governance in Cambodia: A literature review. Working Paper 37. Cambodia Development Resource Institute: Phnom Penh
  • Griffiths, K (2008) 'Geography of Chinese Aid'. Paper presented at Southeast Asian Geographers Association (SEAGA) conference, 3-6 June, Manila, Philippines.
  • Hirsch, P and Griffiths, K (2006) 'Thailand' in Japanese Official Development Assistance in the Asian Region: Building Institutional Capacity in Asia 2005-2006, The Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific (RIAP), University of Sydney.