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Special journal issue on energy and development in Laos [9 May 2012]
Five articles on linkages between energy and development in Laos published in special edition of the journal Forum for Development Studies. More
Southeast Asian Seminar: Law, governance and justice in the Mekong, Friday 25th May[17 April 2012]
Philip Hirsch, Professor in Human Geography and Fleur Johns, Assoc/Prof at the Sydney Law School will give a presentation on "Law, governance and justice in the Mekong" on Friday 25th May, 12-1pm, Madsen Building, Conference Room 449, The University of Sydney. All welcome! More
Southeast Asian Seminar: Law, governance and justice in the Mekong region, Friday 25th May[17 April 2012]
Philip Hirsch, Professor in Human Geography and Fleur Johns, Assoc/Prof at the Sydney Law School will give a presentation on "Law, governance and justice in the Mekong region" on Friday 25th May, 12-1pm, Madsen Building, Conference Room 449, The University of Sydney. All welcome! More
Southeast Asian Seminar: Friday, 20th April, 12-1pm [17 April 2012]
Please join us to hear Oulavanh Keovilignavong present on "Spatial Regression Analysis of Private Investments and the Poverty-Environment Nexus in Laos" on Fri 20th April, 12-1pm, Madsen Building, Conference Room 449, The University of Sydney. More
Usyd researchers receive $1.4m to explore livelihood adaptation in Laos[20 March 2012]
Human geographers and international public health experts from the University of Sydney will collaborate on a three year research project aimed at facilitating livelihood adaptation to natural resource pressures in Laos. More
Visiting Fellowship at Yale for Jo Gillespie[14 February 2012]
Current lecturer in the School of Geosciences, and AMRC alumnus, Jo Gillespie has been invited to take up a prestigious visiting fellowship position at Yale. More
Congratulations Lindsay Soutar![9 February 2012]
Former AMRC employee and geography honours graduate profiled in Sydney Morning Herald. More
Call for panel proposals and abstracts: 2nd ICIRD conference[17 January 2012]
Extension for panel proposals until 31 January 2012 as well as welcome individual abstract until 31 March 2012 for 'Toward an ASEAN Economic Community: Prospects, Challenges and Paradoxes in Development, Governance and Human Security.' More
Delays to Xayaburi: Prof Phil Hirsch in The Economist[9 January 2012]
Commenting on Xayaburi Dam politics, Prof Phil Hirsch quoted by The Economist. More
Professor Lu Xing returns to Yunnan China[6 December 2011]
After a productive three months with the AMRC, Prof Lu Xing returns to his work with the GMS Study Centre at Yunnan University. More
Despite absence of legal tenure, change can happen: Bob Fisher writes[10 November 2011]
Bob Fisher, senior AMRC researcher, writes how in the absence of legal tenure, informal arrangements can help to foster local support for forest conservation and management. More
PhD student Soimart Rungmanee presents at Singapore conference[25 October 2011]
PhD student Soimart Rungmanee presented a paper entitled 'From Hinterland to Global City and Back to Borderlands: The Case of Cross-border Migration between Laos and Thailand' at the National University of Singapore. More