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Nga Dao

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Department of Social Science

Associate Professor
Business & Society (BUSO) and International Development Studies (IDS)
On Sabbatical (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025)

Office: 764A Ross Building South
Phone: 416 736 2100 Ext: 44675
Email: ngadao@yorku.ca

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I am a broadly trained human-environment geographer and international development practitioner/environmental activist with more than two decades of applied research experience. My research expertise lies at the intersection of resource governance, political ecology, political economy and livelihood change. My work is characterized by empirical, field-based research informed by relevant theory, and committed to improving the social and ecological outcomes of environmental governance. I have conducted research on topics including development-induced displacement in Southeast Asia, gender equality and women’s role in water resource governance, agri-business and land grabbing. I am now focusing on river ecologies, livelihood change and environmental justice in the Mekong delta, exploring how the delta landscape has been transformed through expansion of boom crops, industrialization, resource (land & water) degradation and migration.

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Degrees

PhD , York University
MA in International Agriculture and Rural Development, Cornell University
MSc in Financial Economics, University of London
BA in Linguistics, Hanoi University

Professional Leadership

Member of the Curriculum Committee, Department of Social Science, York University (2018-)

Board Chair of the Center for Water Resources Conservation and Development (WARECOD) (2018-)

Member of the International Rivers' Advisory Board, Berkeley, USA. (2007-)

Board Chair of the Vietnam Rivers Network, Vietnam. (2006-)

Review service:
Spring 2021: Reviewer, Journal of Peasant Studies
Fall 2020: Reviewer, Sociology Compass
Winter 2020: Reviewer, Sage Open, Journal of Peasant Studies, Geoforum
Summer 2019: Reviewer, Journal of Peasant Studies, Geoforum
Spring 2019: Reviewer, Globalization
Winter 2019: Reviewer, Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Research Interests

Environment and Sustainability , Gender Issues, Resources governance and environmental justice