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Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen

Position
Associate Professor
Unit
Development Planning Management and Innovation, Department of Development and Sustainability
Contact Info
(+66-2)524 6670
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PhD, Governance and Complex System, University of Sassari, Italy. 2014

M.A., Development, Innovation and Change (MIDIC), University of Bologna, Italy. 2009

  • Environmental sociology
  • Social actors, social epistemology  and environmental inequalities
  • Agricultural and rural complex systems
  • Innovative institutions and governance for socio-ecological systems
  • Education, and innovation for sustainable development
  1. Nguyen T.P.L., Muenratch P, Shrestha S, Van TP, Kc S, Das Gupta A (2024). Assessing Decentralized Groundwater Governance Performance in the Lower Mekong Region. The case of Khon Kaen province, Thailand. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2023.101077.
  2. Muenratch P, Nguyen T.P.L. (2023). Determinants of water use saving behavior toward sustainable groundwater management. Groundwater for Sustainable Development 20:100898. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2022.100898.
  3. Nguyen T.P.L., Virdis SGP, Vu TB. (2023). “Matter of climate change” or “Matter of rapid urbanization”? Young people’s concerns for the present and future urban water resources in Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area, Vietnam. Applied Geography 153:102906. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.102906
  4. Nguyen T.P.L. (2023). Integrating circular economy into STEM education: A promising pathway toward circular citizenship development. Frontiers in Education 8. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1063755.
  5. Nguyen, T.P.L., Virdis SGP, Winijkul E. (2022). Inequality of low air quality-related health impacts among socioeconomic groups in the world of work. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912980.
  6. Khaing T, Nguyen T.P.L. (2022). An Assessment of Water Supply Governance in Armed Conflict Areas of Rakhine State, Myanmar. Water. 14(18), 2930; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14182930
  7. Nguyen, T.P.L, Pattanarsi S. (2022). WASH, vulnerability, severity, and the response of urban slum dwellers to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 12: 600-611. 10.2166/washdev.2022.076.
  8. Nguyen, T.P.L., Sean, C. 2021. Do climate uncertainties trigger farmers’ out-migration in the Lower Mekong Region? Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 3: 100087.
  9. Nguyen, T.P.L., Seddaiu, G., Roggero, P.P. (2019). “Declarative or procedural knowledge? Knowledge for enhancing farmers’ mitigation and adaptation behaviour to climate change.” Journal of Rural Studies 67: 46- 56. 005
  10. Nguyen, T.P.L., Seddaiu, G., Virdis, S.G.P., Tidore, C., Pasqui, M., & Roggero, P.P. (2016). Perceiving to learn or learning to perceive? Understanding farmers’ perceptions and adaptation to climate uncertainties. Agricultural Systems, 143, 205-216.
  1. Thailand PI, “APAC Urban-Rural Sustainability Program” Donor: Hong Kong Corporate Bank and Hong Kong University (ongoing)
  2. Co-PI, “Application of Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand”. Donor: NRCT Thailand (on-going).
  3. PI – Assessment of Environmental Inequalities of Air Pollution of Vulnerable Socioeconomic Groups in the World of Work in Bangkok City, Thailand. Donor: IDRC/SEI (2021-2022)
  4. Co-PI, “Strengthening groundwater governance in urbanizing areas of lower Mekong region”. Donor: SUMERNET 4 ALL (on-going). Donor: SIDA/SUMERNET 4 ALL (ongoing)
  5. PI, “Assessment of Environmental Inequalities of Air Pollution of Vulnerable Socioeconomic Groups in the World of Work in Bangkok City, Thailand.” Donor: IDRC/SEI (2021-2023)
  6. Co-PI, “Assessment of Groundwater Sustainability in the Special Economic Zone of Thailand for Operational Groundwater Management”. Donor: SIDA/SUMERNET 4 ALL (2019-2022)
  7. PI, “STEM education for sustainable development in Vietnam”. Donor: ADB/VNMOET (2019-2022)
  8. PI, “Farming systems and role of institutions in the transition towards sustainable agricultural sectors in Thailand” (2018-2020). Donor: CIRAD, Centre de Cooperation Internationale en recherché Agronomique pour le Development, France.
  9. PI, “Public concerns about water use resources in Vietnam: “matter of climate change’ or matter of urban development” (2017-2018). Donor: Asian Institute of Technology.
  10. PI, Governance arrangement for STEM education implementation in Vietnam (2017-2018). Donor: ADB/VNMOET