People

Questions about the governance of resources, the trajectories of agrarian change, and the political economy of development drive my research. I am a feminist scholar whose commitment to environmental justice manifests in research questions that interrogate intersectional resource access; participatory methodologies that highlight marginalized voices; and public scholarship that advocates for more equitable policy. I use collaborative approaches and new digital methodologies alongside the traditional tools of interviews, participant observation, household surveys, and document analysis in order to understand environmental politics and agrarian change in the digital age. My interdisciplinary research portfolio contributes to current debates in environmental studies, geography and global development theory and practice.

I am currently working on a book tentatively titled, ‘Surviving the State: Struggles for Land and Democracy in Myanmar,’ and a series of projects that investigate how diverse actors harness digital tools to reshape relations between people and environments. I am PI of a research project on digital cultures and exclusion in Myanmar, funded by an independent award from Facebook Research,  and co-lead of a Social Science Matrix research team on digital transformations in property and development.