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Biography
Christina is a research fellow with the Resources, Environment and Development Group at the Crawford School of Public Policy. She is an interdisciplinary human geographer with a keen interest in the study of natural hazards, climate change adaptation, and rural livelihoods. Christina’s past research has focused on the interaction between processes of agrarian change, natural hazards, climate change adaptation, gender, and rural youth, with case studies in Indonesia and Aotearoa New Zealand. She has worked as an independent consultant, and was previously a research fellow at the University of Melbourne. Her current position focuses on how Earth observation data can be applied ethically to natural resource governance in the Asia Pacific. She is also convenor of EMDV8014 Research in Environmental and Climate Change Policy.
Research Interests
- Processes of agrarian change and livelihood transformations
- Climate change adaptation
- Vulnerability and natural hazards
- Water governance
- Earth observation (i.e., satellite imagery) for equitable natural resource governance
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (ANU), Master of Natural Hazards (ANU), Bachelor of Environmental Science (Class 1 Hons) (University of Wollongong)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Vulnerability, livelihoods and disaster knowledge in the volcanic highlands of Central Java, Indonesia: ‘Itu sudah biasa'
Award Date: 30 Nov 2018
Natural Hazards, Master, Coastal resources, gender and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia, The Australian National University
Award Date: 30 Nov 2011
Environmental Science, Bachelor, The better management of Wollongong’s beaches
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Visiting Fellow, University of Melbourne
1 Jan 2024 → 31 Dec 2025
Fellow, Partnership for Australia Indonesia Research
19 Oct 2021 → 31 Dec 2023
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The persistence of precarity: youth livelihood struggles and aspirations in the context of truncated agrarian change, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Griffin, C., Sirimorok, N., Dressler, W. H., Sahide, M. A. K., Fisher, M. R., Faturachmat, F., Muin, A. V. F., Andary, P. M., Batiran, K. B., Rahmat, Rizaldi, M., Toumbourou, T., Suwarso, R., Salim, W., Utomo, A., Akhmad, F. & Clendenning, J., Mar 2024, In: Agriculture and Human Values. 41, 1, p. 293-311 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access12 Citations (Scopus) -
‘As a farmer you've just got to learn to cope’: Understanding dairy farmers' perceptions of climate change and adaptation decisions in the lower South Island of Aotearoa-New Zealand
Griffin, C., Wreford, A. & Cradock-Henry , N. A., 2023, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 98, 1, p. 147-158Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
26 Citations (Scopus) -
On the Demise of Makkalice: Conservation Enclosure and the loss of a wealth-redistributing Harvest System in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Mujetahid, A., Sirimorok, N., Muin, A. V., Faturachmat, F., Supratman, S., Alam, S., Nursaputra, M., Mas’ud, E., Griffin, C. & Fisher, M., 2023, In: Human Ecology . 51, p. 753–768Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus) -
Deepening youth precarity: How the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the livelihoods and mobility pathways of rural youth in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Muin, A. V. F., Andary, P. M., Griffin, C., Sirimorok, N., Sahide, M. A. K. & Dressler, W., 2025, In: Area. e12989, p. 1-9 9 p., e12989.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pastoral hazardscapes in Aotearoa New Zealand: gender, land dispossession, and dairying in a warming climate
Griffin, C., Wreford, A. & Cradock-Henry, N. A., 2025, In: Agriculture and Human Values. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Satellite imagery: a public good or tool for surveillance? Towards a criticalunderstanding of Earth observation for equitable water governance
Griffin, C. (PI)
1/07/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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National Space Mission for Earth Observation: Earth Observation Data Quality
Steer, C. (PI), Steer, C. (PI), Deejay, A. (CoI), Griffin, C. (CoI) & Griffin, C. (CoI)
1/07/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research