After working in Ausaid, I joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila to implement ADB’s 1995 Policy on Involuntary Resettlement. Awards include:

• 2003 The Praxis Award, First Place Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists for work on resettlement policy enhancement in Asia Pacific region.
• 1999, 2000 and 2002, three awards under the ADB President’s Performance Recognition Awards Scheme both individually and as a team leader for contributions to resettlement policy implementation.
• 2000 My study on resettlement policy enhancement in China, Indonesia and several other countries won the 9th Canadian Award for International Co-operation (CIDA Award).
• 1987-88 Australian Government Public Service scholarship for postgraduate study overseas.

Social research, social analysis, social impact assessment, development-forced displacement and resettlement (DFDR) especially in Indonesia and China.  Comparative analysis of DFDR with other forms of displacement in terms of reconstructing temporal and spatial meaning, reducing livelihood and marginalization risks, mobility after resettlement, renegotiated cultural space, individual responses and decision-making about resettlement.   

PhD in Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.

Master of Arts in Development Economics (with Distinction), University of East Anglia, UK.                                          

Master of Arts (Social Anthropology) Australian National University (ANU) based on field research in Indonesia.

B.A. (Asian Studies) Honours ANU.