Trung Dinh Dang, BA (Hue), MA (NUS), PhD (ANU)
Research Associate, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program
Email: dinh.dang[at]anu.edu.au
Biographical Statement
Trung Dinh Dang completed his BA in Economics at Hue University of Vietnam in 1996, obtained his MA in Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore in 2002 and completed his PhD in Political Science at the Department of Political and Social Change, RSPAS, ANU in 2008. Before undertaking his PhD, Trung was a lecturer in Development Economics at the Tay Nguyen University of Vietnam. He came to RMAP in April 2009 as a Research Associate for the project 'Crafting Sustainability: addressing water pollution in Vietnam's craft villages'.
Research Interests
Sustainable development, common property, local politics and conflicts over land and other natural resources.
Key Publications
- Collective farming in Southern Vietnam: how local politics contributed to failure of and shift in national agrarian policies. The Journal of Comparative Asian Development (forthcoming).
- (with R. De Koninck, J. Lamarre, L.C. Angeles and V. Thanh Son) Coffee production, social stratification and poverty in a Vietnamese Central Highland community. In R. De Koninck, J. Lamarre, and B. Gendron (eds), Understanding Poverty in Vietnam and the Philippines: concepts and context. Montréal: Université de Montréal, 2003.
- (with R. De Koninck, S. Dovert, S. Dery, D. Duran and D. Fortunel) Café ét agriculture de subsistence: complementaite ou competition? Etdue de cas d'un village ede au Viet Nam [Coffee and subsistence production: complementarity or competition? A case study from an Ede village in Vietnam]. In R. De Koninck, F. Durand and F. Fortunel (eds). Agriculture, environment et sociétés sur les Hautes terres du Viêt Nam. Toulouse and Bangkok: éditions Arkuiris and IRASEC, 2005.
Career Highlights
Research Associate, Crafting Sustainability: addressing water pollution in Vietnam's craft villages; Lecturer in Development Economics and Microeconomics, Tay Nguyen University, Vietnam, 1996-2003; Research coordinator, Mekong Delta Poverty Analysis (AusAID), Vietnam, 2003.
