Jacqueline Lau ~ Research Fellow: Climate change and resilient small-scale fisheries

Originally from Melbourne, Jacqui is a post-doctoral research fellow with the CoE for Coral Reef Studies and WorldFish. Previously, Jacqui studied sociology at the Australian National University (2012), and an MPhil in Environment, Society and Development at the University of Cambridge (2014). During her MPhil she studied the role of identity in an artisanal oyster fishery in The Gambia, which inspired her to pursue a PhD in environmental social science at James Cook University (2019). Under the supervision of Joshua Cinner, Christina Hicks, and Georgina Gurney, her project investigated the multiple values of ecosystem services and environmental justice in coastal communities in Papua New Guinea. Her current research examines issues of justice and climate change resilience in small-scale fisheries and coastal communities in the Pacific.

 

Research Disciplines

• Environmental Science and Management (0502)
• Applied Economics (1402)
• Human Geography (1604)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Climate and Climate Change (9603)

Awards

• 2019 - A MARE best student paper award
• 2018 - Crawford Award
• 2018 - International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) best student talk award
• 2012 - Vice Chancellor's letter of commendation, The Australian National University
• 2011 - Vice Chancellor's letter of commendation, The Australian National University

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Journal Articles

• Cinner J, Adger W, Allison E, Barnes M, Brown K, Cohen P, Gelcich S, Hicks C, Hughes T, Lau J, Marshall N and Morrison T (2018) Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities. Nature Climate Change, 8 (2). pp. 117-123
• Lau J, Hicks C, Gurney G and Cinner J (2018) Disaggregating ecosystem service values and priorities by wealth, age, and education. Ecosystem Services, 29 (Part A). pp. 91-98

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