Dr Zoe Ju-Han Wang ~ Lecturer, Development Studies, Environment and Development
Earth & Environmental Science
- About
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- Teaching
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- EV3001: Environmental and Regional Planning (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
- EV3110: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
- EV5001: Environmental and Regional Planning (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
- EV5110: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
- EV5953: Research Methods for Global Development (Level 5; CNS)
- Interests
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- Research
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- Environmental governance
- Environmental politics
- Natural Resource Management
- Indigenous knowledge
- Development
- Experience
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- 2017 to 2019 - Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
- 2016 - Visiting Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
Zoe is a Lecturer in Environment and Development. She holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Sydney, a Master in Environmental Management from Yale University and a Bachelor in Science from National Taiwan University. She is an interdisciplinary expert on environmental governance, natural resource management and rural development, with a strong focus on community-based and participatory approach. Her research concerns the politics of environment and development, such as indigenous resource governance, participation and empowerment.The geographical focus of her research has been Asia-Pacific region, including China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Australia. Zoe's research is based on extensive fieldwork and her analysis primarily adopts political ecology approach. For the most of Zoe’s research career, she has been conducting research looking at the influence of various environmental, development and agrarian interventions (e.g. NGO project, government policy and commodity market) on natural resource uses in China. Before her PhD study, Zoe worked in Taiwan as an associate researcher on climate change policy. Her work has been published in high-ranked journal such as Land Use Policy and World Development.
Prior to joining JCU, her professional experience included Research Fellow at University of Melbourne and Visiting Fellow at City University of Hong Kong. She has taught subjects such as Environmental and Resource Management, Global Environmental Politics, Environmental Policy and Governance, Environmental and Regional Planning, Research Methods on Global Development.
Zoe welcomes prospective PhD students to work on topics related to the politcal and social aspects of enviornmental governance and development.
- Honours
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- Awards
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- 2015 - Post-doctoral Geography Scholar Award, Geographical Society of NSW
- 2012 to 2014 - Study Abroad Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
- 2010 to 2013 - International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Australian Government
- 2010 to 2013 - International Postgraduate Award, University of Sydney.
- 2011 - APRU Travel Award, Association of Pacific Rim Universities
- 2003 to 2005 - Goldman International Environmental Fellowship, Yale University
- Fellowships
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- 2017 - Dyason Fellowship, University of Melbourne
- 2012 - APRU Fellowship, Association of Pacific Rim Universities
- 2004 - Coca-Cola World Fund Fellowship, Yale University.
- Publications
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- Journal Articles
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- Rogers S, Wang Z and He J (2023) Farmers’ practices and the political ecology of agrochemicals in rural China. Geoforum, 141.
- Wilmsen B, Rogers S, Duan Y and Wang Z (2023) Farmer Cooperatives and the Limits of Agricultural Reform in Rural Hubei. The China Journal, 89.
- Rogers S, Wilsem B, Han X, Wang Z, Duan Y, He J, Li J, Lin W and Wong C (2021) Scaling up agriculture? The dynamics of land transfer in inland China. World Development, 146.
- Wang J and Connell J (2021) Taiwanese working holiday makers in rural and regional Australia: temporary transnational identities and employment challenges. Australian Geographer, 52 (2). pp. 191-207
- Wang J and Roche G (2021) Urbanizing minority Minzu in the PRC: insights from the literature on settler colonialism. Modern China, 48 (3). pp. 593-616
- Neilson J and Wang J (2019) China and the changing economic geography of coffee value chains. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 40 (3). pp. 429-451
- Wang J, Fisher R and Connell J (2019) Participatory natural resource management in rural China: making and unmaking environmental narratives. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 60 (2). pp. 205-219
- Wang J (2019) National parks in China: Parks for people or for the nation? Land Use Policy, 81. pp. 825-833
- Wang J and Connell J (2016) Green Watershed in Yunnan: a multi-scalar analysis of environmental non-governmental organisation (eNGO) relationships in China. Australian Geographer, 47 (2). pp. 215-232
- Book Chapters
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- Wang J and Hu W (2012) The potential for voluntary approaches to realize a climate smart economy: private-public partnerships in Taiwan. In: Climate Smart Development in Asia: transition to low carbon and climate resilient economies. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 90-106
- Other research outputs
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- Wang Z (2018) Taiwan and Australia’s refugee deal. The Interpreter, 23 July 2018.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Australian Research Council - Discovery - Projects
High-value horticulture and global production networks in coastal Australia
- Indicative Funding
- $27,404 over 3 years (administered by University of Sydney)
- Summary
- High-value horticulture is booming in Australia?s north-eastern coastal strip, where a multifunctional landscape also provides various recreational, cultural and environmental services. This project aims analyses how incorporation within agricultural global production networks interacts with diverse drivers of landscape change to shape regional development outcomes. This will contribute to global production network theory by developing the territorial nexus of these networks. Expected outcomes include improved policy formulations capable of orchestrating a sustainable and equitable future for rural regions and livelihoods within Australia, with broader contributions to understanding rural development pathway elsewhere in the world.
- Investigators
- Zoe Ju-Han Wang, Jeffrey Neilson, William Pritchard, Rebecca Cross, Neil Coe and Kiah Smith (College of Science & Engineering, University of Sydney and The University of Queensland)
- Keywords
- Horticulture; Global production network; Regional Development; North-Easteran Coastal strip
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation - Research Grant
Transnational lives of Taiwanese working holiday makers in rural Australia
- Indicative Funding
- $71,296 over 4 years
- Summary
- This research is to understand the transnational lives of Taiwanese working holiday makers (WHM) in rural Australia, including their cultural, social and economic experiences, and their perception of and interaction with rural Australian society. While Taiwanese are the second largest WHM group in Australia, little is known about them, and nothing about their experience of employment in regional Australia. There is an urgent need to understand this substantial group of temporary migrants, whose presence essentially represents Taiwan to the rural Australian community, and whose labour contribution is potentially critical to the future of Australian rural development.
- Investigators
- Ju-Han Wang (College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- Working Holiday Makers (WHM); Taiwan; rural transition; Australia; farm work
- Collaboration
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