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.  

Teaching

• 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

Research

• Environmental governance
• Environmental politics
• Natural Resource Management
• Indigenous knowledge
• Development

Experience

• 2017 to 2019 - Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
• 2016 - Visiting Fellow, City University of Hong Kong

Research Disciplines

• Development studies (4404)
• Environmental management (4104)
• Applied economics (3801)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)
• Government and politics (2302)

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Journal Articles

• 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

• 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

• Wang Z (2018) Taiwan and Australia’s refugee deal. The Interpreter, 23 July 2018.

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