Prof May Tan-Mullins ~ Dean International

Professor May Tan-Mullins became Dean International, James Cook University on the 1 Sept 2021. 

May Tan-Mullins’s research interests are political ecology of rising China, environmental and energy justice, poverty alleviation and building resilience for the poorest and most vulnerable in the Tropics. Based on her expertise in various international development and human security issues, she was a consultant for the UNDP, National Bureau of Asian Research (US), Revenue Watch Institute (US) and the Chinese government. Professor May Tan-Mullins was also awarded the prestigious global Rockefeller Bellagio writing residency in Bellagio Centre, Lake Como in Italy. Some of her most current research projects is with the University of Nottingham UK and University of Philippines on ‘Poverty Alleviation in Post Typhoon Yolanda’ awarded by ESRC-DFID (2015-2018) and another project by the Research Council of Norway on the topic of ‘Roads to Power? The Political Effects of Infrastructure Projects in Asia (2021-2024).

Research Disciplines

• Urban and regional planning (3304)
• Artificial intelligence (4602)
• Environmental management (4104)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• environmental management (1899)
• Renewable energy (1708)

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Journal Articles

• Yuan Y and Tan-Mullins M (2023) An Innovative Approach for Energy Transition in China? Chinese National Hydrogen Policies from 2001 to 2020. Sustainability, 15 (2).
• Mareta S, Thenara J, Rivero R and Tan-Mullins M (2022) A study of the virtual reality cybersickness impacts and improvement strategy towards the overall undergraduate students’ virtual learning experience. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 19 (4). pp. 460-481
• Mitchell G, Chan F, Chen W, Thadani D, Robinson G, Wang Z, Li L, Li X, Mullins M and Chau P (2022) Can green city branding support China's Sponge City Programme? Blue-Green Systems, 4 (1). pp. 24-44
• Shao M, Tan-Mullins M and Xie L (2021) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s sustainable safeguard mechanism on energy projects. Energy Strategy Reviews, 38.
• Tan-Mullins M, Urban F and Mang G (2017) Evaluating the behaviour of Chinese stakeholders engaged in large hydropower projects in Asia and Africa. The China Quarterly, 230. pp. 464-488
• Rigg J, Grundy-Warr C, Law L and Tan-Mullins M (2008) Grounding a natural disaster: Thailand and the 2004 tsunami. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 49 (2). pp. 137-154
• Hawkes A, Bird M, Cowie S, Grundy-Warr C, Horton B, Hwai A, Law L, Macgregor C, Nott J, Ong J, Rigg J, Robinson R, Tan-Mullins M, Sa T, Yasin Z and Aik L (2007) Sediments deposited by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami along the Malaysia-Thailand Peninsula. Marine Geology, 242 (1-3). pp. 169-190
• Tan-Mullins M, Rigg J, Law L and Grundy-Warr C (2007) Re-mapping the politics of aid: the changing structures and networks of humanitarian assistance in post-tsunami Thailand. Progress in Development Studies, 7 (4). pp. 327-344
• Rigg J, Law L, Tan-Mullins M and Grundy-Warr C (2005) The Indian Ocean tsunami: socio-economic impacts in Thailand. Geographical Journal, 171 (4). pp. 374-379

Book Chapters

• Rigg J, Law L, Tan-Mullins M, Grundy-Warr C and Horton B (2012) In the wake of the tsunami: researching across disciplines and developmental spaces in southern Thailand. In: Critical Risk Research: practices, politics and ethics. Wiley-Blackwell, Singapore, pp. 173-196

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