Dr NGIN Chanrith is Senior Research Fellow of Centre for Natural Resources and Environment. Before joining CDRI, he was Senior Research Fellow and Professional Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he presently serves as Honorary Academic. His previous appointments also include Dean of the Faculty of Development Studies at the Royal University of Phnom Penh and Designated Professor at Nagoya University Cambodia Satellite Campus. Currently, he is also co-editor of Routledge Studies in Global Land and Resource Grabbing for Taylor & Francis Group. His research interest covers processes and transformations of rural and community development involving land conflicts, natural resource governance, the political economy of resource grabbing, climate change adaptation, post-disaster recovery processes, and disaster preparedness and resilience. Dr NGIN holds a PhD in International Development from Nagoya University, Japan. Some of his works can be found here.