Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen
Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen
Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen
Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen is an environmental social scientist. Her research crosses beyond
conventional social science disciplinary and integrate interdisciplinary aspects to address the
complexity and uncertainty that challenge development planning. It centers upon
understanding human dimension in planning and management of the environment regarding
social attitudes, epistemological processes and behaviors of how to understand, mitigate and
adapt to social environmental changes.
Specific areas of interest are: coupled human-environment complex systems, social
environmental changes, institutions and governance of socio-ecological systems, STEM
education and innovation for sustainable development.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2017-Present: Assistant Professor, Department of development and Sustainability,
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
2017–Present: Associate Faculty, Ostrom Center for the Advanced Study in Natural
Resource Governance. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.
2015-2017: Lecturer, School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Malaysia
Campus.
2015- 2016: Visiting Researcher, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.
2012 – 2013: Visiting Researcher, The Open University, UK.
2010- 2015: Researcher, Desertification Research Centre, University of Sassari,
Italy.
2008 – 2010: Research Associate, Geotechnologies Centre, University of Siena,
Italy.
2005 – 2007: National Project Manager, Food and Agricultural Organization of the
United Nations.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Jan 2021 – today Program Chair, Academic Program in Development Planning
Management and Innovation (DPMI)
Jan 2020 – today Program Chair, Professional Master in Development and Sustainable
Development (ESD)
Jan 2021 – today Committee Member, Urban Innovation and Sustainability (UIS)
Jan 2021 – today Committee Member, Society and Environmental Governance (SEG)
July 2017- Dec 2020 Committee Member, Academic Program in Regional and Rural
Development Planning (RRDP)
Oct 2020 – today Associate Editor, Gender, Technology and Development Journal,
Taylor& Francis Online
SELECTED PUBLICATION
Nguyen, T.P.L., Nguyen, T.H., Tran, T.K. (2020). STEM education in secondary
schools: Teachers’ perspective towards sustainable development. Sustainability 2020,
12(21), pp. 1–16, 8865.
Nguyen, T.P.L. Inkong, N. Faysse, N. (2020). Role of local institutions in the transition
towards sustainable agriculture: The case study of Thailand. WIT Transactions on
Ecology and the Environment, 2020, 245 pp. 135–143
Ruiz Salvago, M., Phiboon, K., Faysse, N., & Nguyen, T. P. L. (2019). Young people’s
willingness to farm under present and improved conditions in Thailand. Outlook on
Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030727019880189 .
Peña-García, A., Nguyen, T.P.L. (2018) A global perspective for sustainable highway
network tunnel lighting regulations towards road safety. (2018). International Journal of
Environmental Research and Public Health 2018, 15(12), 2658;
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122658
Nguyen, T.P.L., Sean. C (2018). What shapes young people’s concerns about water-
use resources? The case of Ho Chi Minh City. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the
Environment, Vol 215, WIT Press. www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3541.
doi:10.2495/EID180301.
Nguyen, T.P.L., Seddaiu, G., Virdis, S.G.P., Tidore, C., Pasqui, M., & Roggero, P.P.
(2016). Perceiving to learn or learning to perceive? Understanding farmers' perceptions
and adaptation to climate uncertainties. Agricultural Systems, 143, 205- 216.
doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2016.01.001
Nguyen, T.P.L., Mula, L., Cortignani, R., Seddaiu, G., Dono, G., Virdis, S.G.P., Pasqui,
M., & Roggero, P.P. (2016). Perceptions of Present and Future Climate Change Impacts
on Water Availability for Agricultural Systems in the Western Mediterranean Region.
Water, 8, 523.
Allan, C., Nguyen, T. P. L., Seddaiu, G., Wilson, B., Roggero, P. P. (2013). Integrating
local knowledge with experimental research: case studies on managing cropping
systems in Italy and Australia. Italian Journal of Agronomy, 8 (2).
doi:10.4081/ija.2013.e15.