Dr Christina Griffin
Doctor of Philosophy (ANU), Master of Natural Hazards (ANU), Bachelor of Environmental Science (Class 1 Hons) (University of Wollongong)
Christina is a research fellow with the Department of Resources, Environment and Development at the Crawford School of Public Policy. She is an interdisciplinary human geographer with a keen interest in the study of natural hazards, climate change adaptation, and rural livelihoods.
Christina’s past research has focused on the interaction between processes of agrarian change, natural hazards, climate change adaptation, gender, and rural youth, with case studies in Indonesia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
She has worked as an independent consultant, and was previously a research fellow at the University of Melbourne. Her current position focuses on how Earth observation data can be applied ethically to natural resource governance in the Asia Pacific.
She is also convenor of EMDV8014 Research in Environmental and Climate Change Policy.
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Visiting Fellow, University of Melbourne
1 Jan 2024 → 31 Dec 2025
Fellow, Partnership for Australia Indonesia Research
19 Oct 2021 → 31 Dec 2023
Research Interest
- Processes of agrarian change and livelihood transformations
- Climate change adaptation
- Vulnerability and natural hazards
- Water governance
- Earth observation (i.e., satellite imagery) for equitable natural resource governance
Thesis Title/Topic
Vulnerability, livelihoods and disaster knowledge in the volcanic highlands of Central Java, Indonesia: ‘Itu sudah biasa'