Prof John McCarthy
B.Sc (University of Melbourne), B.A. Hons (Monash University), PhD (Murdoch University)
John McCarthy is a Professor of rural development and the anthropology of policy. He has an abiding interest in the rapid socio-environmental change taking place in the Global South. His work focuses on environmental change, rural development, food and livelihood security and the impacts of climate change on the global south.
Research Interest
- Agricultural policy, food security, agrarian change and land tenure
- Social capital, participation and environmental management
- Forest management, biodiversity conservation and climate change
- Natural resource conflict
- Politics, policy and natural resource governance in a developing context
Expertise Area(s)
Anthropology of Development
OTHER STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY
Agricultural Land Management
Environment Policy
Forestry Management and Environment
Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific