Dr. Thi Nguyen

Biography

Thi Minh Phuong Nguyen is an ARC Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University. She has played a significant role as a Chapter Scientist for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, contributing to Chapter 4 - Facilitate Accelerate Change. Dr. Nguyen completed her Ph.D. in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne in 2023. Her research interests center around sustainability transitions, urban sustainability experiments, and climate governance. Prior to her Ph.D., she graduated with First Class Honours from the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of South Australia in 2017. Before joining ANU, Dr. Nguyen was a Research Associate at the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts at Monash University for two years, where she facilitated an Australian Research Council project focused on Sustainable Transformation Pathways for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises. During her time at Monash, she taught the compulsory graduate course on Corporate Sustainability Management to Master of Business and Master of Environmental Sustainability students, and successfully supervised Master’s thesis completions. As an early career researcher, Dr. Nguyen has co-authored numerous academic publications, primarily in leading journals in Urban Studies and Sustainability Transitions. Her research outputs have been recognized by global organizations such as the United Nations Human Settlement Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme, with citations in reports such as the 6th Global Environment Outlook Cities Report: Green Cities (2021). At ANU, Dr. Nguyen has established strong collaborative relationships with academics across Australia, the UK, Norway, and Canada, leveraging her expertise in both social sciences and environmental sciences.

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