Christina Griffin

Dr. Christina Griffin is a Research Fellow at the Department of Resources, Environment and Development within the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University (ANU). She holds a PhD from ANU and has expertise in human geography, natural hazards, climate change adaptation, and agrarian change. Her current work focuses on ethical applications of Earth observation data for natural resource governance in the Asia Pacific.

Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy (ANU), 2018
• Master of Natural Hazards (ANU), 2011
• Bachelor of Environmental Science (Class 1 Hons), University of Wollongong

Research Interests:

• Processes of agrarian change and livelihood transformations
• Climate change adaptation and vulnerability
• Water governance and Earth observation technologies
• Rural youth precarity and migration pathways

Her interdisciplinary work bridges qualitative methods with geospatial analysis, particularly in Indonesia and New Zealand.

Key Research Trends: Her publications examine how agrarian transformations, climate stressors, and disasters intersect with rural livelihoods. Recent work highlights youth precarity in Sulawesi and gendered impacts of dairy farming in New Zealand. She also explores ethical dimensions of satellite data in governance.

Affiliations:

• Visiting Fellow, University of Melbourne (2024-2025)
• Fellow, Partnership for Australia Indonesia Research (2021-2023)

Grants:

• "Satellite imagery: a public good or tool for surveillance?" (2024-2025)
• "National Space Mission for Earth Observation: Earth Observation Data Quality" (2022-2025)

Labs/Teams: Convenor of the postgraduate course EMDV8014 Research in Environmental and Climate Change Policy.