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Nhung LU ROTS is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oslo's Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS). Her research focuses on the intersection of Buddhist practices, environmental humanities, and development studies in the Mekong Delta. She examines how religious communities respond to climate change through traditional ecological knowledge systems and environmental activism.
Her academic projects include the Transcendence and Sustainability initiative and the Whales of Power research group. Notable publications explore Hòa Hảo Buddhism's role in net-zero plastic waste efforts, Buddhist healing practices linked to herbal medicine, and the sociocultural dimensions of environmental crises in Vietnam.
Her work bridges anthropology, environmental science, and economics, with a focus on ethnographic fieldwork in diverse Mekong Delta communities. Current research emphasizes sustainable water management strategies rooted in indigenous knowledge systems.
