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Dr. May Tan-MullinsMTM

Associate Professor in International Relations

 

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Contact

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      199 Taikang East Road

      Ningbo 315100

      China

 

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Qualifications

 

BA (merits), PhD in Geography with National University of Singapore

 

Expertise Summary

Non-traditional Security issues (Human, Environmental, Livelihood and Food Security), Political Ecology, Global Environmental Governance, Politics of Aid and Rehabilitation, and China-Africa Developmental relations.

 

Teaching

Undergraduate

International Political Economy

Issues in Global Relations (seminars only)

 

Postgraduate

International Political Economy

Global Environmental Governance

Food Security

 

Research

Forthcoming  

Rigg, J., Law, L., Tan-Mullins, M. and Grundy-Warr, C. (April 2012) ‘In the wake of the tsunami: researching across disciplines and developmental spaces in southern Thailand’ in Kearnes, M., Kaulser, F and Lane, S (eds)

Critical Risk Research: Practices, Politics and Ethics , United Kingdom, John Wiley and Sons Ltd. http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470974877.html|

Tan-Mullins, M and Mohan, G (July 2012) ‘China’s relations with Africa’ in Kavalski, E. (ed) Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy. United Kingdom, Ashgate Publishing, Chapter 23. https://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calctitle=1&pageSubject=488&sort=pubdate&forthcoming=1&title_id=10625&edition_id=14072|

Power, M., Mohan, G. and Tan-Mullins, M. (July 2012) Powering Development: China’s Energy Diplomacy and Africa’s Future. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

Tan-Mullins, M and Chen-GuangLi (December 2012) ‘Effectiveness of international aid in the Chinese context: case study of World Bank’s Cixi Wetlands project in Zhejiang province’. Accepted for publication by China Quarterly. http://www.soas.ac.uk/research/publications/journals/chinaq/|

Recent publications

Tan-Mullins, M (December 2011) ‘The Implications of Seabed Energy Resource Development: The Gulf of Thailand Case’, in Schofield, C. 

Maritime Energy Resources in Asia: Energy and Geopolitics, Washington D.C: National Bureau of Asian Research. http://www.nbr.org/publications/issue.aspx?id=248|

Tan-Mullins, M (September 2011) ‘The Emerging Powers and the Changing Landscape of Foreign Aid and Development Cooperation: Public Perceptions of Development Cooperation- China Summary Paper. Available on Cambridge University Website: http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/foreignaidperceptions/|||

Tan-Mullins (2010) Global shocks and local resilience: Asian fisherfolks’ adaptation strategies to external crises . Working Paper for the United Nation Research Institute for Social Development. http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BD6AB/search/BDF1172396BDEC70C12576A20055163E?OpenDocument&cntxt=5FFCD&cookielang=es#top| |

Tan-Mullins, M. (2009) 'Armed Conflict and Resolutions in Southern Thailand', Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 99 (5): 922-931. http://www.aag.org/Publications/Annals/special-issues.htm| ||

Mohan, G. and Tan-Mullins, M. (2009) ‘Chinese Migrants in Africa as New Agents of Change? An Analytical Framework’ European Journal of Development Research 21, 588–605. http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejdr/journal/v21/n4/pdf/ejdr200922a.pdf| ||

Tan-Mullins, M., Rigg, J. and Grundy-Warr, C. (2008) ‘Responses and Resilience of Fisherfolks on the Tsunami Event in Southern Thailand‘, in Doyle, T. and Risely, M. (eds) Crucible for Survival: Environmental Security and Justice in the Indian Ocean Region. N.J., N.Y., and London, Rutgers University Press: 116-132. http://www.amazon.com/Crucible-Survival-Environmental-Security-Justice/dp/0813543142| ||

Schofield, C. and Tan-Mullins, M. (2008) ‘Claims, Conflicts and Cooperation in the Gulf of Thailand.’ Ocean Yearbook, 22, Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff: 75-116. http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=30432| ||

 

Rigg, J., Law, L., Grundy-Warr, C. and Tan-Mullins, M. (2008) ‘Beyond the Political Economy of Natural Disaster: Thailand and the 2004 Tsunami.’ Asia Pacific Viewpoint Vol 49 (2): 137-154.http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120749993/issue?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0| ||

 Tan-Mullins, M. (2007) ‘Thai State and its Agencies in Coastal Resources Management: Political Ecology of Fisheries Management in Southern Thailand.’ Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 28: 348-361.http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118532194/abstract| ||

 Tan-Mullins, M., Rigg, J., Law, L. and Grundy-Warr, C. (2007) ‘Re-mapping the Politics of Aid: The Changing Networks and Structures of Humanitarian Assistance in Post-tsunami Thailand.’ Progress in Development Studies 7 (4): 327-44. http://pdj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/7/4/327.pdf| ||

 Hawkes, A., Bird, M., Cowie, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Horton, B., Tan Shau Hwai, A., Law, L., Lee, W. A., Macgregor, C., Nott, J., Eong Ong, J., Rigg, J., Robinson, R., Tan-Mullins, M., Tiong Sa, T. and Yasin, Z. (2007) ‘Sediment deposited by the Indian Ocean tsunami along the west coast of the Malay-Thai Peninsula.’ Marine Geology 242, (1-3): 169-190. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V6M-4N6NK3B|2&_user=5939061&_coverDate=08%2F06%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=sea||rch&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1317194590&_rerunOrigin=schoolar.google&_acct=C000009959&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=5939061&md5=9d6f9eda65caaa6c325933c9600c7d59||

Tan-Mullins, M. (2006) ‘Voices from Pattani: Fears, Suspicion, and Confusion’. In: McCargo. D. (ed) Rethinking Southern Thailand Violence, Singapore, Singapore University Press: Chapter 5. http://www.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Bdau6eBUPlgC&oi=fnd&pg=PR6&dq=rethinking+southern+thailand,+may+tan-mullins&ots=iXA_Tje9qx&sig=c6HsBtWWTP1MQHnVK0CzKyS3qrc#v=onepage&q&f=false| |

Tan-Mullins, M. (2006) ‘Voices from Pattani: Fears, Suspicion, and Confusion.’ Critical Asian Studies 38 (1): 145-150. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g746016692| ||

Rigg, J., Law, L., Tan-Mullins, M. and Grundy-Warr, C. (2005) ‘The Indian Ocean tsunami: socio-economic impacts in Thailand.’ The Geographical Journal 171 (4): 6-11. http://bss.sfsu.edu/guo/Geog%20402/The%20Indian%20Ocean%20tsunami.pdf| ||

Buranakul, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Horton, B., Law, L., Rigg, J. and Tan-Mullins, M. (2005) ‘The Asian Tsunami, Academics and Academic Research.’ Singapore

Journal of Tropical Geography 26 (2): 244-248.

 

 

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Tan-Mullins, M. (2005) ‘Politics and Ecology of Southeast Asia, Through the Lens of Coastal Communities in Indonesia and Thailand.’ In Savage, V. and Tan-Mullins, M. (eds) The Naga Challenged: Southeast Asia in the Winds of Change, Singapore, Eastern Universities Press by Marshall Cavendish: 417-448. http://www.amazon.com/Naga-Challenged-Southeast-Winds-Change/dp/9812103066/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272610682&sr=1-4| ||

 Savage, V. and Tan-Mullins, M. (eds) (2005) The Naga Challenged: Southeast Asia in the Winds of Change. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press by Marshall Cavendish.http://www.amazon.com/Naga-Challenged-Southeast-Winds-Change/dp/9812103066/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272610682&sr=1-4| ||

Savage, V. and Tan-Mullins, M. (2005) ‘State Identities and Regional Personifications in a Globalised World.’ In Savage, V. and Tan-Mullins, M. (eds) The Naga Challenged: Southeast Asia in the Winds of Change, Singapore, Eastern Universities Press by Marshall Cavendish: 1-38.  http://www.amazon.com/Naga-Challenged-Southeast-Winds-Change/dp/9812103066/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272610682&sr=1-4| ||

Savage, V and Tan-Mullins, M. (2005) ‘Reflections Through Naga Eyes.’ In Savage, V. and Tan-Mullins, M. (eds) The Naga Challenged: Southeast Asia in the Winds of Change, Singapore, Eastern Universities Press by Marshall Cavendish: 449-458.http://www.amazon.com/Naga-Challenged-Southeast-Winds-Change/dp/9812103066/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272610682&sr=1-4| ||

Mullins, T. M. (2004) ‘The Political Ecology of Indonesia: a case study of a fishing village in Sumatra’. Local Environment 9 (2): 163–175. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g713626022| ||