Lisa
Hiwasaki

Publications

Articles

• Baron-Aguilar, C., Boswell, R., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Copenhaver, A. E., Costa, Y., Frid, A., Hiwasaki, L., Hudson, M., Jones, R., Kelly, B. P., Khan, M., Kosgei, J., Leonard, K., Metcalf, V. K., Moshani, A., Oduro, G. Y., Paul, K., Rakotondrazafy, V., Retter, G.-B., Scott, C., Uku, J., & Strand, M. (2025). Co-producing ocean plans with Indigenous and traditional knowledge holders. npj Ocean Sustainability, 4(58). DOI : 10.1038/s44183-025-00158-x
• Hiwasaki, L. (2025). Leave no one behind: Prioritising equality and equity towards integration of global sustainability governance. Earth System Governance, 25, 100277. DOI : 10.1016/j.esg.2025.100277
• Hiwasaki, L., Leahy, A., & Rosa, L. (2024). Vulnérabilité croissante ? Une transition vers développement durable et équitable en Asie du Sud-Est. VertigO, Revue des sciences de l'environnement. https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/vertigo/2024-n38-vertigo09940/1117109ar/
• Hiwasaki, L., Déry, S., & Bleau, N. (2024). Réduire les inégalités et atteindre l’équité pour sauver la planète : par quel bout commencer?. VertigO, Revue des sciences de l'environnement. https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/vertigo/2024-n38-vertigo09940/1117102ar/resume/
• Hiwasaki, L., & Minh, T. T. (2022). Negotiating marginality: Towards an understanding of diverse development pathways of ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Journal of International Development, 34(8), 144-1475. DOI : 10.1002/jid.3646
• Landy, F., Chand, R., Déry, S., Dérioz, P., Ducourtieux, O., Garambois, N., Gauché, E., Germaine, M. A., Hiwasaki, L., Mauve, L., & Sacareau, I. (2021). Tourism and "eco-ethnicity": the challenges of environmental soft power for minorities in highland Asia (China, Laos, Nepal). Via Tourism Review, 19. DOI : 10.4000/viatourism.6625
• Hiwasaki, L., Luna, E., Syamsidik, S., & Marcal, J. A. (2015). Local and indigenous knowledge on climate-related hazards of coastal and small island communities in Southeast Asia. Climatic Change, 128, 35-56. DOI : 10.1007/s10584-014-1288-8
• Hiwasaki, L., Luna, E., Syamsidik, S., & Rajib, S. (2014). Process for integrating local and indigenous knowledge with science for hydro-meteorological disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in coastal and small island communities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 10(Part A), 15-27. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.07.007
• Hiwasaki, L. (2007). Community dynamics in Japanese rural areas and implications for national park management. The International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management, 3(2), 102-114. DOI : 10.1080/17451590709618166
• Hiwasaki, L., & Arico, S. (2007). Integrating the Social Sciences into Ecohydrology: Facilitating an interdisciplinary approach to solve issues surrounding water, environment and people. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 7(1), 3-9. DOI : 10.1016/S1642-3593(07)70184-2
• Hiwasaki, L. (2006). Community-based tourism: A pathway to sustainability for Japan’s protected areas. Society & Natural Resources, 19(8), 675-692. DOI : 10.1080/08941920600801090
• Hiwasaki, L. (2005). Toward sustainable management of national parks in Japan: Securing local community and stakeholder participation. Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors, 35, 753-764. DOI : 10.1007/s00267-004-0134-6
• Hiwasaki, L. (2003). Tourism in Japan’s parks and protected areas: Challenges and potential for sustainable development. International Review for Environmental Strategies (IRES), 4(1), 753-764. https://www.iges.or.jp/en/pub/tourism-japan%E2%80%99s-parks-and-protected-areas/en
• Hiwasaki, L. (2000). Ethnic tourism in Hokkaido and the shaping of ainu identity. Pacific Affairs, 73(3), 393-413. DOI : 10.2307/2672026

Books

• Hiwasaki, L., Déry, S., & Bleau, N. (2024). Réduire les inégalités pour sauvegarder la santé de notre planète et un avenir durable, Numéro 38. VertigO, Revue des sciences de l'environnement https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/vertigo/2024-n38-vertigo09940/1117102ar/.
• Hiwasaki, L., Bolliger, L., Lacombe, A., Raneri, G., Schut, J., & Staal, M. (2016). Integrated systems research for sustainable smallholder agriculture in the central Mekong: Achievements and challenges of implementing integrated systems research. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310491423_Integrated_Systems_Research_for_Sustainable_Smallholder_Agriculture_in_the_Central_Mekong_Achievements_and_challenges_of_implementing_integrated_systems_research.
• Hiwasaki, L., Luna, E., Syamsidik, S., & Shaw, R. (2014). Local & indigenous knowledge for community resilience: Hydro-meteorological disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in coastal and small island communities. Bureau de l'UNESCO à Jakarta https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000228711.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2012). Traduction en anglais de Local Knowledge of Timor!. Bureau de l'UNESCO à Jakarta.
• Johnston, B. R., Hiwasaki, L., Klaver, I. J., Castillo, A. R., & Strang, V. (2012). Water, cultural diversity, and global environmental change: Emerging trends, sustainable futures?. Springer https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-1774-9.

Chapters in Collective Works

• Mangalagiu, D., Sitas, N., Saito, O., Felipe-Lucia, M.-R., Filyushkina,, A., Ghosh, S., Gonçalves, L., Hiwasaki, L., Kok, M. T. J., Lynch, A. J., Matias, D. M. S., Ometto, J. P., Pires, A. P. F., Rhodes, J., Scobie, M., Vallet, A., & Xie, L. (2024). Chapter 4: Policy and sociopolitical options across the nexus that could facilitate and accelerate the transition to a range of sustainable futures. In Harrison, P, and McElwee, P. (Ed). IPBES Thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food, climate and health (nexus assessment). doi : 10.5281/zenodo.13850305.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2017). Local Knowledge. In Kelman, I., Mercer, J. et Gaillard, J.C. (Ed). The Routhedge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction Including Climate Change Adaptation. Routledge.
• Xu, J., Mclellan, T., & Hiwasaki, L. (2017). Integrating swidden agricultural knowledge systems: Into sustainable intensification in the Central Mekong region. In Cairns, M. (Ed). Shifting Cultivation Policies: Balancing Environmental and Social Sustainability (pp. 1-15). https://www.cabi.org/wp-content/uploads/Book-resources/Environmental-Science/Finished-A3-Xu-And-Hiwasaki.pdf.
• Hiwasaki, L., Idrissou, L., Okafor, C., & Van Der Hoek, R. (2017). Constraints and opportunities in using multi-stakeholder processes to implement integrated agricultural systems research. Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture. Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315618791-24/constraints-opportunities-using-multi-stakeholder-processes-implement-integrated-agricultural-systems-research-lisa-hiwasaki-latifou-idrissou-chris-okafor-rein-van-der-hoek.
• Hiwasaki, L., Bolliger, A., Lacombe, G., Raneri, J. E., Schut, M., & Staal, S. J. (2016). Integrated systems research for sustainable smallholder agriculture in the Central Mekong. In Hiwasaki, L., Bolliger, A., Lacombe, G., Raneri, J., Schut, M., & Staal, S. (Eds.). Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Agriculture in the Mekong: Achievements and lessons learned from working with upland smallholder farmers. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311106717_Integrated_systems_research_for_sustainable_smallholder_agriculture_in_the_Central_Mekong.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2016). Humidtropics in the central Mekong action area. In Hiwasaki, L., Bolliger, A., Lacombe, G., Raneri, J., Schut, M., & Staal, S. (Eds.). Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture in the Central Mekong: Achievements and challenges of implementing integrated systems research (pp. 1-12). World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/1485013c-a28f-4599-8e01-3e06b87cbc99.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2011). ‘Water for Life’… Water for Whose Life? Water, Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development in the United Nations. In Johnston, B., Hiwasaki, L., Klaver, I., Ramos Castillo, A., Strang, V. (Ed). Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change. Springer. doi : 10.1007/978-94-007-1774-9_34.

Communications in a Conference with Proceedings

• Hiwasaki, L. (2014). Promoting Timor-Leste’s local and indigenous knowledge for sustainable development”, Dans Understanding Timor-Leste volume II. Dili, Eastern Timor.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2011). Promoting and Iitegrating local and Indigenous knowledge: Towards sustainable management of biosphere reserve, in s Are climate change and other emerging challenges being met through successful achievement of Biosphere Reserve functions?. 6eme réunion du Southeast Asia Biosphere Reserves Network (SeaBRnet), Indonesia.

Communications in a Conference Without Proceedings

• Hiwasaki, L. (2025). The role of local and indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation and vulnerabilit. Cours “Climate Change and Health Equity”, Boston University School of Public Health.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2025). Leveraging local and indigenous knowledge to enhance adaptive capacity: Examples from Southeast Asian coastal communities. 8th Online Seminar for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region.
• Hiwasaki, L., & Déry, S. (2024). Vulnerability reduction for climate justice: Towards climate-resilient and equitable development in Southeast Asia. International Workshop on Climate-Resilient Development in Southeast Asia, Cambridge, United States of America.
• Déry, S., Hiwasaki, L., Pham, X. N., & Beaulieu, A. (2024). Inequalities, vulnerabilities and adaptation in Lam Dong province, Vietnam. EuroSEAS, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The).
• Déry, S., Hiwasaki, L., Nguyen, N. T., Le, H. T. N., & Beaulieu, A. (2023). Inégalités, vulnérabilités et adaptations chez les petits paysans et pêcheurs au Vietnam. Conseil canadien des études sur l’Asie du Sud-Est (CCEASE), Québec, Canada.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2023). Vulnerability on the rise? Deconstructing sustainable development in Southeast Asian countries. International Studies Association, Montréal, Canada.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2022). Seven voices for sustainability. Carleton College, Northfield, United States of America.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2022). Local and indigenous knowledge for an integrated approach to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. 25eme série de séminaires du Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC), Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2022). Vulnérabilité croissante: lancer la transition vers un développement durable et équitable en Asie du Sud-Est. 89eme Congrès de l’Acfas (Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des sciences), Virtuel.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2022). Beyond integration of global sustainable development agreements: Towards equitable development of marginalized groups in Southeast Asia. International Studies Association, Nashville, United States of America.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2021). “Can we tackle the SDGs without dealing with inequality? Towards sustainable equitable development of marginalized groups in the global South. International Research Symposium Evidence for Action: Aligning the Climate and SDG Agendas, Virtuel.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2021). The post-2030 agenda towards sustainable and equitable development. Colloque annuel Society for Applied Anthropology, Virtuel.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2020). Mobiliser les groupes marginalisés: comment la recherche agricole pour le développement au Vietnam peut-elle être plus inclusive?. Université Laval (IEDS, GÉRAC, Département Géographie), Québec, Canada.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2020). Linking climate change with disaster risk reduction and the SDGs: A Southeast Asian perspective. Affaires mondiales Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2019). Peut-on s’attaquer au changement climatique avec l’équité sociale?. Université Laval (IEDS, GÉRAC, HEI, Chaire en DI, département géographie, Québec, Canada.
• Déry, S., Rolland, V., Hiwasaki, L., Boulidam, S., & Vanpheangphan, C. (2017). Au-delà des inégalités : une analyse multiscalaire pour comprendre les transformation agraires et environnementales dans la province de Luang Nam Tha, Laos. Conseil canadien des études d’Asie du Sud-Est (CCEASE), Toronto, Canada.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2016). Vulnerability to disasters in Southeast Asia and their impacts on the region’s sustainable development. Mini-colloque du GÉRAC et de la chaire Stephen-A.-Jarislowsky en gestion des affaires internationales, Québec, Canada.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2016). Humidtropics CGIAR Research Program’s activities in Lao PDR. Réunion de coordination entre le ministère de l’Agriculture et des Forêts de la RDP lao et CGIAR, Vientiane, Laos.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2015). Advancing marginalized groups in agricultural research for development in the Central Mekong. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Science Week, Bogor, Indonesia.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2013). Incorporating local & indigenous knowledge in climate change & disaster risk reduction policies. National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Seminar, Singapour, Singapore.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2013). Harnessing local and indigenous knowledge to increase resilience in coastal and small island communities in Southeast Asia. Séminaire de Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapour, Singapore.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2013). Promoting Timor-Leste’s local and indigenous knowledge for sustainable development. Timor-Leste Studies Association «Understanding Timor-Leste 2013 », Dili, Eastern Timor.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2012). Indonesian coastal education (ICE): Empowering communities to adapt to climate change in Indonesia. 3rd Indonesia Carbon Update, Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2012). Integrating local and indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Potential for small islands and coastal zones of Indonesia. Séminaire international “Acceleration of Indonesia’s Economic Development towards Marine Industrialization and Sustainable Fisheries”, Ternate, Indonesia.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2011). Integrating local and indigenous knowledge for conservation of forests and wetlands. Asian Wetland Symposium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2011). Promoting and integrating local and indigenous knowledge: Towards sustainable management of biosphere reserves. 6th South East Asian Biosphere Reserves Network meeting, Cibodas, Indonesia.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2010). Traditional knowledge and early warning: Local knowledge and community-based disaster preparedness. Regional Co-production Workshop on “Traditional Knowledge and Early Warning Systems”, Port Dickson, Malaysia.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2010). Water, Cultural Diversity, and Ecopolitics Within the UN: Struggles to secure an international framework for addressing and implementing water as a human right. Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orléans, United States of America.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2008). Towards Integration of Social Sciences into Ecohydrology. Conférence internationale Ecohydrological Processes and Sustainable Floodplain Management, Lodz, Poland.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2007). Integrating social and cultural factors into biodiversity-related research: the experiences of UNESCO's MAB in implementing ecohydrology and monitoring. ALTER-Net All-Parties, Palma, Spain.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2006). Integrating the Social Sciences into Ecohydrology: Facilitating an interdisciplinary approach to solve issues surrounding water, environment and people. Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2005). Social monitoring in UNESCO’s world network of biosphere reserves. Atelier “Mobilising European Research Potential in Support of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management”, Segovia, Spain.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2005). National Park Management in Japan and its Implications for Community and Stakeholder Participation. Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, United States of America.
• Hiwasaki, L. (1998). Presenting Unity, Performing Diversity: Identity Management in Sto:lo Territory. International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies, Osaka, Japan.
• Hiwasaki, L. (1997). Ainu Ethnic Tourism in Hokkaido. Conférence Japanese Popular Culture, Victoria, Canada.

Publication Reviews

• Hiwasaki, L. (2022). Book Review of The Case for Carbon Dividends, par James K. Boyce, Environment and Society, 13(1): 186- 187.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2001). Book Review of Earth Summit 2002: A New Deal (Revised Edition), International Review for Environmental Strategies, 2(2): 354–356.

Research Reports

• Strand, M., Retter, G., Khan, M., Frid, A., Hudson, M., Leonard, K., Paul, K., Baron-Aguilar, C., Boswell, R., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Copenhaver, A. E., Costa, Y., Hiwasaki, L., Jones, N. J. R., Kelly, B. P., Kosgei, J., Metcalf, V. K., Moshani, A., Oduro, G. Y., Scott, C. P., & Rakotondrazafy, V. (2024). Co-producing sustainable ocean plans with indigenous and traditional knowledge holders, Washington, DC, World Resources Institute, 67p., https://doi.org/10.69902/8f1075e8. https://oceanpanel.org/publication/indigenous-knowledge/.
• Balachander, G., Halmy, M. W. A., Parlee, B., Biggs, D., Chatakonda, M., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Cormier-Salem, M.-C., Dasgupta, R., Devkota, S., Diniz, J., Elfaki, A., Hiwasaki, L., Lichtenstein, G., Richter, A., Shah, M. A., Shanley, P., Shrestha, U. B., Lee, T. M., Bayarbaatar, B., & Kieling, D. (2022). Chapter 4: The drivers of the sustainable use of wild species, In: Thematic Assessment Report on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Fromentin, J.M., Emery, M.R., Donaldson, J., Danner, M.C., Hallosserie, A., and Kieling, D. (eds.). IPBES Secretariat, Bonn, Germany, 254 p., https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6451494. https://zenodo.org/records/7755793.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2021). Box 2: Justice, equity and synergies between climate goals and sustainable development goals” In: Saving Resources: Actions that achieve both climate goals and the SDGs, A Report to COP 26 Delegates from the UK parliament All-Party Parliamentary Group on SDGs.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2004). Nature conservation society of Japan, 2003 nendo Shibutsusan Kankyo Kyosei Suishin Keikaku Chousa Jigyo Chukan Houkoku-sho, Rapport intermédiaire de l'an fiscal 2003 du projet de recherche sur le plan de promotion de la coexistence environnementale de la montagne Shibutsu.
• Hiwasaki, L. (2001). Sustainable development in North-East Asia: Assessment and challenges of agenda 21. Rapport commandé par le task force for the preparation of WSSD in Asia and the Pacific..

Working Papers

• Landry, F., Chand, R., Déry, S., Dérioz, P., Ducourtieux, O., Garambois, N., Gauché, E., Germaine, M. A., Hiwasaki, L., Létang, M., & Sacareau, I. (2020). Can landscape empower rural “minorities” through tourism? Eco-ethnicity in the Highlands of India, Nepal, China, Laos and Vietnam, CSH-IFP working papers 16.

Postings

• Hiwasaki, L. (2016). Guidelines to Engage with Marginalized Ethnic Minorities in Agricultural Research for Development in the Greater Mekong, poster présenté à Systems Research Marketplace, 15-17 novembre, Ibadan, Nigeria. [Poster].
• Hiwasaki, L. (2016). Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture in the Mekong: Achievements made and lessons learned from working with smallholder farmers, poster présenté à Systems Research Marketplace, 15-17 novembre, Ibadan, Nigeria. [Poster].
• Hiwasaki, L. (1997). Poster presenté à Society for Economic Anthropology Meeting, Guadalajara, Mexico. [Poster].

Current Research Activities

Activity Title	Researcher(s)	Granting Body	Program	Dates
Soutien - Centre en émergence - CIRGoM - Contribution FD	Main Jean-Frédéric Morin Other researchers	Université Laval - Fonds internes		2026-03-17 to 2027-03-31
Blue Climate Solutions	Main Emi Uchida Other researchers	National Science Foundation	Global Centers	2024-01-01 to 2026-12-31

Current Research Affiliations

• Member, Institut en environnement, développement et société (EDS) (2019 - ...)

Contributions to the Advancement of the Discipline

Conference Organization

• Organizer, Regional workshop “Humidtropics CGIAR Research Program Central Mekong Action Area Planning of Work and Budget Meeting” (2015)
• Organizer, Atelier d’experts organisé les 8-9 septembre et 2-3 novembre, “Transforming social inequality: Advancing marginalized groups in agricultural research for development in the Centra Mekong” (2015)
• Organizer, Atelier régional “Humidtropics CGIAR Research Program Central Mekong Action Area Planning of Work and Budget Meeting” (2014)
• Organizer, 20 séminaires organisés entre octobre 2014 et novembre 2016, CGIAR Vietnam Lunchtime Seminars (2014 - 2016)
• Organizer, Atelier régional “Integrating Local and Indigenous Knowledge related to Hydro-meteorological Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation with Scientific Knowledge: Lessons learned” (2013)
• Organizer, Atelier régional “Integrating Local and Indigenous Knowledge with Scientific Knowledge for Knowledge-Based Risk Reduction” (2012)
• Organizer, Atelier régional “Hydro-meteorological Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Coastal and Small Island Communities” (2011)
• Organizer, ”, Symposium international organisé avec Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) “Water, Cultural Diversity and Global Environmental Change: Emerging trends, sustainable futures?” (2009)
• Organizer, Symposium international organisé avec United Nations University (UNU), “Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity: The Role of sacred natural sites and cultural landscapes” (2005)

Evaluation Committee Membership(s)

• Member of the jury for Katelyn Barrett's comprehensive examination, Master's in International Relations, University of Rhode Islandrnationales, Université de Rhode Island (2025)
• Supervision of Maria Mercedes Arevalo Aranaga, Visiting Researcher at the United Nations Division of Oceans and Law fo the Sea a as part of the “Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe” program. (2024)
• Member of the thesis committee of Erin Cardoza, Master of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Islandd (2024 - 2025)
• Reviewer, Asia Pacific Viewpoint (2024 - ...)
• Reviewer, Geoscience Communication (2024 - ...)
• Reviewer, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (2024 - ...)
• Reviewer, Disaster Prevention and Management Journal (2024 - ...)
• Co-supervisor of Tibyan Asyukri's thesis, Master's in Disaster Science, Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia (2024 - 2025)
• Thesis supervisor for Helmawaty Rumbiak, Master of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Islandrsité de Rhode Island, United States (2024 - ...)
• Member of the thesis committee of Alana Egan, PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Rhode Island (2023 - ...)
• Member, UNESCO Peer Review Advisory Panel on Living Heritage Safeguarding and Climate Actions (2023)
• Supervisor for Nara Wisesa, PhD in Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island (2022 - ...)
• Thesis supervisor for Heru Setiawan, Professional Master of Environmental Science and Management, University of Rhode Island (2022 - 2023)
• Supervisor for Truong Ngoc Han Le, PhD in Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Islandland (2022 - 2024)
• Supervisor for Nora Wells, Master of Professional Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island (2021)
• Reviewer, Philippine Journal of Science (2021 - ...)
• Expert evaluator, Communauté d'experts de la Fondation européenne pour la science (2021 - ...)
• Reviewer, Article contributif pour United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (2021)
• Member of the thesis committee of Elizabeth Conley, Master of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Islandde Rhode Island (2021 - 2022)
• Co-supervisor of Lolita Shaila Safaee Chalkasra's internship (2019)
• Reviewer, Climate and Development (2017 - 2020)
• Member of Thi Mai Lan Nguyen's thesis committee, Department of Geography, Université Laval (2016 - 2018)
• Superviseure de Yun Li Dong, . Knowledge Technology and Innovation Group, School of Social Sciences, Wageningen University and ResearchSciences, Wageningen University and Research (2015 - 2016)
• Reviewer, Environment Climate (2012 - 2017)

Association Membership(s)

• Member, The Political Ecology Society (2024 - ...)
• Member, International Studies Association (2024 - ...)

Participation ou animation d'une table ronde ou d'un panel

• Panelist “Prioritizing vulnerability reduction: Concrete action for transformational adaptation”, Adaptation Futures (2023)
• Co-organizer, Panel “Réduire les inégalités pour sauver la planète: par quel bout commencer? ”, 89eme Congrès de l’Acfas (Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des sciences) (2022)
• Round table participation « Institutional constraints and opportunities in implementing integrated agricultural research for development: the Humidtropics case », International Conference on Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture (2015)
• Organizer of the panel “River Cultures and Ecological Futures”, 10th International River symposium & Environmental Flows conference (2007)
• Organizer of the panel “Ecosystem and Ecohydrology Approaches to Integrated Water Resource Management”, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Organization of American States (OAS) (2006)

University and Faculty Involvement

Faculty

• Member, Assemblée de l'U.E.R. (2025 - ...)
• Member, Assemblée des professeurs de la FSA (2025 - ...)

University

• Member, SPUL (2025 - ...)
• Member and regular researcher, Institut en environnement, développement et société (EDS) (2019 - ...)

Media Presence

Web

• "Cyclone Senyar: Why hazards continue to turn into disasters in Indonesia", text writen with H. A. Haridhi forThe Converation, online on January 11 (2026)
• “Indigenous Knowledge Is Key to Better Ocean Management,” article from Insights magazine published on the World Resource Institute website, at https://www.wri.org/insights/indigenous-knowledge-informs-ocean-policies (2024)

Professional Involvement

Collaboration with Professionals and Practitioners

• Expert, Délégation du Japon, 13e réunion de la Conférence des parties à la Convention sur la biodiversité (CBD COP13) (2016)
• Expert, Rencontre exploratoire pour l’évaluation de l’utilisation durable de la biodiversité, Plateforme inter-gouvernementale scientifique et politique sur la biodiversité et les services écosystémiques (IPBES) (2016)

Professional Event Organization

• Organizer, Atelier nationaux « Stakeholder Consultation Workshop for development of agricultural research for development projects », Hanoi (2016)
• Organizer, Atelier nationaux "Stakeholder Consultation Workshop for development of agricultural research for development projects", Vientiane (2016)
• Organizer, Ateliers d’apprentissage "Humidtropics blended learning course for facilitators of innovation platforms" (2015)
• Organizer, Atelier régional, "Humidtropics Communication Planning Workshop in the Central Mekong" (2015)
• Organizer, Atelier régional de formation, "Capacity Development Workshop for Research for Development Platform Facilitators in Humidtropics Central Mekong Action Area" (2014)
• Organizer, Atelier locaux, "Sandwatch training workshop" (2012 - 2013)
• Co-organizer with Timor Leste National Commission for UNESCO et Haburas Foundation, "Traditional Knowledge Systems and Cultural Diversity" (2012)
• Co-organizer with Timor Aid, Formations en éducation environnementale basée sur savoirs locaux et autochtones (2011)
• Co-organizer, Atelier coorganisé avec Haburas Foundation et Timor Leste National Commission for UNESCO (2011)

Presentations at Professional Events

• Speaker, "Equity-focused research to tackle vulnerabilities of coastal communities in Indonesia and Vietnam", Séminaire gradué, Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island (2023)
• Speaker, "Could research contribute to social transformation? Equity-focused research to tackle climate change vulnerabilities in coastal areas", Séminaire gradué, Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island (2022)
• Speaker, "Nature conservation in Japan", Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Rhode Island (2022)
• Speaker, "Could research contribute to social transformation? Equity-focused research to tackle climate change vulnerabilities in coastal areas", Séminaire gradué, Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island (2021)
• Speaker, "Could research contribute to social transformation? Equity-focused research to tackle climate change vulnerabilities in coastal areas", Séminaire gradué, Department of Marne Affairs, University of Rhode Island (2020)
• Speaker, "Multistakeholder Platform Research Projects: Results from Vietnam and Thailand in Central Mekong Action Area", Réunion de planification des travaux et du budget de Humidtropics CGIAR Research Program (2015)
• Speaker, "Results and reflections of 2014 and planning for 2015 activities in Central Mekong Action Area", Réunion de planification des travaux et du budget de Humidtropics CGIAR Research Program (2014)
• Speaker, “Research for Development Platforms under Humidtropics”, Reunion de Central Highlands Research for Development Platform (2014)
• Speaker, "Humidtropics in Central Mekong Action Area", Retraite stratégique régionale de World Agroforestry Centre (2014)
• Speaker, "Humidtropics Central Mekong Action Area", Réunion du Humidtropics Independent Advisory Committee (2014)
• Speaker, "Humidtropics in the Central Mekong and Thailand", Réunion de Nan Research for Development Platform (2014)

Services to Society

Community

• Member, Board of Directors, Urban Greens Co-op Market (2022 - ...)

Knowledge Popularization

Web

• Hiwasaki, L., Hudson, M., Kosgei, J., Strand, M., and Khan, M. Indigenous Knowledge Is Key to Better Ocean Management. Article de Insights publié sur le site Internet du World Resource Institute : https://www.wri.org/insights/indigenous-knowledge-informs-ocean-policies (2024)