Associate Professor Paul Munro
Associate Professor
PhD in Geography, ; Master of Arts, in Environment and Development, ; Bachelor of Arts, Geography; History; Government & International Relations,
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Humanities & Languages
I am听a Scientia Associate Professor听in Human Geography within the Environment and Society Group at the University of New South Wales (91色情片), Sydney.
I have an established research record in the fields of political ecology and environmental history, and have听written extensively on forest governance and energy justice. My current research is focused听on the changing geographies of energy poverty. This has included an interest in how the emergence of new technologies (e.g., small-scale photovoltaic power), new trade dynamics, and financial platforms (e.g., mobile money) have reshaped听how people realise their energy needs in poor rural settings. I am currently engaged in research in听Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia, and Vanuatu.
I have also written extensively on forest governance in Sierra Leone, drawing from large-scale research projects that have been funded by the European Union, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), and USAID. Drawing on听this research, in 2020 I authored the monograph:听
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Location
Room 366, Morven Brown Building
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- Teaching and Supervision
M Kearnes and P G Munro, "Right to Repair". Allens Hub Stream Funding. University of New South Wales. 2021听($9,912)
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P G Munro, M Kearnes, V Sahajwalla and S Walker, "Solar Waste in Africa: emerging geographies in Keanya and Malawi." 91色情片 Digital Grid Futures Institute. Interdisciplinary Seed Funding Award ($30,000)
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P G Munro, "The Photovoltaic Turn in Africa." Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Australian Research Council. 2020-2014 ($384,146)
I am a member of听, and , and the .
I am also the co-founder of Energy for Opportunity (EFO), a non-for-profit organisation based in West Africa that is dedicated to the spread of renewable energy in the region. Since 2009, EFO has completed over 200 renewable energy installations in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and Benin, ranging from pico-solar dissemination projects to village-level micro-grids.
This is a short video of research work I have been involved in, relating to solar waste in Malawi:
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My Research Supervision
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PhD
*Kayla Lochner, Thesis title (tentative):听environmental Justice and Agriculture in the South Pacific; 2021 to present听(Primary Supervisor: ).听
*Bonaventure Muganga. Thesis title (tenative)听The Pollinating Mesh: The Ecological Thought in Indigenous Speculative Australian Fiction;听2019听to present. (Primary Supervisors Prof Elizabeth McMahon, Prof Brigitta Olubas)听
Govinda Paudel. Thesis title (tentative): A Political Ecology of Community Forestry in Nepal; 2019听to present.听
*Hai-Yuen Tuilima. Thesis title (tentative):听Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Confronting Biopiracy.; 2018 to present. (Primary Supervisor: )
Han Ayshan.听Video game trailers: how storytelling is used to create identification and appeal with audiences. Under examination.听
Dr Shanil Samakaroon. Thesis title:听How are issues of energy justice entangled in the process of household solar adoption in northern Malawi; Completed 2021.
*Dr Sue Slowikowski. Thesis Title: Making Sense of Disaster - Identity Challenges from a Bushfire.听 Completed in 2017. (Primary supervisor: )
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Honours
Rhiannon Verschuer,听Deep Sea Mining in the South Pacific. 2020.听(co-supervised with听)
Matylda Breva,听Pelling the Avocado: recontextualising food security through exploitation. 2019. (co-supervised with Dr Monika Barthwal-Datta).听
Taylor Coyne.听Fishing for Answers: Sustainable small-scale fish farming in post-conflict Uganda.听 2018. (co-supervised with ).
Amy Ow.听Understanding Human-Tree Relationships: A Case Study of the CBD and听South-East Lightrail Project.听2016.
My Teaching
I am the course convenor for which forms part of the Environmental Humanities undergraduate major.
I am interested in supervising PhD, MRes and Honours students with a background in critical geography (or a cognate discipline) in the areas of environmental history,听forest governance and energy geographies. Interested students should contact me with a CV, a short research proposal (include references to听key scholarship that want to build听upon) and a short statement explaining why they believe I would be a good fit as a supervisor.
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