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5.04/23/2026

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About Douglas

Associate Professor Douglas Hill serves in the School of Geography at the University of Otago, holding the position of Associate Professor and acting as Coordinator of the Master of International Development and Planning programme. He obtained his BA (Hons) from the Australian National University and PhD from Curtin University. His academic interests lie in development studies with a focus on South Asia, particularly India, including geopolitics and transboundary water resources, migrant labour, ports, labour restructuring and maritime trade, rural development and participatory governance in West Bengal, and urban transformation and socio-spatial segregation in India's megacities. Additional research areas encompass energy systems resilience as applied to Nepal, low-carbon economy transitions in Asia and New Zealand, immigrant settlement in small towns, and sustainable development challenges amid climate change.