Project Role: Activity 4 Lead
Project: Next generation agricultural extension: social relations for practice change
About: Professor Katharine McKinnon is a human geographer, and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Community Economies Institute. She has extensive field experience in participatory action research in a range of Asia-Pacific contexts including Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, Laos and Indonesia. She specialises in collaborating with members of the community and professional actors to better understand how to maximise place-based opportunities for sustainable and equitable futures, building strong livelihoods and community well-being in ways that are suited to local cultures and economies. Her field experience has included work with semi-subsistence agricultural communities, marginalised urban communities, and ethnic minorities. Gender and economy, health care, cultural survival and development practice are central themes of her work.
Further information:
Victoria University of Wellington
Email: katharine.mckinnon@vuw.ac.nz
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