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Dr Yingshan Lau commenced her appointment as a Research Fellow with the Science, Technology and Society Cluster (Climate Governance of Nature-Based Carbon Sinks in Southeast Asia Project) with effect from 3 April 2023.

She has a PhD in Geography from the National University of Singapore. She is a geographer, socio-hydrologist and environmentalist curious about human-nature relations. Her PhD fieldwork adopted a participatory action research approach to examine the traditional/local practices that are environmentally beneficial for the watershed area of the Kuang Si Waterfall in Luang Prabang, Laos. The resulting thesis looked into the role of participatory research in enhancing traditional knowledge. At ARI, she will be researching on the climate governance of nature-based carbon sinks in Southeast Asia, with a focus on forests.