Dr Brooke Wilmsen

Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Social Sciences Refugee Research Centre

MB 444, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BSc/BA (Hons-Melbourne), PhD Geography (Melbourne).

Membership of professional Associations

Institute of Australian Geographers; International Network on Displacement and Resettlement

Area of study

Anthropology
Asian Studies

Brief Profile

Brooke has a background in Development Studies with a PhD in Geography. She has worked as a resettlement consultant for several international institutions, government affiliates and private consultancies. She has several years of qualitative and quantitative research experience working on issues of development-forced displacement and resettlement with a focus on the Three Gorges Dam in the People's Republic of China. Brooke has also conducted research on refugee resettlement in Australia.

Research interests

Asian History

- Chinese politics and development studies

International Aid and Development

- Development geography

- Development policy and practice

- Sustainable livelihoods

Migration

- Involuntary and forced displacement

- Refugee resettlement

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Conference Papers

Working Papers

Consulting Reports

Research projects