Rural Development and participatory governance in West Bengal
Urban transformation and Socio-Spatial segregation in India's megacities
Current researchprojects
Geopolitics, Transboundary Water Resources and civil society in South Asia
The port sector and labour relations in Bangladesh, India and Malaysia
The transformation of urban space in Kolkata
Postgraduate student supervision
Completed supervision
Ben Payne, 2017 PhD: 'Beyond interfering Greenies? Understanding the Competing discourses of High Country Tenure Review' (with Associate Professor Michelle Thompson-Fawcett and Dr Brent Lovelock, Dept. of Tourism).
Sanju Koirala, 2016 PhD: Displacement and Hydro-power in Nepal (with Prof Richard Morgan).
Nikki Aaron, PhD 2015: Devadasi women and HIV/AIDs policy in Karnataka, southern India (with the Dept of Religious Studies).
Rakhee Chattbar, PhD 2015: IT-enabled rural development in South India: The limits of bridging the digital divide through technology.
Joseph Whitworth, MPlan 2015: The Role of Planning in Contemporary Urban India: Consequences, and Lessons from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Rail: Telangana, India.
Tess Guiney, 2015 PhD: Orphanage Tourism in Cambodia.
Rosa Conway, 2014 BA(Hons): Politics of Difference: Development Practice and New Zealand NGOs.
Adrian Nel, 2014 PhD: REDD+ and the Carbon economy.
Rachel Batchelor, 2013 MA: Transboundary Water Resources and civil society in the Mekong Region.
David Gawith, 2013 MA: Water Stress in the Mid-Himalayas, Nepal.
Nave Wald, 2013 PhD: Peasant Movements and agricultural change in northern Argentina.
Onur Oktem, 2012 PhD: IWRM, Transboundary Water Resources and Turkish water bureaucracy (with Department of Political Studies).
Shaun Hamilton, 2012 MPlan: Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Richard Nyhof, 2011 MPlan: Appropriate Technology and Water in South Asia.
Lucy Petheram, 2011 MA: Hydro-politics in post-conflict Nepal.
Johnie Nyametso, 2011 PhD: Squatter Settlement in Accra, Ghana.
Sarah Wild, 2009 MPlan: Housing reconstruction in post-Tsunami Sri Lanka.
Em Oyston, 2009 MPlan: Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania.
Jack Lewis, 2008 MPlan: Planning for Port Cities in East Africa.
Rosie McKenzie, 2007 PGDipArts: NGOs and education in Vietnam.
Publications
Alam, A., Nel, E., Hill, D., & Bulloch, H. (2023). Settling in New Zealand’s small towns: Experiences of minority ethnic immigrants. Journal of International Migration & Integration. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s12134-023-01044-6
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Underwood, G., Hill, D., & Lamichhane, S. (2020). Earthquakes, blockades and energy crises: A conceptual framework for energy systems resilience applied to Nepal. Energy Research & Social Science, 69, 101609. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101609
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Ruangvichatron, P., Hill, D., & Connelly, S. (2019, August). Analysis of bees for future sustainability and food security in the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on Thailand and New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the School of Geography Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Yzelman, R., Bond, S., & Hill, D. (2019, August). Strangers or friends? Refugee state/community sponsorship in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the School of Geography Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Hill, D., & Connelly, S. (2019). Climate leaders coalition: Corporate social responsibility for transformative change? Proceedings of the 13th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) and Otago Climate Change Network (OCCNET) Energy & Climate Change Symposium. (pp. 9). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hill, D. (2019). Building urban resilience in India: The promise and failings of the Smart Cities Mission in Guwahati. Proceedings of the 23rd Biennial International Conference of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA). (pp. 21). Retrieved from http://www.nzasia.org.nz
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hill, D. (2018). Whose scarcity, whose security? Multi-scalar contestation of water in the Indus Basin. In M. C. Dawson, C. Rosin & N. Wald (Eds.), Global resource scarcity: Catalyst for conflict or cooperation? (pp. 89-106). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
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Hill, D., & Connelly, S. (2018). Community energies: Exploring the socio-political spatiality of energy transitions through the Clean Energy for Eternity campaign in New South Wales Australia. Energy Research & Social Science, 36, 138-145. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.11.021
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Yasuda, Y., Hill, D., Aich, D., Huntjens, P., & Swain, A. (2018). Multi-track water diplomacy: current and potential future cooperation over the Brahmaputra River Basin. Water International, 43(5), 642-664. doi: 10.1080/02508060.2018.1503446
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Underwood, G., & Hill, D. (2018). Energy resilience in Nepal: Response and future directions for Nepal after the 2015 earthquake and blockade. Proceedings of the 12th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Energy & Climate Change Symposium. (pp. 7). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Athique, A., & Hill, D. (2017). Modernity in glass: The environmental conditions of consumption. In A. Athique, V. Parthasarathi & S. V. Srinivas (Eds.), The Indian media economy (Vol. 2 Market dynamics and social transactions). (pp. 183-201). Oxford University Press.
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Hill, D. (2017). INDC costs and experiences in removing low-carbon technology barriers: New Zealand. In V. Anbumozhi & K. Kalirajan (Eds.), Globalization of low-carbon technologies: The impact of the Paris Agreement. (pp. 403-423). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-4901-9_12
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Hill, D. (2017). The Indus Basin: The potential for Basin-wide management between India and Pakistan. In Z. Adeel & R. G. Wirsing (Eds.), Imagining Industan: Overcoming water insecurity in the Indus Basin. (pp. 141-158). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-32845-4_8
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Hill, D., & Athique, A. (2017). The role of offshore financial centres in Indian telecoms. In A. Athique, V. Parthasarathi & S. V. Srinivas (Eds.), The Indian media economy (Vol. 1 Industrial dynamics and cultural adaptation). Oxford University Press.
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Gawith, D., Hill, D., & Kingston, D. (2017). Determinants of vulnerability to the hydrological effects of climate change in rural communities: Evidence from Nepal. Climate & Development, 9(1), 50-65. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2015.1067184
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Hill, D. P. (2017). The discursive politics of water management in India: Desecuritising Himalayan river basins. South Asia, 40(4), 827-843. doi: 10.1080/00856401.2017.1380576
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Koirala, S., Hill, D., & Morgan, R. (2017). Impacts of the delay in construction of a large scale hydropower project on potential displacees. Impact Assessment & Project Appraisal, 35(1), 106-116. doi: 10.1080/14615517.2016.1271540
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Hill, D. (2017). Contesting security and development in Himalayan borderlands. Proceedings of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference. (pp. 10-11). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/nzasia-2017/index.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hill, D. (2016). Regional cooperation and Asia’s low carbon economy transition: The case of New Zealand. In V. Anbumozhi, K. Kalirajan, F. Kimura & X. Yao (Eds.), Investing on low-carbon energy systems: Implications for regional economic cooperation. (pp. 309-326). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-0761-3_11
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Hill, D. P. (2016). Approaching contemporary India: The politics of scale, space and aspiration in the time of Modi. In S. Venkateswar & S. Bandyopadhyay (Eds.), Globalisation and the challenges of development in contemporary India. (pp. 251-270). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-0454-4_13
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Hill, D. P. (2016). Regional integration and its discontents: The case of transboundary water sharing. In K. S. Farrell & S. Ganguly (Eds.), Heading East: Security, trade, and environment between India and Southeast Asia. (pp. 195-215). Oxford University Press.
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Hill, D., Wald, N., & Guiney, T. (2016). Development and neoliberalism. In S. Springer, K. Birch & J. MacLeavy (Eds.), The handbook of neoliberalism. (pp. 130-141). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
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Wald, N., & Hill, D. (2016). Anarchist geographies in the rural global south. In R. J. White, S. Springer & M. L. de Souza (Eds.), The practice of freedom: Anarchism, geography, and the spirit of revolt. (pp. 23-42). London, UK: Rowan & Littlefield.
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Wald, N., & Hill, D. P. (2016). ‘Rescaling’ alternative food systems: From food security to food sovereignty. Agriculture & Human Values, 33(1), 203-213. doi: 10.1007/s10460-015-9623-x
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Hill, D. & Connelly, S. (2016, October). Community power? Exploring the process for change through the Clean Energy for Eternity campaign in NSW, Australia. Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Hill, D. P. (2015). Where hawks dwell on water and bankers build power poles: Transboundary waters, environmental security and the frontiers of neo-liberalism. Strategic Analysis, 39(6), 729-743. doi: 10.1080/09700161.2015.1090679
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Zweifel, E. L., & Hill, D. P. (2015). Still a good neighbour? Implications of changing priorities in New Zealand Aotearoa's aid sector. New Zealand Geographer, 71(2), 67-80. doi: 10.1111/nzg.12081
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Nel, A., & Hill, D. (2014). Beyond "win-win" narratives: The varieties of Eastern and Southern African carbon forestry and scope for critique. Capitalism Nature Socialism, 25(4), 19-35. doi: 10.1080/10455752.2014.948466
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Conway, R., & Hill, D. (2014). Politics of difference: Development practice and New Zealand NGOs. In T. Konlechner & S. Connelly (Eds.), Proceedings of the Postgraduate Symposium. (pp. 15). Retrieved from http://www.geography.otago.ac.nz/resources
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Guiney, T., Hill, D., & Mostafanezhad, M. (2014). Affective engagements in orphanage tourism: Child emotional labour. In T. Konlechner & S. Connelly (Eds.), Proceedings of the Postgraduate Symposium. (pp. 27). Retrieved from http://www.geography.otago.ac.nz/resources
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hill, D. (2014). Accumulation and exclusion in neo-liberal India. In D. Hill (Ed.), Proceedings of the Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network (DevNet) Conference. (pp. 42). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Koirala, S., Hill, D., & Morgan, R. (2014). Evolution of local activism on West Seti Hydropower Project and influence of multiple actors. In T. Konlechner & S. Connelly (Eds.), Proceedings of the Postgraduate Symposium. (pp. 36). Retrieved from http://www.geography.otago.ac.nz/resources
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Whitworth, J., & Hill, D. (2014). Planning challenges in urban India: The implications of the Hyderabad Metro Rail. In T. Konlechner & S. Connelly (Eds.), Proceedings of the Postgraduate Symposium. (pp. 60). Retrieved from http://www.geography.otago.ac.nz/resources
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hill, D. (2013). Water-sharing in the Indus Basin: A peaceful, sustainable future is possible. Global Dialogue, 15(2), 28-33.
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Hill, D. P. (2013). Trans-boundary water resources and uneven development: Crisis within and beyond contemporary India. South Asia, 36(2), 243-257. doi: 10.1080/00856401.2013.784234
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Hill, D., & Athique, A. (2013). Multiplexes, corporatised leisure and the geography of opportunity in India. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 14(4), 600-614. doi: 10.1080/14649373.2013.831198
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Nel, A., & Hill, D. (2013). Constructing walls of carbon: The complexities of community, carbon sequestration and protected areas in Uganda. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 31(3), 421-440. doi: 10.1080/02589001.2013.802430
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Hill, D. (2013, October). Political economy of the 'new' India: A socio-spatial perspective on the rise of the multiplex. Verbal presentation at the Centenary of Indian Cinema Conference: Aesthetics, Economics, and Politics, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Huat, C. B., Schonthal, B., Voci, P., Hill, D., Ghosh, G., Devadas, V., & Nicholls, B. (2013). The Asian century: Encounters and exchanges [Panel discussion], Asian Migrations Research Theme, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Hill, D., & Scrase, T. J. (2012). Neoliberal development, port reform and displacement: The case of Kolkata and Haldia, West Bengal, India. In R. Ganguly-Scrase & K. Lahiri-Dutt (Eds.), Rethinking displacement: Asia Pacific perspectives. (pp. 31-51). Farnham, UK: Ashgate.
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Wald, N., Rosin, C., & Hill, D. (2012). 'Soyization' and food security in South America. In C. Rosin, P. Stock & H. Campbell (Eds.), Food systems failure: The global food crisis and the future of agriculture. (pp. 166-181). Abingdon, UK: Earthscan.
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Hill, D. (2012). Alternative institutional arrangements: Managing transboundary water resources in South Asia. Harvard Asia Quarterly, 14(3), 60-66.
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Hill, D. P. (2012). Port reform, South Asian migrant workers and spaces of vulnerability in Port Klang, Malaysia. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 53(2), 105-117. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2012.01486.x
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Hill, D. (2011). Liberalisation, urban space and the 'decent crowd' in contemporary India. In B. Stoddart & A. Weigold (Eds.), India and Australia: Bridging different worlds. (pp. 132-144). New Delhi, India: Readworthy.
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Hill, D. P. (2010). Politics, capital and leisure in India: Situating the port and the multiplex at Kolkata. In E. Morrell & M. D. Barr (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA): Crises and Opportunities. Canberra, Australia: Asian Studies Association of Australia & the University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://asaa.asn.au/ASAA2010/reviewed_papers/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Hill, D. (2009). Boundaries, scale and power in South Asia. In D. Ghosh, H. Goodall & S. Hemelryk Donald (Eds.), Water, sovereignty and borders in Asia and Oceania. (pp. 87-103). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
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Hill, D. (2009). Governance, labour and uneven development: The political economy of the port sector in South and South-East Asia. In M. Gillan & B. Pokrant (Eds.), Trade, labour and transformation of community in Asia. (pp. 157-181). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
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McGregor, A. R., & Hill, D. (2009). North-South. In R. Kitchin & N. Thrift (Eds.), International encyclopedia of human geography. (pp. 473-480). Elsevier.
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Hill, D. (2009, June). Foucault, geography, and India. Verbal presentation at the Department of Media, Film & Communication Foucault Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Hill, D. (2008). The regional politics of water sharing: Contemporary issues in South Asia. In K. Lahiri-Dutt & R. J. Wasson (Eds.), Water first: Issues and challenges for nations and communities in South Asia. (pp. 59-80). New Delhi, India: Sage.
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Hill, D. P. (2008). Developing India's ports: Balancing economic and social objectives. In J. Reveley & M. Tull (Eds.), Port privatisation: The Asia-Pacific experience. (pp. 152-166). Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.
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Hill, D. P., Scrase, T. J., & Wells, A. (2008). Privatisation and labour relations in Asian ports: The case of Port Klang, Malaysia. In J. Reveley & M. Tull (Eds.), Port privatisation: The Asia-Pacific experience. (pp. 94-109). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
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Hill, D. (2007). Food security, governance, and rural development under the BJP. In J. McGuire & I. Copland (Eds.), Hindu nationalism and governance. (pp. 179-200). New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press.
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Mabbott Athique, A., & Hill, D. (2007). Multiplex cinemas and urban redevelopment in India. Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, (124), 108-118.
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Hill, D. (2006). The politics of water in South Asia. Transforming Cultures eJournal, 1(2). Retrieved from http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/TfC
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Hill, D. P. (2005). Decentralisation, politics and legal pluralism in West Bengal. Indian Socio-Legal Journal, 31, 107-120.
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Hill, D. (2005). Globalisation and labour relations: The case of Asian ports. In M. Baird, R. Cooper & M. Westcott (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.2, (pp. 75-82). Sydney, Australia: University Publishing Service. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Hill, D. (2005, October). Contemporary trends in infrastructure development in India. Verbal presentation at the 6th India Update Conference, Perth, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Hill, D. (2004). The globalisation of the port sector and the transformation of urban space in South Asia. Proceedings of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences Inter Congress. (pp. 37). Culcutta, India: University of Calcutta. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hill, D. (2003). State, governance and local community in Bankura, West Bengal. In R. Pradhan (Ed.), Legal pluralism and unofficial law in social, economic and political development (vol. 1). (pp. 105-124). Kathmandu, Nepal: International Centre for the Study of Nature, Environment and Culture.
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Hill, D. (2003). Policy, politics and chronic poverty: The experience of Bankura District, West Bengal. Proceedings of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre International Conference. Retrieved from http://www.chronicpoverty.org/pdfs/conferencepapers/hill.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Hill, D. (2002). The community in development discourse in an era of global capitalism. In P. O'Connor & J. Scott (Eds.), Undisciplined thoughts. (pp. 143-156). Perth, Western Australia: Black Swan Press.
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Hill, D. (2002). Food security, governance and rural development under the BJP. South Asia, 25(3), 147-164.
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Hill, D. (2001). Investigating the subsistence economy in West Bengal. In S. Kar, D. Talukdar, T. Das, R. Ghosh & B. Chattopadhyay (Eds.), West Bengal: Beyond the Millenium. (pp. 172). Kolkata, India: Directed Initiative.
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Hill, D. (2001). Rural developments: A case study from Bankura. South Asia, 24(1), 117-140.
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