Dr Douglas Hill Staff Profile, Academic staff, School of Geography

Associate Professor
Master of International Development and Planning Programme Coordinator
Doug-Hill-head

BA(Hons)(ANU)
PhD(Curtin)

Richardson Building, room 4C14
Office Hours: email to make an appointment
Tel +64 3 479 8775
Email douglas.hill@otago.ac.nz

Teaching

ENVI 111 Environment and Society
GEOG 102 Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 216 Resource Evaluation and Planning
GEOG 228 Uneven Development in Contemporary India
GEOG 328 Uneven Development in Contemporary India
GEOG 380 Field Research Studies (Arts)
GEOG 472 Contemporary Developments in Environmental Management
GEOG 473 Contemporary Geographies of South Asia
GEOG 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

Research interests

South Asia (especially India)
Development Studies
Geopolitics and Transboundary Water Resources
Migrant labour
Ports, labour restructuring and Maritime Trade
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 Journal - Research Article

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 Journal - Research Article

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

2023

Journal - Research Article

2020

Journal - Research Article

2019

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 - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

2018

Chapter in Book - Research

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.

Journal - Research Article

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

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

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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

2017

Chapter in Book - Research

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

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.

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.

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

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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

2016

Chapter in Book - Research

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Journal - Research Article

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

Other Research Output

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].

2015

Chapter in Book - Other

Nel, A., & Hill, D. (2015). Constructing walls of carbon: The complexities of community, carbon sequestration and protected areas in Uganda. In G. Barrett, S. Brooks, J. Josefsson & N. Zulu (Eds.), The changing face of land and conversation in post-colonial Africa. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

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

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

2014

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

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]

2013

Journal - Research Article

Hill, D. (2013). Water-sharing in the Indus Basin: A peaceful, sustainable future is possible. Global Dialogue, 15(2), 28-33.

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

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

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

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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.

Other Research Output

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].

2012

Chapter in Book - Research

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.

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.

Journal - Research Article

Hill, D. (2012). Alternative institutional arrangements: Managing transboundary water resources in South Asia. Harvard Asia Quarterly, 14(3), 60-66.

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

2011

Chapter in Book - Research

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.

2010

Authored Book - Research

Athique, A., & Hill, D. (2010). The multiplex in India: A cultural economy of urban leisure. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 244p.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

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/

2009

Chapter in Book - Research

McGregor, A. R., & Hill, D. (2009). North-South. In R. Kitchin & N. Thrift (Eds.), International encyclopedia of human geography. (pp. 473-480). Elsevier.

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.

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.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Hill, D. (2009, June). Foucault, geography, and India. Verbal presentation at the Department of Media, Film & Communication Foucault Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2008

Chapter in Book - Research

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.

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.

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.

2007

Chapter in Book - Research

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.

Journal - Research Article

Mabbott Athique, A., & Hill, D. (2007). Multiplex cinemas and urban redevelopment in India. Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, (124), 108-118.

2006

Journal - Research Article

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

2005

Journal - Research Article

Hill, D. P. (2005). Decentralisation, politics and legal pluralism in West Bengal. Indian Socio-Legal Journal, 31, 107-120.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Hill, D. (2005). Neo-liberalism, hegemony and development in India. Proceedings of the Hegemony: Explorations into Consensus, Coercion and Culture Workshop. Retrieved from http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/research/hegemony/events/2005-workshop/doug-hill.pdf

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 - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Hill, D. (2005, October). Contemporary trends in infrastructure development in India. Verbal presentation at the 6th India Update Conference, Perth, Australia.

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Hill, D. P. (2005). Globalisation, livelihoods and governance in Bankura District, West Bengal (PhD). Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. 348p.

2004

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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]

2003

Chapter in Book - Research

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.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

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

2002

Chapter in Book - Research

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.

Journal - Research Article

Hill, D. (2002). Food security, governance and rural development under the BJP. South Asia, 25(3), 147-164.

2001

Chapter in Book - Research

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.

Journal - Research Article

Hill, D. (2001). Rural developments: A case study from Bankura. South Asia, 24(1), 117-140.