Kathryn Sims
Biographic Data
| ID | 337208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Sims |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Sims |
| SIGNATURE | SIMS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Cook University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1874-4932 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Chiefs’ Courts and Peacebuilding in South Sudan: Bridging Tradition and Modernity
In response to the shortcomings of liberal peacebuilding, contemporary peacebuilding literature calls for localised approaches to conflict prevention in postconflict countries. Chiefs’ courts in South Sudan are one example of a localised approach that has been instrumental to traditional peacebuilding, addressing disputes and food shortages during famines. This article argues that greater incorporation of chiefs’ courts into a comprehensive, plac…
The Routledge Handbook of Global Development
This Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of some of the world's most pressing global development challenges - including how they may be better understood and addressed through innovative practices and approaches to learning and teaching. Featuring 61 contributions from leading and emerging academics and practitioners, this multidisciplinary volume is organized into five thematic parts exploring: changes in global development financing, ide…
BRI as cognitive empire: Epistemic violence, ethnonationalism and alternative imaginaries in Zomian highlands
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become the lodestar of Beijing's efforts to increase its global political and economic influence. This article interrogates BRI discourse, arguing that the normative adoption of BRI narratives as a means for making sense of connectivities between China and other places risks producing new forms of epistemic violence against subaltern populations. The empirical focus of this paper is on China‐Laos relatio…
Silencing of a Laotian son: The life, work, and enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone Silencing of a Laotian son: the life, work, and enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone , by Ng Shui Meng,…
Silencing of a Laotian son: the life, work, and enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone." Asian Studies Review, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Risk navigation for Thinking and Working Politically: The work and disappearance of Sombath Somphone
Lao PDR in 2020: Pandemic, Debt and Resource Extraction
“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is…
The Myth of Non-interference: Chinese Foreign Policy in Cambodia
The discourse of “non-interference” features prominently in China’s so-called “peaceful rise” and “win – win” approach to international diplomacy. This article contests Beijing’s non-interference rhetoric through a case-study analysis of Cambodia. We make two core arguments: first, interference by foreign powers is not limited to actions that challenge a regime’s leadership, but can also include the reinforcement of regimes that lack popular supp…
Infrastructure violence and retroliberal development: Connectivity and dispossession in Laos
This article examines the centrality of infrastructure connectivity within the post-2008 ‘retroliberal’ global aid regime. Through the critical interrogation of connectivity and development discourse within Southeast Asia, as well as longitudinal field research examining repeated bouts of dispossession in Laos, I argue that all Southeast Asian states, regionally operating multilateral development banks and leading regional bilateral aid providers…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation in Bangladesh: The need for community‐based approaches
Climate change is a leading threat to sustainable socio‐economic development in Bangladesh. Adverse impacts of climatic disasters including flash floods, recurrent cyclones and erratic rainfall patterns are already causing hardship for both rural and urban people and are expected to accelerate into the future. The aim of this research note is to identify the core contributing economic sectors to climate change in Bangladesh, and to consider effec…
Teaching development studies in times of change
[Extract] The challenge of development is becoming increasingly difficult to address. At a time when the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the 2020 Paris climate accord call for long-term strategic planning to address our most pressing social and environmental crises, we are confronted by enduring and deepening forms of socioeconomic inequality, climate change denial, persistent conflict, mass displacement and widening democratic defi…
Changing Lives in Laos: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist State
Academic research on Laos has grown significantly over the past decade. This growth in the field of Lao studies is well synthesized in Vanina Boute and Vatthana Pholsena's edited volume Changing Lives in Laos. Incorporating the expertise of an impressive range of scholars, the 15-chapter book is thematically grouped under four research themes: state formation and political legitimation; natural resource governance and agrarian change; ethnic mino…
Gambling on the Future: Casino Enclaves, Development, and Poverty Alleviation in Laos
Following the extraordinary wealth generation of casinos in Macau and Singapore, governments and non-state actors across Southeast Asia have developed gambling establishments as a means to fast-track economic growth and stimulate national development. Yet, here and elsewhere, casinos have been heavily criticized for their association with immoral behaviour, problem gambling, corruption and organized crime. In this article I focus on two casinos i…
Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Laos: Perspective for Today's World
Introduction 1. Background and Historical Context of Laos 2. Face and Eyes - Understanding Conflict through Metaphors 3. Op-lom - The Language of Conflict Resolution 4. Rebuilding through Rituals 5. Cross-Cultural Conflict - From Micro to Macro 6. Grassroots Conflict Resolution - Building from the Ground Up 7. Tenets of Conflict Resolution 8. Conclusion
The A sian D evelopment B ank and the production of poverty: Neoliberalism, technocratic modernization and land dispossession in the G reater M ekong S ubregion
In 1992 the A sian D evelopment B ank coordinated a meeting between government representatives from C hina, C ambodia, L aos, M yanmar, T hailand and V ietnam to discuss regional economic integration. From that meeting the G reater M ekong S ubregion was formed to promote peace and prosperity within the M ekong countries. Yet, despite more than more than USD 14 billion being spent on facilitating trade, development and infrastructural ties betwee…
Culture, community-oriented learning and the post-2015 development agenda: A view from Laos
This article critically interrogates current policy-sector approaches to culturally sensitive development and the manner in which culture has been conceptualised within the post-2015 development agenda-setting process. By providing a brief interpretive summary of academic debates surrounding culture and development, an analysis of how ‘culturally sensitive’ practices have been pursued within the policy sector, and an examination of the insufficie…
Human Security and Development in the Lao PDR
Development in Laos has occurred slowly, with uneven distribution and significant negative effects. This article challenges the simplistic assumption of human development and human security as mutually reinforcing processes. It suggests a holistic approach addressing simultaneously competing demands from the perspective of the most vulnerable sectors of society
Factors Related to Early Subsequent Pregnancies and Second Births among Adolescent Mothers in a Family Support Program
This study addressed the following questions: Did adolescent mother who were randomly assigned to receive more intensive family support services have lower rates of early subsequent pregnancies and second births than adolescent mothers who received less intensive services? What factors assessed early in the program were predictive of which adolescents ( N = 99) had subsequent pregnancies or second births by the time the firstborn child was 24 mon…
The Myth of Non-interference: Chinese Foreign Policy in Cambodia
The discourse of “non-interference” features prominently in China’s so-called “peaceful rise” and “win – win” approach to international diplomacy. This article contests Beijing’s non-interference rhetoric through a case-study analysis of Cambodia. We make two core arguments: first, interference by foreign powers is not limited to actions that challenge a regime’s leadership, but can also include the reinforcement of regimes that lack popular supp…
Gambling on the Future: Casino Enclaves, Development, and Poverty Alleviation in Laos
Following the extraordinary wealth generation of casinos in Macau and Singapore, governments and non-state actors across Southeast Asia have developed gambling establishments as a means to fast-track economic growth and stimulate national development. Yet, here and elsewhere, casinos have been heavily criticized for their association with immoral behaviour, problem gambling, corruption and organized crime. In this article I focus on two casinos i…
Infrastructure violence and retroliberal development: Connectivity and dispossession in Laos
This article examines the centrality of infrastructure connectivity within the post-2008 ‘retroliberal’ global aid regime. Through the critical interrogation of connectivity and development discourse within Southeast Asia, as well as longitudinal field research examining repeated bouts of dispossession in Laos, I argue that all Southeast Asian states, regionally operating multilateral development banks and leading regional bilateral aid providers…
Factors Related to Early Subsequent Pregnancies and Second Births among Adolescent Mothers in a Family Support Program
This study addressed the following questions: Did adolescent mother who were randomly assigned to receive more intensive family support services have lower rates of early subsequent pregnancies and second births than adolescent mothers who received less intensive services? What factors assessed early in the program were predictive of which adolescents ( N = 99) had subsequent pregnancies or second births by the time the firstborn child was 24 mon…
Teaching development studies in times of change
[Extract] The challenge of development is becoming increasingly difficult to address. At a time when the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the 2020 Paris climate accord call for long-term strategic planning to address our most pressing social and environmental crises, we are confronted by enduring and deepening forms of socioeconomic inequality, climate change denial, persistent conflict, mass displacement and widening democratic defi…
Changing Lives in Laos: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist State
Academic research on Laos has grown significantly over the past decade. This growth in the field of Lao studies is well synthesized in Vanina Boute and Vatthana Pholsena's edited volume Changing Lives in Laos. Incorporating the expertise of an impressive range of scholars, the 15-chapter book is thematically grouped under four research themes: state formation and political legitimation; natural resource governance and agrarian change; ethnic mino…
Culture, community-oriented learning and the post-2015 development agenda: A view from Laos
This article critically interrogates current policy-sector approaches to culturally sensitive development and the manner in which culture has been conceptualised within the post-2015 development agenda-setting process. By providing a brief interpretive summary of academic debates surrounding culture and development, an analysis of how ‘culturally sensitive’ practices have been pursued within the policy sector, and an examination of the insufficie…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation in Bangladesh: The need for community‐based approaches
Climate change is a leading threat to sustainable socio‐economic development in Bangladesh. Adverse impacts of climatic disasters including flash floods, recurrent cyclones and erratic rainfall patterns are already causing hardship for both rural and urban people and are expected to accelerate into the future. The aim of this research note is to identify the core contributing economic sectors to climate change in Bangladesh, and to consider effec…
Factors Related to Early Subsequent Pregnancies and Second Births among Adolescent Mothers in a Family Support Program
This study addressed the following questions: Did adolescent mother who were randomly assigned to receive more intensive family support services have lower rates of early subsequent pregnancies and second births than adolescent mothers who received less intensive services? What factors assessed early in the program were predictive of which adolescents ( N = 99) had subsequent pregnancies or second births by the time the firstborn child was 24 mon…
Human Security and Development in the Lao PDR
Development in Laos has occurred slowly, with uneven distribution and significant negative effects. This article challenges the simplistic assumption of human development and human security as mutually reinforcing processes. It suggests a holistic approach addressing simultaneously competing demands from the perspective of the most vulnerable sectors of society
The A sian D evelopment B ank and the production of poverty: Neoliberalism, technocratic modernization and land dispossession in the G reater M ekong S ubregion
In 1992 the A sian D evelopment B ank coordinated a meeting between government representatives from C hina, C ambodia, L aos, M yanmar, T hailand and V ietnam to discuss regional economic integration. From that meeting the G reater M ekong S ubregion was formed to promote peace and prosperity within the M ekong countries. Yet, despite more than more than USD 14 billion being spent on facilitating trade, development and infrastructural ties betwee…
Culture, community-oriented learning and the post-2015 development agenda: A view from Laos
This article critically interrogates current policy-sector approaches to culturally sensitive development and the manner in which culture has been conceptualised within the post-2015 development agenda-setting process. By providing a brief interpretive summary of academic debates surrounding culture and development, an analysis of how ‘culturally sensitive’ practices have been pursued within the policy sector, and an examination of the insufficie…
Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Laos: Perspective for Today's World
Introduction 1. Background and Historical Context of Laos 2. Face and Eyes - Understanding Conflict through Metaphors 3. Op-lom - The Language of Conflict Resolution 4. Rebuilding through Rituals 5. Cross-Cultural Conflict - From Micro to Macro 6. Grassroots Conflict Resolution - Building from the Ground Up 7. Tenets of Conflict Resolution 8. Conclusion
Changing Lives in Laos: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist State
Academic research on Laos has grown significantly over the past decade. This growth in the field of Lao studies is well synthesized in Vanina Boute and Vatthana Pholsena's edited volume Changing Lives in Laos. Incorporating the expertise of an impressive range of scholars, the 15-chapter book is thematically grouped under four research themes: state formation and political legitimation; natural resource governance and agrarian change; ethnic mino…
Gambling on the Future: Casino Enclaves, Development, and Poverty Alleviation in Laos
Following the extraordinary wealth generation of casinos in Macau and Singapore, governments and non-state actors across Southeast Asia have developed gambling establishments as a means to fast-track economic growth and stimulate national development. Yet, here and elsewhere, casinos have been heavily criticized for their association with immoral behaviour, problem gambling, corruption and organized crime. In this article I focus on two casinos i…
Teaching development studies in times of change
[Extract] The challenge of development is becoming increasingly difficult to address. At a time when the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the 2020 Paris climate accord call for long-term strategic planning to address our most pressing social and environmental crises, we are confronted by enduring and deepening forms of socioeconomic inequality, climate change denial, persistent conflict, mass displacement and widening democratic defi…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation in Bangladesh: The need for community‐based approaches
Climate change is a leading threat to sustainable socio‐economic development in Bangladesh. Adverse impacts of climatic disasters including flash floods, recurrent cyclones and erratic rainfall patterns are already causing hardship for both rural and urban people and are expected to accelerate into the future. The aim of this research note is to identify the core contributing economic sectors to climate change in Bangladesh, and to consider effec…
Risk navigation for Thinking and Working Politically: The work and disappearance of Sombath Somphone
Lao PDR in 2020: Pandemic, Debt and Resource Extraction
“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is…
The Myth of Non-interference: Chinese Foreign Policy in Cambodia
The discourse of “non-interference” features prominently in China’s so-called “peaceful rise” and “win – win” approach to international diplomacy. This article contests Beijing’s non-interference rhetoric through a case-study analysis of Cambodia. We make two core arguments: first, interference by foreign powers is not limited to actions that challenge a regime’s leadership, but can also include the reinforcement of regimes that lack popular supp…
Infrastructure violence and retroliberal development: Connectivity and dispossession in Laos
This article examines the centrality of infrastructure connectivity within the post-2008 ‘retroliberal’ global aid regime. Through the critical interrogation of connectivity and development discourse within Southeast Asia, as well as longitudinal field research examining repeated bouts of dispossession in Laos, I argue that all Southeast Asian states, regionally operating multilateral development banks and leading regional bilateral aid providers…
The Routledge Handbook of Global Development
This Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of some of the world's most pressing global development challenges - including how they may be better understood and addressed through innovative practices and approaches to learning and teaching. Featuring 61 contributions from leading and emerging academics and practitioners, this multidisciplinary volume is organized into five thematic parts exploring: changes in global development financing, ide…
BRI as cognitive empire: Epistemic violence, ethnonationalism and alternative imaginaries in Zomian highlands
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become the lodestar of Beijing's efforts to increase its global political and economic influence. This article interrogates BRI discourse, arguing that the normative adoption of BRI narratives as a means for making sense of connectivities between China and other places risks producing new forms of epistemic violence against subaltern populations. The empirical focus of this paper is on China‐Laos relatio…
Silencing of a Laotian son: The life, work, and enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone Silencing of a Laotian son: the life, work, and enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone , by Ng Shui Meng,…
Silencing of a Laotian son: the life, work, and enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone." Asian Studies Review, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Chiefs’ Courts and Peacebuilding in South Sudan: Bridging Tradition and Modernity
In response to the shortcomings of liberal peacebuilding, contemporary peacebuilding literature calls for localised approaches to conflict prevention in postconflict countries. Chiefs’ courts in South Sudan are one example of a localised approach that has been instrumental to traditional peacebuilding, addressing disputes and food shortages during famines. This article argues that greater incorporation of chiefs’ courts into a comprehensive, plac…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (8 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Cambodian History and Society (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Politics (5 works)