DrKim Lam
Honorary Fellow
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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- Honorary FellowFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
BIO
Kim Lam is a Sociologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. She has expertise in youth studies, Buddhist studies, sociology of religion, and experience in grant acquisition, project management, stakeholder engagement, budget monitoring, research partnerships, data analysis, supervision and training, and qualitative, mixed-methods and co-research. She has been employed in academic institutions since 2011 in research, teaching and project coordination roles. Currently she is working on a range of projects relating to refugee and migrant youth digital participation, youth co-research and Buddhism in Australia, funded by VicHealth, Hsing Yun Education Foundation, and the Victorian Government through the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies. She is a Steering Committee Member for the American Academy of Religion' Buddhism in the West' and 'Buddhist Critical Constructive Reflection' Units.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Honorary FellowDeakin University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
DEGREES
- PhDMonash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Grad DipEdMonash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Bachelor of ArtsDeakin University, Australia
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- Sociology
- Religious studies
- Cultural studies
- Political science
- Specialist studies in education
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Arts and Education
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences