DrKim Lam

Honorary Fellow

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Honorary Fellow
    Faculty 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 Fellow
    Deakin University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Grad DipEd
    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Bachelor of Arts
    Deakin 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