HUYNH Thi Mai Lam

Affiliation
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
Official title
Associate Professor
ORCID
0000-0002-2801-8240
Research keywords
Nature-based Solution
Climate change adaptation
Economic evaluation of Ecosystem Services
Human-nature connectedness
Research projects
Integrate Nature-based Solution for Climate-resilient Urban Infrastructure and Transformative Change2025-04 -- 2027-03Huynh Thi Mai LamJapan Society for the Promotion of Sciences/Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
⾃然再興型インフラ：アジア太平洋におけるハイブリッド型リビング海岸線の 実践的研究2025-11 -- 2026-11Huynh Thi Mai LamThe Sumitomo Foundation/Grant for Environmental Research Projects
Fostering U.S. and Japan Collaboration on Nature-based Solutions for Coastal Hazard Resilience2025-02 -- 2027-02Reza MarsooliUnited States-Japan Foundation/
Effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation for climate change: Lessons learnt from Asian coastal communities2023-04 -- 2025-03Huynh Thi Mai LamJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/KAKEN Grant-in-Aid for young Scientists
Career history
2026-04 -- (current)University of Tsukuba,Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences、Associate Professor
2025-04 -- 2026-03The University of Tokyo,Institute for Future Initiatives、Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post-doctoral Fellow
2023-04 -- 2025-03The University of Tokyo,Graduate School of Frontier Sciences、Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Doctoral Fellow DC2
Academic background
2022-04 -- 2025-03the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, PhD in Sustainability Science and Global Leadership Initiative
2020-04 -- 2022-03the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Master in Sustainability Science and Global Leadership Initiative
2012-09 -- 2016-07University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, BSc in Sustainability and Environmental Management
Degree
2025-03PhD in Sustainability Science and Global Leadership Initiativethe University of Tokyo
2022-03Master in Sustainability Science and Global Leadership Initiativethe University of Tokyo
2016-07BSc in Sustainability and Environmental ManagementUniversity of Leeds
Academic societies
2020-04 -- (current)Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative
Honors & Awards
2025-03Dean's Awardfor Outstanding Achievement of Doctoral course
2022-03Dean's Awardfor Outstanding Achievement of Master course
2016-07David Kay Prizefor Outstanding undergraduate dissertation performance
2016-07The Sally Macgill Memoriall Prizefor Outstanding academic performance
Articles
Conference, etc.
  • Unravelling the mechanisms linking cultural ecosystem services and human wellbeing: a case study in a rapidly urbanising area in Vietnam
    HUYNH THI MAI LAM
    ESP Asia 2021/2021-12-14--2021-12-15
  • Incorporating human wellbeing in urban blue spaces planning as a gateway for urban sustainability
    HUYNH Thi Mai Lam
    7th International Forum on Sustainable Future in Asia/2022-01-20--2022-01-21
  • Unravelling different mechanisms linking cultural ecosystem services and human wellbeing
    HUYNH Thi Mai Lam
    Greece-Japan Sustainable Island Symposium/2022-09-28--2022-09-29
  • Nature – human wellbeing – climate resilience nexus in ecosystem-based adaptation for coastal defence: Lessons learnt from Asian coastal cities.
    HUYNH Thi Mai Lam
    Transdisciplinary perspectives on climate change and coastal urban development in the Asia-Pacific/2023-02-16--2023-02-17
  • Nature – human wellbeing – climate resilience nexus in ecosystem-based adaptation for coastal defence: Lessons learnt from Asian coastal cities
    HUYNH Thi Mai Lam
    IUBS conference/2023-03-02--2023-03-03
  • Differentiated trajectories of ecosystem-based adaptation for urban coastal defence in the Asian-Pacific region: A Biodiversity–Climate–Society nexus perspective
    HUYNH Thi Mai Lam
    LANDMARC 4th General Assembly/2024-02-28--2024-02-29
  • Integrating Ecosystem-based Adaptations (EbAs) into coastal defence: understanding public acceptability and preferences.
    HUYNH Thi Mai Lam
    Xiangshan Workshop on Coastal social-ecological systems sustainability: change, impacts, and responses/2025-11-05
  • Nature-based Solutions for coastal defence: Opportunities and Challenges
    HUYNH Thi Mai Lam
    2025 PNLG-PNLC Joint Workshop on Sustainable Coastal development. 2025 World Ocean Week/2025-11-06--2025-11-08
Teaching
2025-09 -- 2025-12Frontier of Sustainability/Invited lecture on qualitative social science researchthe University of Tokyo
2025-09 -- 2025-12Frontier of Sustainability/Lectures on systematic literature reviewGraduate School of Frontier Science, the University of Tokyo
2025-10 -- 2025-10Science Dialogue Programme/Invited lectureTochigi Prefectural Utsunomiya Girls’ High School
2022-09 -- 2023-02Exercise in Negotiations, Consensus Building, and Leadership/Teaching Assistantthe University of Tokyo
Other activities
2025-03 -- 2026-03National Expert Review on assessment of Vietnam Green Economy Tracker, funded by the European Union
2024-10 -- (current)Support organiser of ‘Session 12: What is the role of nature in post-disaster, post-conflict recovery processes, 6th Science-Policy Forum’, COP CBD16, Cali, Colombia, 27 October 2024
2023 -- 2024Peer Coach for academic writing and science communication improvement, the University of Tokyo
2016-09 -- 2019-03Public officer, Investment Promotion Agency, Danang city, Vietnam

(Last updated: 2026-04-06)