Dr Lynda Lawson
Senior Research Fellow
Global Centre for Mineral Security
Publications
Book
Dalglish, Carol, Evans, Peter and Lawson, Lynda (2011). Learning in the Global Classroom: A Guide for Students in the Multicultural University. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Book Chapters
Collins, Nina and Lawson, Lynda (2019). Strategies for working with artisanal and small-scale miners in sub-Saharan Africa. Africa's mineral fortune: the science and politics of mining and sustainable development. (pp. 237-263) edited by Saleem H. Ali, Kathryn Sturman and Nina Collins. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429467424-18
Lawson, Lynda (2019). Field vignette: sapphire mining, water, and maternal health in Madagascar. Africa's mineral fortune: the science and politics of mining and sustainable development. (pp. 230-233) edited by Saleem H. Ali, Kathryn Sturman and Nina Collins. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429467424-17
Lawson, Lynda (2018). Rice, sapphires and cattle: work lives of women artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar. Between the Plough and the Pick: Informal, artisanal and small-scale mining in the contemporary world. (pp. 171-192) edited by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/bpp.03.2018.08
Journal Articles
Lawson, Lynda and Chowdhury, Arnab Roy (2022). Women in Thailand's gem and jewellery industry and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): empowerment or continued inequity?. Environmental Science & Policy, 136, 675-684. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.07.018
Morais, Jandira, Corder, Glen, Golev, Artem, Lawson, Lynda and Ali, Saleem (2022). Global review of human waste-picking and its contribution to poverty alleviation and a circular economy. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (6) 063002, 063002. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac6b49
Lawson, L. (2019). Women working in the Thai coloured gemstone industry: insights from entrepreneurial ecosystems. Extractive Industries and Society, 6 (4), 1066-1074. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2019.08.002
Lawson, Lynda and Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala (2019). Women sapphire traders in Madagascar: challenges and opportunities for empowerment. Extractive Industries and Society, 7 (2), 405-411. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2019.07.009
Lawson, Lynda (2014). 'I have to be my own mother and father': The African student experience at university, a case study using narrative analysis. Australasian Review of African Studies, 35 (1), 59-75.
Conference Paper
Lawson, Lynda and Malik, Om (2022). The India-WHWB Experience: Processing of coloured gemstones in Jaipur - a collaborative approach to worker health education. 33rd International Congress on Occupational Health 2022 (ICOH 2022), Online, 6–10 February 2022. Incheon, Korea: Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2021.12.1008
Thesis
Lawson, Lynda (2020). Opportunites and challenges for women's empowerment in the gemstone value chain in Madagascar and Thailand. PhD Thesis, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.939
Research Reports
Lawson, Lynda (2022). Gender analysis of Base Toliara: local communities and within Base. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland .
Lawson, Lynda M. (2020). Renforcer les capacités des femmes dans le secteur minier Atsimo Andrefana, Madagascar (2015-2020). Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland .
Weldegiorgis, Fitsum S., Lawson, Lynda and Verbrugge, Hannelore (2018). Women in artisanal and small-scale mining: Challenges and opportunities for greater participation. Report prepared by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) for the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (IGF). Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Lawson, Lynda (2017). Encouraging women’s participation in dialogue about natural resources . Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Lawson, Lynda (2016). Women and mining in Atsimo Andrefana. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland .
Collins, Nina and Lawson, Lynda (2014). Investigating Approaches to Working with Artisanal and Small-scale Miners: A Compendium of Strategies and Reports from the Field. International Mining for Development Centre.