Duc Trinh Tran

Trinh Duc Tran is a senior lecturer and research fellow coordinator on the topics of natural resources and environment management, water resource modeling, nature-based solutions, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Previously, he was in a teaching position with the Master program on Natural Resources Management/Integrated Water Resources Management offered by Cologne University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln).

 

Trinh is activitely engaging with research and policy development in the area of climate adaptation highlighted in his recent works with the Worldbank report on the climate and land use in the Mekong delta - Vietnam, and the research funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC-Canada), Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on the urban heat adaptation in the ASEAN region which partially feed to the regional policy dialogue on regional adaptation agenda, capacity building for the adaptation and managing the adaptation strategies.

 

As part of an ongoing research inquiries Trinh is currently contributing to the research work on circular economy advancing the knowledge on the dynamics of informal-formal sector in the recycling business of Vietnam, comparative energy transition process between developing and developed countries and addressing the inequality in the energy transtion process from the perspective of capability building and accessibility. 

 

Trinh currently serve as the co-lead and theme lead of Nature Positive Network's Societal readiness - innovation which is part of the Enabling Impact Platform of RMIT University aiming to enhance the research impact and societal application and translation of research findings and research platform. At the same time, Trinh also acts as one of the advisors for the Smart and Sustainable Cities hub which is part of RMIT Vietnam Strategic Innovation Challenge initiative. In this area of research, he has secured several research grants from international research organizations  such as Gernam Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), International Development Research Centre (IDRC-Canada), and Business Finland.

 

Trinh has been a core research member of Horizon Europe research projects looking at enhancing the societal rediness of the climate adaptation solutions, enhancing the efficiency of circular economy implementation through life cycle assessment and muticriteria decision making framework designed specifically in humanitatian activities. 

 

Industry experience
Development of training material on natural resources management for Mekong Delta Climate Resilience Programme (German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH - GIZ)

Project Sustainability and technical support for integrated water resources management and urban development in relation to climate change (Belgium Technical Cooperation - ENABEL)