I am a human geographer specialising in water and other common-pool resource governance systems, climate change, and social-ecological transformations. Applying a political ecology approach and drawing from archival sources, semi-structured interviews, household or farmer surveys, participant observation, and remote sensing, much of my research examines how rural landscapes, livelihoods, and environmental governance practices transform or persist in response to environmental change, major policy shifts, and large-scale infrastructure projects. This area of inquiry is important because large infrastructures are not just long-term landscape modifiers by design—they also condition resource policies and influence community-scale social organisation. I have explored this topic through research on irrigation infrastructure development in coastal and mountain landscapes affected by climate change in Peru, and I am developing similar research in the Canterbury plains. I am also engaged in research collaborations on local perceptions of lake values and conservation, historical analyses of monocropping systems, and biosecurity governance in New Zealand.