Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Overview
Zannie Langford is a social scientist and economist with an interest in land, food and rural livelihoods in Indonesia, Northern Australia, and the Pacific. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in rural development at the University of Queensland, researching changing dynamics of rural agriculture in Indonesia with the Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research. Her PhD research explored the role of private finance in agricultural development in remote Northern Australia, exploring how farmers, Indigenous organisations, government and private-sector intermediaries negotiate financial investments for agricultural development. She has previously worked on both applied and academic projects exploring land, livelihoods and rural development in Vanuatu and Indonesia, as well as in chemical engineering.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Economics-Economic Development, University of New England
- Bachelor of Engineering, The University of Queensland
Publications
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Journal Article: Capitalising the farm family entrepreneur: negotiating private equity partnerships in Australia
Langford, Alexandra (2019). Capitalising the farm family entrepreneur: negotiating private equity partnerships in Australia. Australian Geographer, 50 (4), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2019.1682320
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Other Outputs: Vanuatu Custom Land Management Policy Outlook
Alexandra Langford (2019). Vanuatu Custom Land Management Policy Outlook. Port Vila: Custom Land Management Office.
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Conference Publication: Assetising Indigenous land: New approaches to development from northern Australia
Langford, Alexandra , Lawrence, Geoffrey and Smith, Kiah (2019). Assetising Indigenous land: New approaches to development from northern Australia. Agri-Food XXVI: The 26th International Conference of the Agri-food Research Network, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1-4 December 2019.
Publications
Featured Publications
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Capitalising the farm family entrepreneur: negotiating private equity partnerships in Australia
Langford, Alexandra (2019). Capitalising the farm family entrepreneur: negotiating private equity partnerships in Australia. Australian Geographer, 50 (4), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2019.1682320
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Vanuatu Custom Land Management Policy Outlook
Alexandra Langford (2019). Vanuatu Custom Land Management Policy Outlook. Port Vila: Custom Land Management Office.
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Assetising Indigenous land: New approaches to development from northern Australia
Langford, Alexandra , Lawrence, Geoffrey and Smith, Kiah (2019). Assetising Indigenous land: New approaches to development from northern Australia. Agri-Food XXVI: The 26th International Conference of the Agri-food Research Network, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1-4 December 2019.
Journal Article
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Ozonolysis as an effective pretreatment strategy for bioethanol production from marine algae
Sulfahri,, Mushlihah, Siti, Langford, Alexandra and Tassakka, Asmi Citra Malina A. R. (2020). Ozonolysis as an effective pretreatment strategy for bioethanol production from marine algae. BioEnergy Research doi: 10.1007/s12155-020-10131-w
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Fungal pretreatment as a sustainable and low cost option for bioethanol production from marine algae
Sulfahri, Mushlihah, Siti, Husain, Dirayah R., Langford, Alexandra and Tassakka, Asmi Citra Malina A.R. (2020). Fungal pretreatment as a sustainable and low cost option for bioethanol production from marine algae. Journal of Cleaner Production, 265 121763, 121763. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121763
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Capitalising the farm family entrepreneur: negotiating private equity partnerships in Australia
Langford, Alexandra (2019). Capitalising the farm family entrepreneur: negotiating private equity partnerships in Australia. Australian Geographer, 50 (4), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2019.1682320
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The morphology of crystallisation of PHBV/PHBV copolymer blends
Langford, Alexandra, Chan, Clement Matthew, Pratt, Steven, Garvey, Christopher J. and Laycock, Bronwyn (2018). The morphology of crystallisation of PHBV/PHBV copolymer blends. European Polymer Journal, 112, 104-119. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.12.022
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Levett, Ian, Birkett, Greg, Davies, Nick, Bell, Aidan, Langford, Alexandra, Laycock, Bronwyn, Lant, Paul and Pratt, Steven (2016). Techno-economic assessment of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from methane - the case for thermophilic bioprocessing. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 4 (4A), 3724-3733. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2016.07.033
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Laycock, Bronwyn, Arcos-Hernandez, Monica V., Langford, Alexandra, Buchanan, Jessica, Halley, Peter J., Werker, Alan, Lant, Paul A. and Pratt, Steven (2014). Thermal properties and crystallization behavior of fractionated blocky and random polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymers from mixed microbial cultures. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 131 (19) 40836, 1-19. doi: 10.1002/app.40836
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Crystallisation and fractionation of selected polyhydroxyalkanoates produced from mixed cultures
Laycock, Bronwyn, Arcos-Hernandez, Monica V., Langford, Alexandra, Pratt, Steven, Werker, Alan, Halley, Peter J. and Lant, Paul A. (2014). Crystallisation and fractionation of selected polyhydroxyalkanoates produced from mixed cultures. New Biotechnology, 31 (4), 345-356. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2013.05.005
Conference Publication
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Assetising Indigenous land: New approaches to development from northern Australia
Langford, Alexandra , Lawrence, Geoffrey and Smith, Kiah (2019). Assetising Indigenous land: New approaches to development from northern Australia. Agri-Food XXVI: The 26th International Conference of the Agri-food Research Network, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1-4 December 2019.
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Smith, Kiah, Lawrence, Geoffrey and Langford, Alexandra (2019). Mapping farmland ownership in Australia: corporate, state and institutional capital investments since 2008. XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress (ESRS2019), Trondheim, Norway, 25-28 June 2019.
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Langford, Alexandra (2018). Agricultural land markets in Northern Australia: aspirations of local market mediators to reflect, create and control. 25th International Conference of the Agri-food Research Network (Agri-Food XXV), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-5 December 2018.
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Financialisation and the development of Northern Australia
Langford, Alexandra (2017). Financialisation and the development of Northern Australia. Agri-Food XXIV: The 24th International Conference of the Agri-food Research Network, Bandung, Indonesia, 2-5 December 2017.
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Financialisation in the Northern Territory cattle industry
Langford, Alexandra (2016). Financialisation in the Northern Territory cattle industry. Agri-Food XXIII: The 23rd International Conference of the Agri-food Research Network, Adelaide, Australia, 6-9 December, 2016.
Other Outputs
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Langford, Alexandra (2020). Agri-food transformations in Northern Australia: The work of local actors in mediating financial investments. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.698
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Vanuatu Custom Land Management Policy Outlook
Alexandra Langford (2019). Vanuatu Custom Land Management Policy Outlook. Port Vila: Custom Land Management Office.
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Smallholder market access in rural Vanuatu
Langford, Alexandra (2016). Smallholder market access in rural Vanuatu. Honours Thesis, UNE Business School, University of New England.
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Crystalline Morphology Analysis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Biopolymers
Langford, Alexandra (2013). Crystalline Morphology Analysis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Biopolymers. Honours Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia.
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Langford, Alexandra (2013). Environmental Impact Assessment of Stand-alone Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Rural Melanesian Communities. Honours Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland.
