Biography
Professor Daniel Ahlquist's teaching and research explore diverse human relationships to place. He examines the political-ecological dimensions of landscapes and land use, engaging issues related to agriculture, conservation, development, displacement, migration, climate change, settler colonialism, and environmental justice. He is particularly interested in how social inequalities play out through uneven relationships to the environment, state, and market. For over a decade, Professor Ahlqu
Read moreAwards
2023 MSU Teacher-Scholar Award, Michigan State University
2020 Ken and Sandy Waltzer Teaching Excellence Award, James Madison College, Michigan State University
2016 Outstanding Faculty Leadership in Sustainability Award, Duke University
Publications
Dang, Huy, Yadu Pokhrel, Sanghoon Shin, Jac Stelly, Daniel Ahlquist and Duong Du Bui (2022). Hydrologic balance and inundation dynamics of Southeast Asia's largest inland lake altered by hydropower dams in the Mekong River basin. Science of the Total Environment 831: 154833.
Flaim, Amanda, David Feingold, Daniel B. Ahlquist, Stephanie Koning, Peerayot Sidonrusmee, Laura Rozek & Wisa Wisesjindawat-Fink. (2021). The UNESCO Highland Peoples Surveys: Tracing inequalities in health care access & provision in northern Thailand. Journal of Health Sciences & Alternative Medicine3(2): 30-42.
Flaim, Amanda, Lindy Williams & Daniel B. Ahlquist. (2020). Undermining Benefits & Exacerbating Burdens: How Statelessness Impacts Left-Behind Elderly in the Context of Out-migration from the Highlands of Thailand. Social Forces 99(1): 333-365.
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Read moreResearch and Grants
Luce Initiative on Southeast Asia (LuceSEA). Project Title: Mekong Culture WELL (Water Environment, Livelihoods & Land Use). Award Amount: $1 million. Team: Flaim, Ahlquist, Kramer, Pokhrel, Chandra, Fink, McGlaughlin.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Earth Science Division, Land Cover/Land Use Change (LCLUC) Program. Project Title: Assessing the impacts of dams on the dynamic interactions among distant wetlands, land use, and rural communities in the Lower Mekong River Basin. Award Amount: $707,893.33. Team: Qi, Kramer, Ahlquist, McConnell, Hyndman, Pokhrel