Dr. Pham-Xuan Phu is currently lecturer and researcher of Rural Development and Natural Resources Management Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, An Giang University, Vietnam. He has received his MSc. in Specialisation in livelihood and natural resources management in the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in 2008. Besides, he is currently fourth year PhD student at Can Tho University in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Mr Pham Xuan Phu has a strong network with local and international working on the ground. He performs as livelihood and climate change policy advisor for Vietnam River Network, Oxfam, Green IDEA, RDViet and WARECOD to undertake research and development activities in the fields’ indigenous knowledge, livelihood, flood, natural resources management, water, energy and climate resilience components. He has strong background in the fields of integrated rural development and agriculture. He has done a number of studies in such related fields and the research results have been published on international scientific journals.

Dr. Pham Xuan Phu research interest in local knowledge, livelihood to household's resilience to flooding, sustainable livelihood, community-based water management, climate change, poverty alleviation.