Dr Jungho Suh

Senior Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Dr Jungho Suh has a strong research interest in permaculture and ecovillage. In 2012, he obtained a Permaculture Design Certificate at the Food Forest, a permaculture farm in Adelaide, South Australia. Out of his research interest in the ecovillage movement, Jungho has examined small-scale yet collective actions in mitigating global warming, reducing climate change vulnerability, and enhancing social sustainability. He has visited various ecovillages around the world, including Crystal Waters in Queensland, Auroville in Tamil Nadu, Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland, and Ecovillage at Ithaca in New York.

  • Permaculture as a holistic worldview
  • Ecotourism and agrotourism
  • Community-based natural resource management in the Asia-Pacific region
  • Economic valuation of non-market environmental goods and services
  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Community gardening

Erasmus+ Staff Teaching Mobility Grant 2018, Alexsandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania

Korean Studies Grants Scheme 2018, The Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea 

Korean Studies Grants Scheme 2023, The Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea 

  • GEOG 1103 Economy, Environment and Place
  • GEOG 2134 Resource Scarcity and Allocation
  • GEOG 3010 Tourism and Environment
  • GEOG 7004 Environmental Economics and Policy
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-Supervisor What strategies can local government and non-government bodies implement in the Adelaide region to further support and develop food sovereignty in the local food system? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Kahlia Clarke
    2023 Principal Supervisor The rationales and prospects for, and impediments to, the extension of Permaculture as a repopulation and revegetation strategy in regional and rural Australia Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Greg Mark Shepherd
    2023 Principal Supervisor Transition towards a circular economy in Australian agrifood supply chains Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Stephanie Yolanda Bayancela Briones
    2020 Principal Supervisor Valuing non-market environmental goods: a study on the particulate matter caused by Adani's Carmichael mine using the contingency valuation method Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Laura Anne Cattonar
    2019 Co-Supervisor Tourism, Multifunctionality and Resilient Landscapes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Rebecca Eve Pearson
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Resilience Planning to Climate Change in Ghana: Community Participation and Social Equity Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr George Babington Amegavi
    2018 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Climate change, Indigenous knowledge and food security in northern Ghana Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Lawrence Guodaar
    2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Effects of Urban Periodic Markets on Rural Development in Ghana: A Rural Web Analysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Godfred Addai
    2018 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Migration between Australia and Singapore in the 21st Century: Settlement Experiences and Transnational Issues Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Hannah Barbour
    2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Policy options for climate change loss and damage: A case study from Fijian agriculture Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Moleen Monita Nand
    2017 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Exploration and Evaluation of the Alternative Wildlife Management Options for the Loliondo Game Controlled Area in Tanzania: Multi-criteria Analysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Gileard Sifueli Minja
    2015 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Contemporary migration between Malaysia and Australia: Transnational and settlement experiences Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Christina Ken Yin Yeo
    2015 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Sustaining Off-Reserve Forests in Ghana: A Game-Theoretic Approach Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Emmanuel Otutei
    2007 - 2010 Co-Supervisor The Social and Economic Impacts of a Logging Access Road: A Case Study of Marudi Town, Sarawak, Malaysia Master of Arts Master Full Time Mr Bemen Win Keong Wong
    2007 - 2008 Co-Supervisor Planning for Holistic Sustainability: A Study of the 'Process' in Kerala (India) and Sweden Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Vigya Sharma
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83133014
  • Email: jungho.suh@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83133772
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Napier, floor G
  • Org Unit: School of Social Sciences

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