Ahmad Dhiaulhaq is currently a Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), based on Kyoto, Japan. His current research involves analysing the social and ecological effects and trade-offs of rapid transformation of tropical forest frontiers in Southeast Asia (Laos, Myanmar and Malaysia) and Africa (Cameroon and DR Congo), particularly on how the forest transformation affects local well-being, ecosystem services and equity. The research is part of FairFrontiers research project, conducted in close collaboration with country partners, and will draw on theories of access, social-environmental justice, telecoupling and everyday politics.