Author

Gabriel Lafitte

Editor at rukor

Gabriel Lafitte is editor at rukor.org, which since 2011 has published 200,000 words of analytic insights into contemporary Tibet. He has spent years living with Tibetans, in exile and in Tibet. Based in Australia, he researches the impacts of Chinese policies on the Tibetan Plateau, and regularly trains young Tibetan professional environmentalists and advocates. Decades of immersion in Tibetan culture, and a dozen journeys around China, have given him an insider/outsider perspective on two great civilisations in conflict. He is an experienced public policy adviser with expertise in development, biodiversity, and resource management policy. He has authored numerous reports, submissions, and a 2006 book on the Dalai Lama’s teachings Happiness in a Material World.