Pipiet Larasatie
- Extension Specialist
Portrait of Pipiet Larasatarie outside
Location:
Brooks Forest Products Center1650 Research Center Drive
Blacksburg VA 24061
(MC 0503)
Biography
Dr. Larasatie is an interdisciplinary scholar and social scientist researching forest sector competitiveness and sustainable business management of natural resources. Her current research includes engineered wood industry development and workforce development in the forest and wood product sector. Currently, she is a refereed journal editor of BioProducts Business, managed by Society of Wood Science and Technology. She is also the coordinator of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Research Group 5.10 Forest Products Marketing and Business Management. Recently, she won the IUFRO’s Outstanding Doctoral Research Award and was selected as the SWST’s Woman Ambassador. Dr. Larasatie’s research interests address broad questions about the competitiveness of the forest sector and focuses specifically on the dynamics of industry business and marketing practices. Her research goals center around studying various academic points of view in order to increase forest sector competitiveness.
Education
- B.S. - Bogor Agricultural/IPB University, Indonesia
- M.S. - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Ph.D. - Oregon State University, USA
Areas of Expertise and Research Interest
- Workforce development (leadership, organizational changes)
- Inclusive education (scholar productivity, science inequality)
- Innovative value chains (softwood, hardwood, mass timber)
Classes
- Yet to be listed
Extension and Research Program Description
Dr. Larasatie's research program is based on the triple bottom line by a business writer, Elkington (1997), referring to the three pillars of sustainability: people, profit, and planet. To learn more about her research interests and activities, please visit the websites linked here.
Research Team
Galit Prakosa
Ph.D. Student
"The Wood Waste Market in Virginia"
Manuja Jayasundara
Post-Doctoral Scholar
"Forest sector competitiveness, stakeholder engagement, market analysis, and policy evaluation"