2024 to present

Senior Lecture, German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology (GMIT)

2018-2024

Researcher, Mining Enginering Department, University of British Columbia (UBC)

2022 - 2023

Research Project Coordinator, Office of Ethic, UBC

2010-2016

Director, Senior Advisor, Environmental Program, The Asia Foundation

2007 – 2010

Community Development Team Leader, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

2004-2007

National Project Manager, UNDP Mongolia

2023

• Cultural Safety, San’yas Training center, Canada

2022

• Research Ethics, TCPS 2: CORE 2022, Canada

2008

• Managing Conflict for Natural Resource Management, RECOFT Thailand

1. Book chapter in Water Governance Issues in mining regions of Mongolia in “Sustainable Mining Governance: Social, Environmental and Political Discussions”, Routledge, 2025
2. Article: Enhancing Water Sustainability in the Gobi Desert: processes based on IWRM principles. Discover Water 5, 17 (2025).
3. Purevjav Bolormaa, April 2024 “Improving Water Management In Mining Regions Through Understanding Stakeholders’ Views And Perspectives In Integrated Water Resources Management” PhD dissertation, University of British Columbia
4. Purevjav Bolormaa, April 2023. Why Investing in Water Storage Matters in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, 2023. The Diplomat.
5. Purevjav Bolormaa, April 2023 Article: Gender-blind policies ignore the disproportionate effects of the water crisis on women. The Conversation
6. Purevjav Bolormaa, 2011.Artisanal, small-scale mining, gender and sustainable livelihoods in Mongolia Gendering the Field book
7. Purevjav Bolormaa, 2007. Relationship between economic growth and human development. International Relations Journal, NUM

ARTICLES

1. Book chapter in Water Governance Issues in mining regions of Mongolia in “Sustainable Mining Governance: Social, Environmental and Political Discussions”, Routledge, 2025
2. Article: Enhancing Water Sustainability in the Gobi Desert: processes based on IWRM principles. Discover Water 5, 17 (2025).
3. Article: How to Fix Mongolia’s Mining Industry: Stakeholders’ engagement is key in ensuring mining benefits Mongolian communities and society, 2023.
4. Article: Why Investing in Water Storage Matters in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, 2023.
5. Article: Gender-blind policies ignore the disproportionate effects of the water crisis on women, 2023. The Diplomat
6. Article: Artisanal, small-scale mining, gender and sustainable livelihoods in Mongolia, Australian National University (ANU), 2009

• Doctor of Philosophy in Mining, UBC, Mining Engineering Department, Vancouver, Canada  
• Master of Business Administration, Griffith University, Australia              
• Economics and Manufacturing Management, University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic