11 International Researchers complete Global Summer School on Climate Change and Human Mobility at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand
The Humanitarian Observatory for Policy and Education in Southeast Asia (HOPESEA), an organization based in Chiang Mai University, has awarded completion certificates to 11 international researchers who finished the program in the Global Summer School on Climate Change and Human Mobility held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Pathum Thani, Thailand.
Dr. Thida Chaiyapa, head of HOPESEA and the chief organizer of the event. expressed her elation and showed appreciation for the efforts of the participants and climate change experts who delivered lectures and helped direct the field work in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province. The researchers conducted interviews and also visited cultural heritage sites.
Dr. Paula Banerjee, the director of the AIT Center on Gender and Forced Migration, gave an inspirational message during the week-long event. Dr. Bhichit Rattakul, the former governor of Bangkok, also delivered a talk. Below is the list of researchers who completed the Global Summer School on Climate Change and Human Mobility:
1. Pratiti Roy (India)
2. Jakurit Kanokjaros (Thailand)
3. Dr. Poornika Seelagama (Sri Lanka)
4. Dr. Tual Sawn Kai (Myanmar)
5. Agrippine Nandjaa (Vietnam)
6. Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc (Philippines)
7. Erik Van Der Lee (Netherlands)
8. Dr. Hamad Hasul Khan (Pakistan)
9. Dr. Tariq Amin (Pakistan)
10. Zayed Hussain (Pakistan)
11. Adrian Segovia (Philippines)
The research outputs of the Climate School will be published in a special issue of a Q1 journal. The topics in the cohort include gender based human mobility, climate modeling and disaster response management, economic as well as social impact assessment of disasters, resilience and sustainability, climate policy and the study of indigenous practices.
The summer school was jointly organized by Chiang Mai University, Thammasat University and the Asian Institute of Technology. Out of the 800 applicants worldwide, 25 were called for a final online interview and screening by a panel of experts from the host universities. The summer program was funded by the Canadian Government.