Dr Ginbert Permejo CUATON

Hello!

I am a Filipino scholar researching policies on and the politics of disasters, displacements, and climate action in Southeast Asia, focusing on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. My works have been adopted in globally important reports and policy instruments like the:​​

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report (2022)

• UNFAO’s Men and Women in Fisheries and Aquaculture in Asia (2022).

• Asian Development Bank's Report for Smart Flood Early Warning Systems (2021)

• United Nations’ World Water Development Report (2021)

My papers have also been published in high-impact and leading journals, such as Habitat International, Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, Political Geography, GEOFORUM, World Development, International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Third World Quarterly. My interdisciplinary and collaborative projects are funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, The British Academy, SSHRC of Canada, Lingnan University, La Trobe Asia, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO-UK) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC-Canada)​. 

Currently, I am a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Readers and potential collaborators can reach me at ginbertcuaton@ln.edu.hk.