Collaborative Works
My interdisciplinary and collaborative projects cover the themes of critical disaster studies, human-environmental interactions, urban governance, and climate action, focusing on Southeast Asia.
Ahon: Stories and Imaginaries of Resilience and Progress in a Changing Climate (2024-present)
Ahon, meaning ‘to rise up’, will capture people’s visions of a ‘good life’ to produce a values-based narrative of climate-resilient development and set out ways to track progress and articulate aspirational goals based on lived realities and local knowledge systems.
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Funded by The British Academy
Surviving and Managing Compound Risks (2022- present)
This project critically investigates the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the resilience of disaster-displaced communities and its implications for their long-term disaster recovery in the Philippines.
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Funded by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Promises and Perils of Climate Buffer Infrastructures as Adaptation (2024-present)
This project comparatively examines two types of infrastructure projects: (1) hard/grey infrastructure (e.g. seawalls) and (2) natural/green infrastructure (e.g. wetlands, mangroves, marshes) in the Philippines to explore their prospects for just adaptation.
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Funded by The Sydney Environment Institute (SEI) of the University of Sydney
Resettlement as Climate Adaptation in Rural Coastal and Island Communities
(2023-present)
This project partners with a local NGO in the Philippines to investigate the long-term impacts of resettlement as a climate adaptation strategy focusing on rural coastal and island communities in Eastern Samar.
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Funded by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Local-Indigenous Knowledge for DRR and Climate Adaptation (Completed)
This project examines the policies, discourses, and practices surrounding the promises and pitfalls of harnessing local, Indigenous, and traditional knowledge for disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation.
Climate Gentrification in the Global South (Completed)
This project unpacks the nexus of climate gentrification and climate resettlement, including its mechanisms, processes, and drivers in urban coastal cities.
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Funded by La Trobe University