Projects
Infectious Diseases, Health, and Wellbeing
This research is a collaboration with University of Aarhus, Denmark; Brighton-Sussex Medical School, UK; and, Macquarie University, Australia, to critically examine the social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental factors related to infectious diseases, health, and wellbeing from historical and risk reduction perspectives.
Global Health Approach(es) to Humanitarian Action
In collaboration with Sunway University, Malaysia, this action research aims to incorporate planetary health approaches to humanitarian action by engaging with front-line humanitarian workers in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Climate Change, Disasters, and Health Risks
This research is a process to examine the challenges and opportunities in island states. In collaboration with the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, University of York, UK, and XIM University in India, we are using the case studies of St Vincent and the Grenadines, UK, and Sri Lanka as island states that are dealing with climate change, disasters, and health risks.
Gender and Responses to Climate-induced Disasters
This policy research is a collaboration with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) to learn from the lived realities of women as leading responders to climate-induced disasters in Asia and the Pacific. Research findings will be presented at the United Nations Summit of the Future in September 2024.
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