Update on acitivites
Fieldwork in Indonesia, 14 March - 2 May 2014
Another period of qualitative fieldwork among indigenous populations on the island of Flores, Indonesia. Data gathering for my postdoctoral project Health and gender related impacts of climate change in eastern Indonesia - a socio-historical approach to informing adaptive strategies and policies http://www.phmed.umu.se/english/divisions/epidemiology/staff/sandra-modh/
Participating in Oxford Alumni weekend in Asia "Meeting Minds", Hong Kong 21-23 March 2014
The future of human health, Asia in the 21st century, predicting the future https://www.alumniweekend.ox.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=3972
Poster presentation at IIED 8th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation, Nepal 23-30 April
I will present a poster at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)’s 8th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23-30 April 2014, titled Community Perceptions of Gender, Health, and Climate: designing sustainable locally acceptable adaptation strategies. The poster concerns swidden agriculturalists in tropical highland Indonesia. Conference link http://www.iied.org/cba8-8th-conference-community-based-adaptation-climate-change Virtual participation is possible. Click here to download poster.
Paper presentation at AEASUK 2014 conference, Brighton 12-14 September
I will present a paper at the Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK) 2014 conference in Brighton, 12-14 September, titled Community perceptions of climate, gender, and health among swidden agriculturalists in highland Flores, Indonesia: designing sustainable and locally acceptable adaptation strategies. Link to ASEASUK website http://aseasuk.org.uk/3/welcome