This collaborative research will create blended learning materials to further a human rights-based approach to displacement in the context of disaster and climate change in Asia
Further information
Visit Raoul Wallenberg Institute website on “People on the Move” here.
See our past research on “Flooding Disaster, People’s Displacement and State Response in Hat Yai” here.
See our past research on “Mobile Political Ecologies of Southeast Asia” here.
See our online event “Climate Change, Disaster and Displacement with Human Rights- Based Approach” here.
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Project Status: Complete
Climate change has intensified the likelihood of extreme and disastrous events such as floods, droughts, and typhoons. People are forced to move due to various climate-induced disasters affecting a wide-range of human rights including the rights to life, water and sanitation, health, and an adequate standard of living. Meanwhile, the effort to cope with climate change could also put human rights at risk.
The purpose of this project is to promote widespread awareness and adoption of a human rights-based approach to address displacement in the context of disaster and climate change through preparing blended learning materials/curricula suitable for university students and professionals that will equip them to shape legal, policy, and practical measures to address displacement in the context of climate change and disaster.
Our team at CSDS is collaborating with a network of research institutes across Asia and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) to create the blended learning course content on climate change, disaster and displacement that will address human rights and gender-based approaches to build academic capacity across the Asia Pacific. We will contribute the following modules:
Theoretical Debates in Climate Change Refugees and Internal Displaced Persons
A Political Ecology of Climate Change, Disaster and Displacement: Insights for Human Rights-based Approaches
More than Human Rights approach: Race, Gender, Ethnicity, Religious, Sexuality, and Emotion matter During Displacement
Beyond Humanitarian Assistance: Long-term Solutions and Human-centred Policy
Once the blended learning content is created, we will work with the network of research institutes to use the materials in training students and practitioners.
Our CSDS team is formed of Dr. Carl Middleton, Dr. Jiraporn Laocharoenwong and Dr. Vong-on Phuaphansawat.
The research has received support from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI).