Growing SEA Agrarian Transitions Networks
(b. 2022)
Led by Dr. Krisna Suryanata; Dr. Micah Fisher; Dr. Mary Mostafanezhad (Co-Chairs)
Focusing on sustainable agriculture, environmental change, and Indigenous land stewardship in Southeast Asia, this project’s goals are threefold: 1) facilitating experiential, interdisciplinary learning; 2) strengthening academic and research capacity and knowledge exchange among early career scholars; and 3) encouraging the building of long-term regional research networks among University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and partner institutions in Southeast Asia.
Building Urban Pedagogy
(b. 2022)
Led by Dr. Ashok Das (Chair); Dr. Wiwandari Handayani
This project unpacks urban issues germane to Indonesia and SEA more generally, and seeks to create effective, inclusive and equitable practices to change the systemic culture of planning (praxis).
Building Capacity for Blue Carbon Implementation (b. 2022)
Led by Dr. Brian Szuster (Chair); Dr. Kulapa Kuldilok
The goal of this project is to develop a collaborative Blue Carbon Implementation training initiatives with project partners focusing on developing training curriculum and building knowledge of blue carbon implementation amongst a large cadre of fisheries and aquaculture professional in Southeast Asia.
Pamana ng Lahi: Philippine Cultural Heritage & Indigenous Knowledge (b. 2021)
Led by Dr. Pia Arboleda (PI); Dr. Nerissa S. Balce
This project showcases Philippine oral traditions of human/nature conflicts to develop online curriculum for use as teaching materials in the classroom.
Jaga Alam (Taking Care of Nature): Performance-Based Environmental Education (b. 2021)
Led by Dr. Kirstin Pauka (Chair); Dr. Annie Reynolds, I Madé Widana
The Jaga Alam (Taking Care of Nature) project brings together SEA-based performing artists with UHM faculty and college students to develop new environmentally-themed performances and lecture-demonstrations for schools and local audiences in Hawaiʻi. The selected themes deal with environmental issues shared across SEA and the Pacific such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, plastic pollution, and coastline erosion.