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The rate of climate and environmental change across Southeast Asia – from its forests to its coasts and cities – has accelerated in recent decades. Adapting to these shifts reshapes national economies and daily lives. Such processes are the focus of growing interdisciplinary research and our LuceSEA Transitions program seeks to forge stronger linkages across fields to examine these transformations.
Two goals structure our Luce Foundation-supported program:
• Building research parity in studying agrarian transitions by bringing more SEA-based colleagues into the research process.
• Making scholarly research on the region’s transitions available to broader audiences both within and beyond academia’s walls. Our program links researchers across regions, nurtures early-career colleagues, and creates new ways of understanding a very dynamic Southeast Asia.
Upcoming Webinar: Climate Change Migration in Southeast Asia
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm HST Registration Southeast Asia faces immense challenges from climate change due to its geography, reliance on agriculture, and densely populated coastal…
Southeast Asia in Transition: Spring 2023 Webinar Series
Our Spring 2023 LuceSEA Webinar Series consist of 4 webinars which focus on discussing smallholders, big challenges.
Southeast Asia in Transition: Fall 2022 Webinar Series
We continue exploring how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations. We focus on forests & fields, dams & rivers, roads &…
Southeast Asia in Transition: Spring 2022 Webinar Series
This series of four webinars explores how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations. We focus on forests, rivers, documentarians and writers,…
Inundated: Jakarta Floods and Capital Relocation in Indonesia_ Dr. Fisher
This presentation begins with an analysis of the biophysical dimensions of flooding, connecting them with spatial plans, while also centering perspectives from the city’s riverbanks of eviction and relocation.
Contested Hydropower Governance in the Mekong River Basin_ Dr. Yong
This seminar delved into the unprecedented but uneven landscape of public participation created across the Lower Mekong Basin through multi-level stakeholder consultations.
The Arts of Living in a Damaged Forest by Dr. Work
This talk described elements of a new project initiated by research collaborators living in and around the Prey Lang Forest, Cambodia
Southeast Asia in Transition: Plastic runs through it.
Our Fall 2021 LuceSEA Webinar Series, “Southeast Asia in Transition: Plastic Runs Through It.” included four webinars on Southeast Asia topics.
Spring 2021 Webinar Series: The Mekong, China, & Southeast Asian Transitions
This series of four webinars will explore how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations.
Enhancing Research and Training Collaboration
Our LuceSEA program leverages support from existing research projects funded by, among others, by NSF and NASA to enhance engagement with SEA partners through research and training activities.
Who Are We Working With?
To learn more about our partner organizations, go here
