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SUMERNETSUMERNET Young Professionals (SYP) miniseries│Ep 12: Communicating your research to influence policymaking in the Mekong Region with Bin LiangIn the second episode of the SUMERNET Young Professionals (SYP) miniseries, Bin Liang from the China General Certification Center shares her experiences and insights about communicating and engaging with policy.
Guest: Bin Liang
Episode host: Khaing Su Lwin
Sound editing: Variya Plungwatana
Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana
Artwork: Variya Plungwatana
Cover photo: Zinko Hein on Unsplash
Read the feature of the episode here.
SUMERNET podcasts highlight different aspects of our work on research, policy engagement, capa...2024-08-2011 min
SUMERNETSUMERNET Young Professionals (SYP) miniseries│Ep 11: How young professionals in the Mekong can be agents of change through research with Dr. Preeyaporn MuenratchIn the first episode of the SUMERNET Young Professionals (SYP) miniseries, Dr. Preeyaporn Muenratch explains her work researching solutions to improve groundwater governance in the Mekong region.
Guest: Dr. Preeyaporn Muenratch
Episode host: Bouanong Lathouly
Sound editing: Variya Plungwatana
Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana
Artwork: Variya Plungwatana
Cover photo: Zinko Hein on Unsplash
Read the feature of the episode here.
SUMERNET podcasts highlight different aspects of our work on research, policy engagement, capacity building and com...2024-05-1516 min
SUMERNETEp 10 How can researchers work together with media with My LeIn Episode 10 of the SUMERNET "Research 4 All" podcast series, we talked with Ms. My Le, a young journalist from Vietnam who received a SUMERNET media-research partnership grant to work with SUMERNET researchers and produce environmental stories. She shares her perspectives from her experience working together with SUMERNET researchers in the Mekong Delta to produce a story about climate change and water management in the delta’s wetlands.
Guest: My Le
Episode host: Rajesh Daniel
Sound editing: Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana
Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana
A...2023-08-0315 min
SUMERNETEp 09 Flood risks and local participation with Dr. Yanyong InmuongThis podcast explores how flood risks can be managed better if local communities are involved in the planning and design of flood protection and management measures especially for early warning systems.
In this episode, we talked with Dr. Yanyong Inmuong, Director of GMS Research Center for Environment and Sustainability, Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahasarakham University, Thailand. Dr. Yanyong is working with local communities in flood risk management in northeast Thailand. He shares his perspectives on how local communities can be brought into official flood management design and planning in particular, on flood preparedness and early...2023-05-0320 min
SUMERNETEp 08 Epistemic injustice in water governance with Karen DelfauThis podcast explores the concept of epistemic injustice. What is it, when does it occur, and how can researchers address this in research projects?
In this episode, we talked with Karen Delfau, a lecturer and researcher exploring water governance and the inclusion of different ways of knowing and understanding water and rivers. She has also been working with SUMERNET, looking at how co-creation and co-production of knowledge operate within water governance processes in the Mekong.
Guest: Karen Delfau, Water Governance, Gender, Knowledge Co-Creation Specialist
Episode host: Rajesh Daniel
Sound ed...2023-02-1026 min
SUMERNETEp 07 Co-creation of knowledges for water governance with Prof. Kanokwan ManoromIn this episode of the SUMERNET "Research 4 All" podcast series, we are joined by Prof. Kanowan Manorom, a lecturer and field researcher at Ubon Ratchathani University of Thailand. We talk about how a co-creating knowledge approach helps water-related policies and governance more inclusive and allow for deep participation in local communities, including marginalized people. Prof. Kanokwan also shared her experience in implementing this approach in policy-making processes for water governance in Northeastern Thailand.
Guest: Prof. Kanowan Manorom, a lecturer and field researcher at Ubon Ratchathani University of Thailand
Episode host: Rajesh Daniel
...2023-01-3018 min
SUMERNETEp 06 Research Reflexivity with Dr. Jonathan RiggIn Episode 06 of the SUMERNET "Research 4 All" podcast series, we speak to Dr. Jonathan Rigg on how it is important for researchers to reflect on their field work encounters, especially in local situations about actors who have influenced the “dialogue of knowledge” and the process of knowledge construction. Dr. Rigg provides five tips for early career researchers to help design or plan their research, to allow for interactive reflections on the part of the researchers especially when working with local actors and contexts that often can shape or consciously seek to shape the knowledge produced or the research outcomes.
2022-08-3028 min
SUMERNETEp 05 Conversation with SUMERNET DirectorIn Episode 05 of the SUMERNET "Research 4 All" podcast series, we talk to Dr. Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa, about her connections to the Mekong River, her work with SUMERNET over the last 10 years, and the critical challenges facing the Mekong Region in the future. Dr. Chayanis is currently Deputy Director of SEI Asia, and has been leading the SUMERNET programme since 2011.
Episode host: Clemens Grünbühel
Sound editing: Rajesh Daniel and Kadesiree Thossaphonpaisan
Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Leonie Pearson
Artwork: Kadesiree Thossaphonpaisan
Cover photo: Diego Gennaro on Unsplash
2021-01-1129 min
SUMERNETEp 04 Human rights approaches in researchIn Episode 04 of the SUMERNET "Research 4 All" podcast series, we talk to Dr. Vachararutai Boontinand (Achan Jan) who explains what an human rights approach is, and how to integrate it in research in the Mekong Region. Dr. Vachararutai is the SUMERNET advisor for human rights-based approaches.
Episode hosts: Rajesh Daniel
Sound editing: Rajesh Daniel and Kadesiree T.
Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Leonie Pearson
Artwork: Kadesiree T.
Cover photo: Diego Gennaro on Unsplash
SUMERNET podcasts highlight different aspects of our work on research, policy engagement, capa...2020-08-0620 min
SUMERNETEp 03 Gender perspectives in researchIn this Episode 03 of the SUMERNET for All (S4A) podcast series, we look at what a gender perspective means, and how to apply it in research in the Mekong Region.
Episode host: Nguyen Nguyen
Sound editing: Rajesh Daniel
Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Leonie Pearson
Artwork: Kadesiree T.
Cover photo: Diego Gennaro on Unsplash
SUMERNET podcasts highlight different aspects of our work on research, policy engagement, capacity building and communications in the Mekong Region. Visit our website www.sumernet.org to find out more ab...2020-07-3014 min
SUMERNETEp 02 Water insecurity in researchIn Episode 02 of the SUMERNET "Research 4 All" podcast series, we talk to Dr Louis Lebel on the different aspects of water insecurity in doing research in the Mekong Region. Dr. Lebel is head of the Unit for Social and Environmental Research (USER) in Chiang Mai University. He is currently a SUMERNET advisor and former member of the Steering Committee.
Episode hosts: Leonie P., Nguyen Nguyen
Sound editing: Rajesh Daniel
Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Leonie Pearson
Artwork: Kadesiree T.
Cover photo: Diego Gennaro on Unsplash
S...2020-07-2114 min
SUMERNETEp 01 Conflict sensitivity in researchIn episode 01 of the SUMERNET "Research 4 All" podcast series, we talk to Dr. Sudarat Tuntivivat, on the different aspects of, and how to integrate, conflict sensitivity in doing research in the Mekong Region. Dr. Sudarat is a full-time faculty member of the Behavioral Science Research Institute at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok, Thailand where she researches and teaches master and doctoral level classes in positive psychology and conflict management. She is the SUMERNET advisor on conflict sensitivity.
Episode hosts: Kadesiree T., Nguyen Nguyen, May T.A.
Sound editing: Rajesh Daniel
Series producers: Rajesh Daniel a...2020-07-0807 min