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Dr.
Christopher Smith, the researcher responsible for undertaking data collection for
TRAPPED, is employed for the three year duration of the
project as
a Marie Curie International Outgoing Research Fellow (Geography) at the
University of
Sussex. For the first two years of the project he will be based at the
University of Sydney, benefitting from the regional expertise of the
Mekong Resource Centre located in the School of Geosciences.
After
completing a PhD in Geography at the University of Sussex, Dr. Smith
worked as a Research Associate at the United Nations University
Institute of Environment and Human Security as part of their 'Where the
Rain Falls' project. His expertise to date lies in the development of
agent-based models designed to replicate migration decision-making in
different physical, socio-economic and cultural circumstances affected
by environmental change. To date his modelling work has focussed upon Burkina
Faso, Tanzania, Ghana and Peru.
A copy of Dr. Smith's academic CV may be accessed
here.
Or, access his Linkedin profile here.
Contact
Dr. Christopher Smith
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Mekong Delta Project Officer: |
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Extensive
data collection and management within the Mekong Delta Region has been
coordinated for TRAPPED by the Project Officer, Ly Quoc Dang, MSc.
A Researcher and Teaching Assistant with the Mekong Delta Development
Research Institute at Can Tho University, Dang has extensive experience
of managing data collection activities for development related projects
within the region. Holding a Master of Development Studies from The
Graduate Institute, Geneva, Dang's research interests include water
management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, community
capacity building (youth and rural), eco-farm/farming systems and
sustainable management, human rights, conservation education and clean
water/sanitation programmes.
A copy of Ly Quoc Dang's CV may be accessed
here.
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The Host Institutions: |
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As
an International Outgoing Fellowship funded by the European Community's
Seventh Framework, TRAPPED involves academic institutions both within
and outside the European Community:
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- Within Europe, the project is hosted by the School of Global Studies
at the University of
Sussex, UK, and overseen by the Host Scientist in Charge, Prof.
Dominic Kniveton.
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Outside Europe, the School
of Geosciences at the
University of Sydney, Australia, hosts the outgoing phase
of TRAPPED, overseen by the Outgoing Supervisor, Prof. Philip Hirsch.
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Within the Mekong Delta, the DRAGON Insititute at Cần Thơ University, Viet Nam, provides local expertise overseen by Assoc. Prof. Dr Le Anh Tuan and Dr. Tran Thi Phung Ha (School of Social Sciences and Humanities).
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This research has received funding
from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013)
under grant agreement number PIOF-GA-2012-329589.
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