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Current Research Projects

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1

Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia Partnership

University of Toronto, York University, University of Ottawa, Thailand Environment Institute, and Institute for Social and Environmental Transition

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

2014-2019

2

Forest Biodiversity and Related Ecosystem Services, particularly on Non-Timber Forest Products and Habitat Quality

 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

2014-Present

3

Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-off: Carbon Modeling

 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

2014-Present

4

Consumer Behaviors in CLMV Countries

Khon Kaen University

ASEAN Economic Community Fund

2013-Present

5

Intra-Household Impact of Climate Hazards in Coastal Communities: A Cross Country Perspective

 

EEPSEA

2013-Present

6

Effective Energy Efficiency Policy Implementation Targeting: New Modern Energy Consumers in Greater Mekong Sub-Region (MECON)

Royal University of Agriculture

EPSRC Pioneering Research and Skills, United Kingdom

2013-Present

7

Renewable Energy: Curriculum Development at RUPP’s Department of Physics

 

World Bank, MoEYS

2013-Present

8

Methods for Estimating Carbon Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

University of Hyoko

 

2012-Present

9

Environmental Regulation, FDI Location and Regional Development: Evidence from Cambodia and China

University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China

Global Development Network

Sept 2014 – Sept 2015

10

Integrating Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Loss + Damage to address emerging challenges due to slow onset processes

SEADPRI-UKM, Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment, University of The Philippines Los Banos, Myanmar Climate Change Watch, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Asia Pacific Network (APN)

2014-2017

11

Water-related Risks of Rural Livelihood and Biodiversity: An Assessment of Transboundary Impacts Caused by Floods and Droughts in 3S River Basin under Dam Development and Climate Change

 

UNESCO-IHE

2013-Present

12

Community based conservation and monitoring of globally endangered bird biodiversity in Sekong and Sesan River IBA sites in Stung Treng and Ratanakiri provinces, Cambodia

 

McArthur Foundation

2013-Present

13

Partnership for Environmental Action and Community Empowerment (PEACE)— Building the Space of Engagement for Environmental Governance in Cambodia

 

ICCO, The Netherlands

2012-Present

14

Harmonizing Nature and Human Society for Sustainable Development

Department of Tourism, RUPP

World Bank, MoEYS

2013-Present

15

Implementation Process of the Reform Policies in Southeast Asia and Korea: A Policy Case Study

 

Korea Research Institute, University of New South Wales

2014 - 2016

16

Paddy production and rice export in the agricultural policy and trade policy: Outcome and problems

 

Centre for International Development, Korea Development Institute

2014 - 2016

17

K-12 Curriculum Framework and its Relevance to Economic Development in Cambodia

MoEYS

UNICEF, MoEYS

Apr-Nov 2014

18

Rural Livelihood Improvement through Learning and Sharing Knowledge of Model Farmers in Cambodia: Case Study in Kirivong District, Takeo Province

Department of Sociology, RUPP

World Bank, MoEYS

2013-Presemt

19

“Learning about Biodiversity: Multiple-Perspective Approaches” in “Teaching and Learning at Tonle Sap Biosphere Serve”

Department of Media and Communication, RUPP; MoE and MoEYS

UNESCO-Phnom Penh

April – July 2014

Contact Info

Dean, Faculty of Development Studies(FDS)

Rath Sethik, PhD
Tel: (855)12 556 579

Vice dean of FDS

Heng Naret, PhD
Tel: (855)12 830 386
Email: heng.naret@rupp.edu.kh
Seak Sophat, PhD
Tel: (855)16 506 888
Email: seak.sophat@rupp.edu.kh