LuceSEA Webinar Recording Available: Findings from the LuceSEA Field School: Political Ecology in Practice and Applied Research in Southeast Asia

The recording of our LuceSEA Webinar – “Findings from the LuceSEA Field School: Political Ecology in Practice and Applied Research in Southeast Asia” is now available online.
Part of the 2025 LuceSEA series Southeast Asia in Transition: Memory, Governance, and Regional Challenges in a Turbulent World, this session featured faculty and student researchers from the LuceSEA Field School, sharing insights from fieldwork conducted in Thailand and Indonesia. This session explores applied research approaches in political ecology and critical environmental studies, highlighting how ecological systems, political structures, and local communities interact in complex and often contested ways.

Drawing from firsthand field experiences, the speakers discussed how grounded, context-sensitive research contributes to deeper understanding of environmental challenges and supports more equitable and sustainable approaches to environmental knowledge production.

Hosted by the UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies with support from the Henry Luce Foundation.