With support from the Cornell Atkinson Center, Sarosh Kuruvilla and Jason Judd are leading a project to test and estimate costs of factory-level heat interventions. “Climate change is already negatively impacting worker livelihoods and industry sustainability,” says Sarosh Kuruvilla, acting director of the Southeast Asia Program. “The global fashion industry urgently needs to adapt, to protect worker health and long-term earnings.”

A Migrations-funded study draws from interviews to examine the importance of access to environmental resources for migrants and to understand how fishing supports multiple dimensions of social well-being. 

This interactive workshop is designed for K-12 educators seeking to integrate Southeast Asian literature into their teaching. In this workshop, participants will explore how picture books convey themes of cultural identity, environmental conservation, and community values across Southeast Asia. 

The Training of Language Teachers specializing in the Languages of Myanmar is jointly organized by Cornell University’s Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Carolina Asia Center, the Saint Paul Public Schools’ Karen Language Program, and the Inya Institute.

“We had been thinking about this as the prisoners’ dilemma, but we were wrong,” says Tom Pepinsky, professor of government.

“Min Aung Hlaing is leveraging the earthquake for regional engagement and electoral legitimacy. The humanitarian crisis gives him a pretext to open channels he’d long shut,” says Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, graduate student.