The symposium takes the form of a two-year project that encompasses capacity-building, a workshop/ conference, field-research, and collective publication. A key-event is a multiple-days, in-person workshop in Thimphu, Bhutan that will consist of technical sessions, methodological discussions, guest-lectures, and the streamlining and planning of publication goals. The symposium is open to scholars working in the HKH region. Scholars from or based in the HKH region will be given first priority in terms of travel and research funding. Selection will take place through a competitive process. In the selection process, priority will be allotted to indigenous, female, early career scholars, and to applicants applying from institutions that are members of the HUC network.
The direct outputs are:
- A high-quality collective publication (i.e. special journal issue, book-publication, policy brief),
- Generating interdisciplinary alliances across the HKH around the theme of climateinduced migration
- Developing a curriculum on climate migration that can be shared across the HUC network, and
- Capacity-building of Himalayan and early career scholars through, variously, conferencing, individual supervision, substantive feedback, and language enhancement.
Public Keynote Lecture
As part of this symposium, the globally acclaimed Professor Willem van Schendel, University of Amsterdam, will deliver a key-note address titled: ‘Sapiens and Others: A Multitude of Mobilities’ on Tuesday 12 November, 9.30AM in the auditorium of RTC.