Hosted at ECCI
Dreaming or failing? Bridging the gap between practice and research
ECCI and Edinburgh Earth Initiative are hosting a special seminar by visiting academic Prof Yunjeong Yang (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Seoul, Korea) in person at ECCI and online.
Seminar title: Dreaming or failing? Bridging the gap between practice and research: Critical reflections on a Climate Change Adaptation action research project to build disaster resilience in rural Cambodian communities.
You can join online or in person – please register:
Online attendees - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-booking-climate-change-adaptation-research-in-cambodia-tickets-453815282727
In-person attendees - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-person-booking-climate-change-adaptation-research-in-cambodia-tickets-458494006917
The seminar will take place in the conference room of ECCI.
Prof Yunjeong Yang is Associate Dean and Professor of International Development at the Graduate School of International and Area Studies (GSIAS), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Seoul, Korea. Yunjeong has led various education programmes and academic consortiums working in various capacities over the last ten years since she joined HUFS in 2011. She has fulfilled various leaderships, including Program Director of HUFS-KOICA Scholarship Program in Comparative Development (2012-14) and Chair of Department of International Development Studies, and its MA Programme Director (2012-20). She is currently Chair of Department of International Studies and Programme Director for the MA and PhD in International Development (since 2021); and Associate Dean of the GSIAS (since 2020). Yunjeong’s research focuses on the role and extent of community participation in development practice.