Univ.-Prof. Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak

Head of the Working Group

Professor of Population Geography and Demography
Vice-Director of Doctoral Studies (SPL 45)
Deputy Head of the Research Platform Mobile Cultures and Societies

Contact

Department of Geography and Regional Research
Universitätsstraße 7/5
1010 Vienna, Austria

Tel.: +43-1-4277-48730

Email: patrick.sakdapolrak@univie.ac.at


Hours: Monday, 12:00 to 13:00 (MS Teams)

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08.04.2024 | 15.04.2024 | 22.04.2024 | 29.04.2024

Teaching

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Biography

My research field is at the interface of population dynamics, environmental change and development processes, with a focus on the topics of migration and displacement as well as health and disease. The central theme of my research is the question of how vulnerable groups live with risk. My Ph.D. thesis is based on field research in slum settlements in India, where the inhabitants have significant higher mortality and morbidity rates than the rest of the urban population. I have investigated how these poor urban groups cope with and adapt to environmental and social stresses. My current research on migration-environment relationships in Kenya and Thailand addresses the question how migration alters the way people at places of origin deal with the environment and climate change. I have the aim to pursue sound theoretical and empirical research which is relevant for wider society. I have studied Geography and Development Research in Heidelberg and Wollongong, Australia, and received my doctorate degree at Bonn University.

Research interests

Conceptual: vulnerability, resilience, livelihoods, translocality, Bourdieu's Practice-Theory

Thematic: human-environment-relations, migration and displacement, health and disease

Regional: South Asia (India), South-East Asia (Thailand), East Africa (Kenia)

Current research Projects

  • AGRUMIG – "Leaving something behind" – Migration governance and agricultural and rural change in "home" communities: comparative experience from Europe, Asia and Africa
  • HABITABLE – Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration
  • Migration Moldova – Mainstreaming the Migration and Climate Change Perspective into the National Adaptation Plan-2 and Agriculture Sectoral Adaptation Plan on Climate Change

Publications

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Sakdapolrak, P., & Etzold, B. (2013). Globale Arbeit – lokale Verwundbarkeit: Internationale Arbeitsmigration aus der Perspektive der geographischen Verwundbarkeitsforschung. In Migration und Entwicklung aus geographischer Perspektive (42/2012 ed., pp. 131-163). Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien (IMIS). IMIS-Beiträge No. 42/2012
Sakdapolrak, P., & Greiner, C. (2013). Rural-urban migration, agricultural change and the environment in Kenya: A critical review of the literature. Population and Environment, 34(4), 524-553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-012-0178-0
Sakdapolrak, P., & Greiner, C. (2013). Translocality: Concepts, applications and emerging research perspectives. Geography Compass, 7(5), 373-384. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12048
Sakdapolrak, P., & Keck, M. (2013). What is social resilience? Lessons learned and ways forward. Erdkunde: Archiv für wissenschaftliche Geographie, 67(1), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2013.01.02
Sakdapolrak, P., Promburom, P., & Reif, A. (2013). Why successful in-situ adaptation with environmental stress does not prevent people from migrating? Empirical evidence from Northern Thailand. Climate and Development, 6(1), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2013.826129
Sakdapolrak, P., Seyler, T., Prasad, S. S., & Dhanraj, R. (2012). A Chikungunya outbreak in the metropolis of Chennai, India, 2006. Journal of Environmental Health, 74(6), 8-13. https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22329203
Sakdapolrak, P., Raupp, S., & Fabian, T. (2012). Armut, Nahrung und Gesundheit. Alltägliche Herausforderungen verwundbarer Gruppen in Indiens Städten. In China und Indien im 21. Jahrhundert (pp. 109-125). Selbstverlag Fach Geographie der Universität Passau. Passauer Kontaktstudium Geographie Vol. 12
Sakdapolrak, P., Afifi, T., Govil, R., & Warner, K. (2012). Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility. Perspectives of refugees from the Horn of Africa. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). Report / United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) No. 1
Sakdapolrak, P., Etzold, B., Jülich, S., Keck, M., Schmitt, T., & Zimmer, A. (2012). Doing institutions. New trends in institutional theory and their relevance for development geography. Erdkunde: Archiv für wissenschaftliche Geographie, 66(3), 185-195. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2012.03.01
Sakdapolrak, P., Rademacher-Schulz, C., Afifi, T., Warner, K., Rosenfeld, T., Milan, A., & Etzold, B. (2012). Rainfall variability, food security and human mobility: An approach for generating empirical evidence. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). Interdisciplinary security connections : InterSecTions No. 10
Sakdapolrak, P., & Zimmer, A. (2012). The social practices of governing. Analysing waste water governance in a Delhi slum. Environment and Urbanization Asia, 3(2), 325-341. https://doi.org/10.1177/0975425312473228
Sakdapolrak, P., Butsch, C., & Saravanan, V. S. (2012). Urban health in India. Internationales Asienforum, 43(1-2), 13-32.
Sakdapolrak, P., Butsch, C., & Saravanan, V. S. (2012). Urban health in South Asia. Internationales Asienforum, 43(1-2), 7-12.
Sakdapolrak, P., & Promburom, P. (2012). "Where the Rain Falls" project. Case study: Thailand: Results from Thung Hua Chang District, Northern Thailand. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). Report / United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) No. 7
Sakdapolrak, P., Ergler, R. C., Bohle, H-G., & Kearns, R. (2011). Entitlements to health care: Why is there a preference for private facilities among poorer residents of Chennai, India? Social Science & Medicine, 72(3), [327-337]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.042
Sakdapolrak, P., Seyler, T., & Prasad, S. S. (2011). Measuring the local burden of diarrhoeal disease among slum dwellers in the megacity Chennai, South India. In A. Krämer, M. H. Khan, & F. Kraas (Eds.), Health in megacities and urban areas (pp. 87-100). Springer.
Sakdapolrak, P., & Butsch, C. (2010). Geographien von Gesundheit in Entwicklungsländern. Geographische Rundschau (GR), (7-8), 12-17.
Sakdapolrak, P. (2010). Orte und Räume der Health Vulnerability. Bourdieus Theorie der Praxis für die Analyse von Krankheit und Gesundheit in megaurbanen Slums von Chennai, Südindien. Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik. Freiburger Studien zur Geographischen Entwicklungsforschung Vol. 38
Sakdapolrak, P., & Butsch, C. (2010). Sonne, Strand und Skalpell. Neue Dimensionen des medizinischen Tourismus. Geographische Rundschau (GR), (7-8), 47.
Sakdapolrak, P. (2010). Vom Überlebenskampf zur kulturellen Praktik. Eine Fallstudie zur internationalen Arbeitsmigration aus Thailand. In N. Reese, & J. Welkmann (Eds.), Das Echo der Migration: Wie Auslandsmigration die Gesellschaft im globalen Süden verändert (pp. 50-59). Horlemann Verlag .
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