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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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., Bohle, H-G., Etzold, B., & Keck, M. (2009). Adaptive food governance. IHDP Update, 53-58.

Sakdapolrak, P., Butsch, C., & Etzold, B. (2009). The megacity resilience framework. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).

Sakdapolrak, P., Butsch, C., Carter, R. L., Cojocaru, M-D., Etzold, B., Kirschor, N., Lacambra, C., Reyes, M. L., & Sagala, S. (2008). The megacity resilience framework. In H-G. Bohle, & K. Warner (Eds.), Megacities: Resilience and Social Vulnerability (pp. 10-19). United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). SOURCE Studies Of the University: Research, Counsel, Education No. 10

Sakdapolrak, P. (2007). Water related health risks, social vulnerability and Pierre Bourdieu. In K. Warner (Ed.), Perspectives on Social Vulnerability (pp. 50-59). United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). SOURCE Studies Of the University: Research, Counsel, Education No. 6

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