Podcasts
Listen to conversations with researchers, practitioners, and partners sharing knowledge, experiences, and perspectives on sustainability challenges and solutions across the Mekong Region.
Vietnam has ambitious goals for renewable energy transition but achieving them requires more than just solar panels and wind turbines. In this podcast episode, Loan Luong of AMPERES shows that Vietnam’s energy transition needs to get two things in place.
How can Vietnam make an equitable energy transition? Ms. Minh Nguyen, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (Vietnam) shares how the alliance is pioneering renewable energy solutions with communities at the heart of the transition.
This episode explores how appropriate messaging and communication strategies can drive more inclusive climate policies for women and people with disabilities.
A podcast conversation exploring how to build climate resilience through evidence-based policy
The episode presents a nuanced discussion on the role of commercial banks funding hydropower in the Mekong Region, and how banks can ensure transparency and accountability.
Our podcast explains how young and early-career researchers can become more effective in communicating their research
This first episode of the podcast miniseries by the SUMERNET Young Professionals (SYP) features researchers working on improving groundwater governance in the Mekong region.
How can regional Mekong media work together with researchers? A young Vietnamese journalist shares her perspectives from her experience working together with SUMERNET researchers.
Listen to our podcast to learn more on flood risks management (3 May 2023).
Listen to our podcast to learn more on the concept of epistemic injustice (22 Feb 2023).
Listen to our podcast to get a better understanding about knowledge co-creation in your research (30 Jan 2023).
Listen to our research podcast with Dr Jonathan Rigg to get five tips for improving reflexivity in research (29 Aug 2022).
SEI Asia’s podcast explores how cities in Asia are addressing climate governance amid climate risks, while ensuring that urban policies do not disproportionately affect the poorest and most vulnerable. The episode features Dr Danny Marks, Assistant Professor of Environmental Politics and Policy at Dublin City University.
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa, SUMERNET Director, about her connections to the Mekong River, her work with SUMERNET, and the future work and challenges in the Mekong Region.
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Vatchararuthai Boontinand from the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, about the dimensions of human rights in doing research.
In this podcast episode, we talk with Dr. Le Thi Van Hue, SUMERNET Gender Equality Advisor, about gender perspectives and questions of intersectionality in water research.
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Louis Lebel from Chiang Mai University, SUMERNET Water Insecurity Advisor, about why we focus on water insecurity and the challenges for early-career researchers.
In this first episode of our "Research 4 All" podcast series, we talk with Dr. Sudarat Tuntivivat, a lecturer and researcher at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok, about the various dimensions of conflict in water insecurity research.

















