Just concluded the first convening of the Disaster Preparedness Project in BIMPEAGA. Grateful for the rich insights from regional partners and proud of our FASS students’ contributions. Onward to building shared knowledge and resilience in Southeast Asia. #DisasterStudies #BIMPEAGA

I also had wonderful discussions on the emerging epistemologies in critical disaster studies, including communicating risks and preparedness, with Prof @kschmutina.bsky.social and Prof Thomas Tufte.

Our students can enroll in Undergraduate Research Opportunities where they work with their professors on active research projects. These ladies are keen on getting trained to do fieldwork and coding for disaster research. Today, I am training them to use @maxqda
@ubdbuzz.bsky.social

Thank you to my family for being my hands in preparing the packages & my collaborators who defied the threats of flooding to deliver this aid.
To agencies, please check on the homes in Tanedo Subdivision & the households in the opposite village.
#palawanflood #tulongnamayplano

Our package will not cover their needs for a long time but we hope that it could bridge their needs up to when support from government and other established humanitarian organizations would come.

Our research team sent food relief packages to our community partners in Irawan, Puerto Princesa. We were just speaking with them about their experiences on flooding back in January.

The community we engaged with in the Philippines is experiencing flooding again. My parents also reported that our house has been affected. Flooding in Palawan has become a constant occurrence, which is in stark contrast to my childhood when I had zero experience of flooding.

Our Call for Papers for the Special Issue on Emerging Methods in Civil-Military Humanitarian Studies in the Journal of International Humanitarian Action will close on March 31, 2025. We invite submissions exploring research methodologies applied in humanitarian studies.

Our Special Issue on Enhancing Climate-Resilient Development in Emerging Asian Regions: Achievements, Progress and Potential for the Environmental Science and Policy Journal is now open for submissions. Deadline is on September 30, 2025. Details www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

And in the Philippines, a metal basin lies tucked away, its edges still worn from that night. It floated to a man who was saving strangers while his own family waited for help. He keeps it not as a tool, but as a witness—a memento of a moment when he chose others over himself.

In Malaysia, an old, broken boat rests beside a house. It once carried an entire compound to safety, its owner long gone. Now it sits quietly, a monument to courage and community in the face of catastrophe.

In Indonesia, a father clings to a single slipper, its pair swept away in a flood years ago. He keeps it, not as a reminder of what was lost, but in hope—hope that one day, it will return.

In Brunei, wooden furniture stands perpetually raised. Each leg lifted is a silent prayer, a daily act of defiance against floods that never truly leave.

Objects have lives. They carry stories—of survival, loss, & hope. Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai teaches us that they are more than things; they are fragments of who we are & what we endure. Over the past year, I collected stories of flood vulnerabilities & resilience in the BIMP

I’m excited to share that I’m co-organizing the International Conference on Insular Southeast Asian Studies (ICISAS) in Bali on August 12-13, 2025.

We’re thrilled to have Dr. Alistair Cook and Dr. June Rubis as our keynote speakers. More details are available on our webpage: icisas.umy.ac.id