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Global Citizenship and Sustainability Thailand Program

Our mission is to strengthen cross-cultural learning through

environmental community-based research For more information: http://blogs.cornell.edu/globalcitizenshipandsustainability/

Pre-Departure Class

(Fall)

Teamwork, reflection, research skills, community

Community-based flood adaptation and

resilience

Winter Session Travel to Thailand

Work with Mahidol students to conduct community-based

research

Paired with a research mentor from community

Post-Departure Class

(Spring)

Analysis of data collected and review

by community partners and

Mahidol students

Presentation of research findings,

reflection on expereince

Summer Travel to U.S. (Mahidol

students)

Work with Cornell students to conduct community-based

research

Paired  with  research  mentor  from  community  

With special thanks for program support from:

“I think this program is successful because both the Cornell students and

the Thai students are learning about how communities can be resilient to

flooding, which can be applied to many contexts around the world. We (the Mahasawat group) are also learning

how different levels of government and organizations interact with

communities during and after floods, and what communities can do better

to become more resilient. We are able to hear peoples’ stories and put our

own privileged western lives in perspective.”

-Cornell Student in 2014 Program

The  project  that  students  will  work  on  is  focused  on  understanding  

community-­‐resilience  to  flooding.    Students  work  with  Mahidol  

University  students  in  Thailand  and  community  partners  to  conduct  research  to  beAer  understand  

experiences  with  flooding  and  how  to  build  long-­‐term  resilience  and  

adaptaCon.  

  Students learn firsthand about social dimensions

of water resource management in Thailand during a January trip to Bangkok. This photo of

Cornell and Mahidol students was taken at

one of the research sites—a Lotus farm.

Students are paired with research mentors from the community and students from Mahidol University—all pictured here along with the program directors and the former and current President of Mahidol

University.

In the first year of the program, one-third of the students in the program were first generation or minority students. For the second year of

the program 75% of the students are minority, one-third are first generation college students,

and for nearly half, this will be their first academic experience abroad.