Research

The Research Program executes policy-relevant, actionable research projects in four key areas: climate change and the environment; regional geopolitics; public health (HIV/AIDS and COVID-19); and economics and demographic change.

Featured Activities

Lahaina Environmental Assessment Project (LEAP)

Vulnerable Deltas in Southeast Asia: Climate Change, Water Pollution, and Socio-Economic Transformation

Pacific Drought Knowledge Exchange

Projects & Programs

East-West Center Research Projects

Our Experts

Visiting Fellows and Visiting Scholars

Video

Politics & International Relations China

East-West Center Fellows Comment on Maui Fire Misinformation Linked to China

Students and researchers in the field in Indonesia

Training & Exchanges

Southeast Asia Field School

Fri, 06/16/2023 - 12:00

Event

Hybrid Honolulu

Pacific Farmer Organisations: Responding to Climate Change, Food Security and NCDs

Sep 20, 2023

Announcement

Reintroducing the East-West Center Occasional Paper Series

Sep 19, 2023

Collaborative Field-based Learning in Southeast Asia: Value & Challenges

Event

Hybrid Honolulu, HI 96822

Collaborative Field-based Learning in Southeast Asia: Value & Challenges

Sep 8, 2023

Participants at the Southeast Asia workshop part of the Building Bridges for Community-Centered Climate Security

Project

Environment & Climate South Asia

Building Bridges for Community-Centered Climate Resilience

Apr 1, 2023

Environmental Governance in Vietnam: A Citizens' Perspective

Event

Virtual

Environmental Governance in Vietnam: A Citizens' Perspective

Aug 16, 2023

Event

Hybrid Honolulu

Collective Resilience: Countering China's Economic Coercion

Aug 10, 2023

Event

Virtual

Unaligned, non-aligned, or all-aligned? India’s foreign policy amidst geopolitical churn

Aug 7, 2023

A thatched-roof men's house in Yap sitting on stonework above the waterline

News

Environment & Climate Federated States of Micronesia

New Report: Federated States of Micronesia Faces Stronger Storms, Health Threats, and Challenges for Atolls and Fisheries from Climate Change

Jul 18, 2023

Climate Change in the Federated States of Micronesia

Publication

Economics Federated States of Micronesia

Climate Change in the Federated States of Micronesia: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors

Jul 18, 2023

Event

In-person Honolulu

Last Days of the Mighty Mekong

Jul 20, 2023

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