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​Publications

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peer-reviewed articles

Asif, F., Marschke, M., and Ngin, C. (2017). Assessing the Potential of a Low-Carbon future for Cambodia. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 9, 021404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4978495 (abstract) | Academia.edu (article)

Tupper, M., Asif, F., Garces, L., and Pido, M. (2015). Evaluating the management effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas at seven selected sites in the Philippines. Marine Policy. 56:33-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.02.008 (abstract)

Dissemination
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Low-carbon article covered and reported on by media in Cambodia across three articles (was interviewed for the second):
  • Stevens, L. (2017, April 24). Cambodia Has “Unique” Chance to Cut Carbon, Study Says. Cambodia Daily. https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-has-unique-chance-to-cut-carbon-study-says-128483/
  • Stevens, L. (2017, April 27). Lack of Incentives Leaves Low-Carbon Energy in Question. Cambodia Daily. 
    ​https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/lack-of-incentives-leaves-low-carbon-energy-in-question-128689/
  • Tilly, M, Narim, K. (2017, June 2). Commuters expect delays for solution to capital's congestion woes. Khmer Times. ​http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38973//

book chapters

Asif, F. (2021). Human Greed Versus Human Needs: Decarbonization of the Global Economy. In: Baqir, F., and Yayya, S. (eds.) Beyond Free Market: Social Inclusion and Globalization. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003093022

Asif, F., Horlings, J., and Marschke, M. (2021). Seas of change in a coastal fishing community - Koh Sralao, Cambodia. [Community Story] In: Charles, T. (ed.) Community, conservation and livelihoods. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN; Halifax, Canada : Community Conservation Research Network. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2021.01.en

Asif, F. (2019). Redefining and localizing development in Pakistan. In: Baqir, F., Banerjee, N., and Yayya, S. (eds.) Better Spending for Localizing Global Sustainable Development Goals: Examples from the Field. Routledge.


Asif F. (2019) From Sea to City: Migration and Social Well-Being in Coastal Cambodia. In: Daniere A., Garschagen M. (eds) Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham.

reports & briefs

MacClune, K., McGinn, C., Asif, F., Venkateswaran, K. (2017). Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Climate Resilience: A Guidance Paper for the Philippines. Philippines Risk Resilience Sustainability Program (RRSP). Institute for Social & Environmental Transition-International (ISET-International)

Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Canada. (March 2016).
  • ​Brief #1: A Primer on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.  
  • Brief #2: How Organizations Can Adapt to Climate Change. 
  • ​Brief #3: How Chartered Professional Accountants Can Help Organizations Adapt to Climate Change. 

scholarships & funding

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) (2015 - 2018) 
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (CGS-MSFSS) (2016 - 2017)
University of Ottawa

Mobility Scholarship (2016)
University of Ottawa 

Excellence Scholarship (2013 - 2018)
University of Ottawa
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Graduate Student Bursary (2010)
​University of Toronto

conferences & seminars

Opening keynote panel moderator 
Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID) Conference - June 5 - 8, 2019 (UBC)
Panel (chair): Climate Change, Sustainability and Risk
Panel (presenter): Roundtable on Research and Fieldwork in Development
Panel (presenter): Roundtable: Teaching Critical Global Competency: Innovations and Opportunities


Panel presenter
Center for Southeast Asia Studies: “Migrations and New Mobilities in Southeast Asia” - April 27-28, 2018 (UC Berkeley)
Panel: Repressive Labor and Forced Mobilities
Presentation: From Sea to City: Migration and Social Wellbeing in Coastal Cambodia

Presenter
Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia (UCRSEA)  — November 9, 2017 (Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto)
Panel: Doing Fieldwork in Southeast Asia
Presentation: Doing Fieldwork in Southeast Asia: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Panel presenter
Canadian Council of Southeast Asia Studies (CCSEAS) Conference — October 26-27, 2017 (Toronto, Canada)
Panel: Agrarian & Environmental Transformation: Agrarian Transition, Localities and Labour Transformation
Conveners: Derek Hall; Laura Schoenberger; and Peter Vandergeest
Presentation: From Sea to City: Agrarian Transition in Coastal Cambodia

Panel presenter
Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Conference — May 29 - June 2, 2017 (Toronto, Canada)
Panel: Addressing the Challenges of Urban Climate Change Resilience and Vulnerability in Southeast Asia I
Presentation: Rural-Urban livelihoods of Cambodian coastal fishing communities

Panel presenter
American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting -- April 9, 2017 (Boston, MA, USA)
Panel: Addressing the Challenges of Urban Climate Change Resilience and Vulnerability in Southeast Asia [link]
Presentation: 
Leaving the coast: rural-urban livelihoods of Cambodian coastal fishing communities

Presenter                       
Seminar on Urban Studies in Cambodia -- June 16, 2016
Royal University of Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

Panel Participant  |  Poster Presenter
Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia Annual Meeting & Workshop — April 24 - 28, 2016 (Hanoi, Vietnam)

Keynote Speaker
Action Global Health Network Conference — September 12 - 13, 2014 (Ottawa, Canada)
 “Global Development and Sustainability: Are we making an impact?”

​Panel moderator
World Water Week (Stockholm International Water Institute) — August 2013 (Stockholm, Sweden)
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