Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak
Research Associate
Postal address:
Department of Geography
University of Bonn
Meckenheimer Allee 166
53115 Bonn, Germany
Room:
Meckenheimer Allee 176, 1. Stock, Raum 1.019
Consultation hours: on appointment
Tel.: (+49) 228-73-3851
Email: sakdapolrak@giub.uni-bonn.de
Research Foci
- Conceptual: Social vulnerability, social resilience, risk, livelihoods, Bourdieu’s Practice Theory
- Thematic: Health, migration, informal settlements, social-ecological systems
- Regional: South Asia (India), South-East Asia (Thailand), East Africa (Kenya)
Research Projects
Current Projects
Violent Regulation and Social-Ecological Transformation of Wetland Ecosystem in East Africa
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Position: Post-doctoral researcher
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Principal investigator: Prof. H.-G. Bohle
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Project duration: 2010-2013
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Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Where the Rain Falls. Climate Change, Hunger and Human Mobility
- Position: Guest researcher
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Principal investigator: Dr. Koko Warner
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Project duration: 2011-2012
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Funding: AXA Financial Group, MacArthur Foundation
http://www.ehs.unu.edu/article/read/where-the-rain-falls
http://www.careclimatechange.org/advocacy-initiatives/whererainfalls
Human Mobility in the Horn of Africa
- Position: Guest researcher
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Principal investigator: Dr. Koko Warner
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Project duration: 2010-2011
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Funding: UNHCR
http://http://www.ehs.unu.edu/article/read/human-mobility-in-the-horn-of-africa
Completed project
Adaptation Behaviour and Negotiation Processes. How the Vulnerable Cope with water related health Risks in Chennai, South India
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Position: Doctoral researcher
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Principal investigator: Prof. H.-G. Bohle
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Project Period: 2006-2010
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Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Publications
Books- Sakdapolrak, P. (2010): Orte und Räume der Health Vulnerability.
Bourdieus Theorie der Praxis für die Analyse von Krankheit und
Gesundheit in Megaurbanen Slums von Chennai, Südindien. Verlag für
Entwicklungspolitik, Saarbrücken.
Awarded with the "KfW-Förderpreis für exellente praxisrelevante Entwicklungsforschung" by the KfW Development Bank and the German Economic Association / Research Committee on Development Economics
Journal articles / book chapters
- Sakdapolrak,
P., Raupp, S. und Fabian, T.: Armut, Nahrung und Gesundheit.
Alltägliche Herausforderungen verwundbarer Gruppen in Indiens Städten.
In: Gamerith, W. (Hrsg.): China und Indien im 21. Jahrhundert. Passauer
Kontaktstudium Geographie, Band 12. (accepted)
- Ergler, R. C., Sakdapolrak, P., Bohle, H.-G. und Kearns, R.: An entitlements perspective on preferences for health care among slum-dwellers in Chennai, India. In: Luginaah, I. & R. Bezner-Kerr (Eds.): Geographies of Development and Health. Farnham: Ashgate. (accepted)
- Sakdapolrak, P., Ergler, C., Seyler, T. (2012): Burdens of direct and indirect costs of illness: Empirical findings from slum settlements in Chennai, South India. In: Progress in Development Studies. (accepted)
- Butsch, C., Sakdapolrak, P., Saravanan, S. V. (2012): Urban Health in India. In: Internationales Asien Forum. (accepted)
- Etzold, B., Sakdapolrak, P. (2012): Globale Arbeit – lokale Verwundbarkeit: Internationale Arbeitsmigration aus der Perspektive der geographischen Verwundbarkeitsforschung. In: Steinbrink, M., Geiger, M.: Migration und Entwicklung aus geographischer Perspektive. Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien. Osnabrück. (accepted)
- Seyler, T., Sakdapolrak, P., Sanjeevi Prasad, S., Danraj, R. (2012): Descriptive epidemiology of a Chikungunya outbreak in the megacity of Chennai, India, 2006. In: Journal of Environmental Health, 1-2: 8-12.
- Sakdapolrak, P., Seyler, T., Sanjeevi Prasad., S. (2011):
Measuring the Local Burden of Diarrhoeal Disease among Slum Dwellers in
the Mega City Chennai, South India. In: Krämer, A., Khan, M.H., Kraas,
F.: Health in megacities and urban areas. Springer, 87-100.
- Ergler, R. C., Sakdapolrak, P., Bohle, H.-G. und Kearns, R. (2011): "Entitlement to health care" as perceived by stakeholders and urban poor. Why is there a preference for private facilities in the city of Chennai, South India. Social Science & Medicine: 72 (3), 327-337.
- Butsch, C. und Sakdapolrak, P. (2010): Geographien von Gesundheit in Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern. Geographische Rundschau 7-8: 12-17.
- Sakdapolrak, P. und Butsch, C. (2010): Sonne, Strand und Skalpell. Neue Dimensionen des medizinischen Tourismus. Geographische Rundschau 7-8: 47.
- Sakdapolrak, P. (2010): Vom Überlebenskampf zur kulturellen Praktik. Eine Fallstudie zur internationalen Arbeitsmigration aus Thailand. In: Reese, N. et al. (Hg.): Das Echo der Migration. Wie Auslandsmigration die Gesellschaft im globalen Süden verändert. Horlemann, 50-59.
- Bohle, H.-G., Etzold, B., Keck, M., Sakdapolrak, P. (2009): Adaptive food governance. In: IHDP-Update 3, 53-58.
- Bohle, H.-G., Sakdapolrak, P. (2009): Chennai. Alltagskampf um Wasser, Nahrung und Gesundheit. In: Geographie und Schule 31 (181): 4-9.
- Butsch, C., Etzold, B., Sakdapolrak, P. (2009): The megacity resilience framework. UNU-EHS Policy Brief.
- Sakdapolrak, P. (2009): Alltagskampf um Gesundheit urbaner Armutsgruppen in Indien. DED Brief, 46 (3), 36-37
- Sakdapolrak, P. (2008): Jenseits von "Push and Pull". Internationale Arbeitsmigration als Strategie der Lebenssicherung in Thailand. In: Internationales Asien Forum, 39 (1/2), 81-105.
- Bohle, H.-G., Sakdapolrak, P. (2008): Leben mit der Krise. Vertreibung von Slumbewohnern in der Megacity Chennai, Indien. In: Geographische Rundschau, 60 (12), 12-21.
- Sakdapolrak, P., Butsch, C., Carter, R. L., Cojocaru, M.-D., Etzold, B., Kishor, N., Lacambra, C., Reyes, M. L., Sagala, S. (2008) The Megacity Resilience Framework. In: Source (10), 10-19.
- Seyler, T., Sakdapolrak, P., Prasad, S., Danraj, E. (2007): Domestic Unsealed Water Sources and Malaria Incidence: A Case Study from Chennai, South India. In: The Indian Geographical Journal, 82, 2, 117-126.
- Sakdapolrak, P. (2007): Water related health risks, social vulnerability and Pierre Bourdieu. In: Source (6), 50-59.
- Glaser, R., Lechner, M., Bohle, H.-G., Sauerborn, R., Louis V., Sakdapolrak, P. (2007): Wasserkrisen in der Megacity Chennai in Südindien In: Gebhardt, H., Glaser, R., Radtke, U. & Reuber, P. (Eds.): Geographie - Physische Geographie und Humangeographie. Spektrum, Heidelberg: 1009-1014.
- Nestle, M., Sakdapolrak, P., Bohle, H.-G., Glaser, R., Louis, V., Mistelbacher, J., Sauerborn, R., Gans, P., Lechner, M. (2007): Chennai: Umweltkrise und Gesundheitsrisiken in einer indischen Megacity. In: Rüdiger Glaser & Klaus Kremb (Eds.): Planet Erde, Band Asien. WGB, Darmstadt: 209-214.
- Sakdapolrak, P., Seyler, T. (2006): Water and Health: Struggling for survival in a South Indian Megacity. In: WHOCC Newsletter 10, 1-4.
- Sakdapolrak, P. (2005): Internationale Arbeitsmigration aus Thailand. Eine Fallstudie. In: Pacific News (23), 5-8.
- Sakdapolrak, P. (2002): Protection of women migrant workers. Policies of selected sending and receiving countries. World Bank. Jakarta.
- Sakdapolrak, P. (2000): Labour Diary 2001. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bangkok.
Journal articles - under review
- Afifi, T., Govil, R., Sakdapolrak, P., Warner, K.: Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility. Perspectives of refugees from the Horn of Africa. Geneva: UNHCR. (under review)
- Etzold, B., Jülich, S., Keck, M., Sakdapolrak, P., Schmitt, T., Zimmer, A.: Doing institutions. New trends in institutional theory and their relevance for development geography. In: Erdkunde. (under review)
- Greiner, C., Sakdapolrak, P.: Rural Urban Migration, agricultural change and the environment in Kenya. A literature review. In: Population and Environment.(under review)
- Promburom, P. und Sakdapolrak, P.: Where the rain falls. Human Mobility, Hunger and Climate Change. Case Study Report - Thailand. Bonn: UNU-EHS (under review).
- Zimmer, A. und Sakdapolrak, P.: The social practices of governing. Viewing waste water governance in Delhi’s slums with Foucault and Bourdieu. Urbanization and Environment ASIA. (under review)
Journal articles - work in progress
- Sakdapolrak, P.: Moving ahead in livelihoods research with Bourdieu's Theory of Practice. (work in progress)
Poster presentation
- Deutscher Geographentag 2007, Bayreuth
29.09.-05.October 2007
Posterpräsentation: „Aushandlung von Gesundheit im Kontext Megaurbaner Wasserkrisen. Das Beispiel Chennai, Südindien.“
- Internationale Konferenz: Towards Sustainable Global Health, Bonn
9th – 11th May 2007
Posterpresentation: “Vulnerability towards water related health risks in the Megacity of Chennai, South India” (with T. Seyler und J. Nandhini)
Presentation
- X Seminario Internationale di Geograpfia Medica “Salute e Solidarità”, Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Italy
16.-18. December 2010
Lecture title: “Health Vulnerability in the megacity Chennai, South India. How slum dwellers cope with ill-health”
- Kolloquium at the Zentrum für Entwicklungsländerforschung (ZELF) Free University, Berlin
14th December 2010
Lecture title: „Orte und Räume der Health Vulnerability. Krankheit und Gesundheit in Megaurbanen Slums von Chennai, Südindien“
- Seminar „Environment and Health“, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg
23rd November 2010
Lecture title: “Struggling for health in the megacity. Health vulnerability of slum dwellers in Chennai, South India”
- Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis Stadt im Entwicklungskontext, Erlangen
12.-13. November 2010
Lecture title: „Gesund in einer ungesunden Umwelt? Gesundheitsbezogene Verwundbarkeit von Slumbewohnern in der Megastadt Chennai, Südindien“
- Disputationsvortrag, Bonn
27. October 2010Lecture title: „Orte und Räume der Health Vulnerability. Bourdieus Theorie der Praxis für die Analyse von Krankheit und Gesundheit in Megaurbanen Slums von Chennai, Südindien“
- Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis Medizinische Geographie, Remagen
07.-09. October 2010
Lecture title: „Jenseits von Kontext und Komposition. Bourdieus angeeigneter physischer Raum für die Analyse von gesundheitsbezogener Ungleichheit“
- Workshop: Human Health and the Environment. Towards a new research agenda, Bonn
Lecture title: “Health Vulnerability Project. Objectives, Concepts and Methods” und „Health and Livelihoods. Struggling for Survival in a South Indian Megacity“
- IHDP Open Meeting 2008 “Social Challenges of Global Change”, Dehli, Indien
Panel: “Emerging urban vulnerabilities under climate change: Implications for health and human security”
16.-19. October 2008
Lecture title: “Health and Livelihoods. Struggling for Survival in a South Indian Megacity"
- Jahrestagung der Deutschen Epidemiologischen Gesellschaft, Bielefeld
Panel „Health in Megacities“
23.-24. September 2008
Lecture title: “The Burden and Economic Cost of ill-Health among Slum Dwellers in a South Indian Megacity”
- Diplomanden und Doktoranden Kolloquium, Geographisches Institut, Uni Bonn
17th July 2008
Lecture title: „Water and Health in the Magacity of Chennai“
- Midterm Workshop: Health vulnerability in Chennai. Towards a better understanding of urban health, IFP, Pondicherry, India
15th March 2008
Organisation des Workshops in Zusammenarbeit mit T. Seyler (IFP).
Lecture title: “Health vulnerability project: Concept, objectives and methods” und “Coping with ill-health by urban poor”. (Click here for online dokumentation)
- UNU-EHS Second Summer Academy for Social Vulnerability, Hohenkammer
22.-28. July 2007
“Megacities: Social vulnerability and resilience building”
Facilitator of the session “Creating a Megacity Resilience Framework”
(with B. Etzolt und K. von Deichmann)
- Sustainability Conference, University of Madras, Chennai, India
4.-7. January 2007
Lecture title: “Negotiating urban health in the context of mega urban water stress” - NCCR-NS/TPP2 Annual Workshop, Basel, Schweiz
(National Centre for Competence in Research North-South)
5. August 2006
Lecture title: „Verwundbarkeit gegenüber wasserbezogene Gesundheitsrisiken. Projektkonzeption“
- Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis Medizinische Geographie, Remagen
05.-07. October 2006
Lecture title: „Aushandlung von Gesundheit im Kontext mega-urbaner Wasserkrisen am Beispiel Chennai/Südindien“
- UNU-EHS First Summer Academy for Social Vulnerability, Hohenkammer
“Global water hotspots: water related social vulnerability and resilience-building”, Hohenkammer
23.-29. July 2006
Lecture title: “Negotiating urban health in the context of mega urban water stress”
- Geographischer Arbeitskreis Entwicklungsforschung (GAE),
Heidelberg July 2005
Lecture title: Globaler Umweltwandel und Gesundheit in Chennai, Südindien.
- Conference of the Scientific Research Group
on South East Asia, Göttingen
(Arbeitskreis Südostasien) June 2004
Lecture title: “Internationale Arbeitsmigration als Strategie der Lebenssicherung: Eine Fallstudie aus Nordost Thailand“
- Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft (HGG),
Heidelberg November 2004
Lecture title: “Internationale Arbeitsmigration als Strategie der Lebenssicherung: Das Beispiel Nordost Thailand“
Short CV
Postdoctoral researcher – since 2010
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Department of Geography
Research Project: Violent Regulation and Social-Ecological Transforamtion of Wetland Ecosystem in East Africa
(Funded by German Research Foundation)
Doctoral candidate – 2005-2010
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Department of Geography
Research Project: Adaptation Behaviour and Negotiation Processes. How the Vulnerable Cope with water related health Risks in Chennai, South India (Funded by German Research Foundation)
Titel of the thesis: Orte und Räume der Health Vulnerability. Bourdieus Theorie der Praxis für die Analyse von Krankheit und Gesundheit in megaurbanen Slums von Chennai, Südindien
Diplom in Geography – 1998-2004
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg
Major: Geography
Minors: Social Anthropology, Sociology
Degree: Diplom Geograph
Titel of the thesis: Internationale Arbeitsmigration als Lebensgestaltungsstrategie: Eine Fallstudie aus Nordost-Thailand
Master of Social Change and Development – 2001
University of Wollongong, Australia
Course of studies: Social Change and Development
Degree: Master of Social Change and Development
Heinrich-Heine Gymnasium, Kaiserslautern – 1989-1996
Degree: Abitur
Kasetsart University Laboratory School, Bangkok / Thailand – 1982-1989
Scholarship, grants
- Munich-Re-Foundation
Scholarship for field research in India December 2005 - April 2006 - Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation 2000 - 2004
Graduate programme - DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) March - May 2003
Scholarship for field research in Thailand
Memberships
Verband der Geographen an Deutschen Hochschulen (VGDH)
