Current Projects

Reviewing Almost Five Decades of Japan’s Science Diplomacy in Southeast Asia: Trends and Future Outlook

FUNDING: Sumitomo Foundation Grant for Japan-Related Research Projects

Developing Capacity for Post-typhoon Disaster Waste Management in Coastal Cities in Fiji and the Philippines

FUNDING: Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

Monitoring and Rehabilitation of Mangroves by Youth Councils in Pagadian, Philippines

Glenn Fernandez (Principal Investigator), Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University – Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Noelynna Ramos, University of the Philippines National Institute for Geological Sciences (UP NIGS); Maria Cecilia Ferolin, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT); Mario Alayon, Saint Columban College (SCC); FUNDING: Takagi Fund for Citizen Science

Applicability of Japan’s Tsunami Tendenko in Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Glenn Fernandez (Principal Investigator), Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University – Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Takako Izumi, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University; Khairul Munadi & Rina Oktari, Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC), Syiah Kuala University; FUNDING: Japan Foundation Asia Center

Inclusion of Business Continuity Management (BCM) into the Curricula of Business Schools in the Philippines

Glenn Fernandez (Principal Investigator), Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University – Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Marqueza Reyes, Asian Institute of Management; Noralene Uy, Ateneo de Manila University; Efren Barillo, Misamis University; FUNDING: Sichuan University Introduced Talent Scientific Research Start-up Fund

Tsunami Risk Perception and Tsunami Evacuation Strategies in Pagadian, Philippines

Glenn Fernandez (Principal Investigator), Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University – Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Maria Cecilia Ferolin, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT); Mario Alayon, Saint Columban College (SCC); Noelynna Ramos, University of the Philippines National Institute for Geological Sciences (UP NIGS); FUNDING: Sichuan University Introduced Talent Scientific Research Start-up Fund

Compilation of Asian Case Studies on Youth Participation in Disaster Recovery

Glenn Fernandez (Co-Principal Investigator), Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University – Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Rajib Shaw (Co-Principal Investigator), Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus