Univ.-Prof. Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak
Department of Geography and Regional Research
Universitätsstraße 7/5
1010 Wien
Tel.: +43-1-4277-48730
Biography
My research field is at the interface of population dynamics, environmental change and development processes, with a focus on the topics of migration and displacement as well as health and disease. The central theme of my research is the question of how vulnerable groups live with risk. My Ph.D. thesis is based on field research in slum settlements in India, where the inhabitants have significant higher mortality and morbidity rates than the rest of the urban population. I have investigated how these poor urban groups cope with and adapt to environmental and social stresses. My current research on migration-environment relationships in Kenya and Thailand addresses the question how migration alters the way people at places of origin deal with the environment and climate change. I have the aim to pursue sound theoretical and empirical research which is relevant for wider society. I have studied Geography and Development Research in Heidelberg and Wollongong, Australia, and received my doctorate degree at Bonn University.
Research Interests
- Conceptual: vulnerability, resilience, livelihoods, translocality, Bourdieu's Practice-Theory
- Thematic: human-environment-relations, migration and displacement, health and disease
- Regional: South Asia (India), South-East Asia (Thailand), East Africa (Kenia)
Publications
Sakdapolrak P, Raupp S, Fabian T. Armut, Nahrung und Gesundheit. Alltägliche Herausforderungen verwundbarer Gruppen in Indiens Städten. In China und Indien im 21. Jahrhundert. Selbstverlag Fach Geographie der Universität Passau. 2012. p. 109-125. (Passauer Kontaktstudium Geographie, Vol. 12).
Sakdapolrak P, Afifi T, Govil R, Warner K. Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility. Perspectives of refugees from the Horn of Africa. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), 2012. (Report / United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); No. 1).
Sakdapolrak P, Etzold B, Jülich S, Keck M, Schmitt T, Zimmer A. Doing institutions. New trends in institutional theory and their relevance for development geography. Erdkunde: Archiv für wissenschaftliche Geographie. 2012;66(3):185-195. doi: 10.3112/erdkunde.2012.03.01
Sakdapolrak P, Rademacher-Schulz C, Afifi T, Warner K, Rosenfeld T, Milan A et al. Rainfall variability, food security and human mobility: An approach for generating empirical evidence. Bonn: United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), 2012. 109 p. (Interdisciplinary security connections : InterSecTions; No. 10).
Sakdapolrak P, Zimmer A. The social practices of governing. Analysing waste water governance in a Delhi slum. Environment and Urbanization Asia. 2012;3(2):325-341. doi: 10.1177/0975425312473228
Sakdapolrak P, Butsch C, Saravanan VS. Urban health in India. Internationales Asienforum. 2012;43(1-2):13-32.
Sakdapolrak P, Butsch C, Saravanan VS. Urban health in South Asia. Internationales Asienforum. 2012;43(1-2):7-12.
Sakdapolrak P, Promburom P. "Where the Rain Falls" project. Case study: Thailand: Results from Thung Hua Chang District, Northern Thailand. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), 2012. (Report / United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); No. 7).
Sakdapolrak P, Ergler RC, Bohle HG, Kearns R. Entitlements to health care: Why is there a preference for private facilities among poorer residents of Chennai, India? Social Science & Medicine. 2011;72(3):327-337. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.042
Sakdapolrak P, Seyler T, Prasad SS. Measuring the local burden of diarrhoeal disease among slum dwellers in the megacity Chennai, South India. In Krämer A, Khan MH, Kraas F, editors, Health in megacities and urban areas. Springer. 2011. p. 87-100
Sakdapolrak P, Butsch C. Geographien von Gesundheit in Entwicklungsländern. Geographische Rundschau (GR). 2010;(7-8):12-17.
Sakdapolrak P. 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, 2010. (Freiburger Studien zur Geographischen Entwicklungsforschung, Vol. 38).
Sakdapolrak P, Butsch C. Sonne, Strand und Skalpell. Neue Dimensionen des medizinischen Tourismus. Geographische Rundschau (GR). 2010;(7-8):47.
Sakdapolrak P. Vom Überlebenskampf zur kulturellen Praktik. Eine Fallstudie zur internationalen Arbeitsmigration aus Thailand. In Reese N, Welkmann J, editors, Das Echo der Migration: Wie Auslandsmigration die Gesellschaft im globalen Süden verändert. Horlemann Verlag . 2010. p. 50-59
Sakdapolrak P, Bohle HG. Alltagskampf um Wasser, Nahrung und Gesundheit. Geographie und Schule. 2009;31(181):4-9.
Sakdapolrak P, Butsch C, Etzold B. The megacity resilience framework. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), 2009.
Sakdapolrak P. Jenseits von "Push and Pull". Internationale Arbeitsmigration als Strategie der Lebenssicherung in Thailand. Internationales Asienforum. 2008;39(1/2):81-105.
Sakdapolrak P, Bohle HG. Leben mit der Krise. Vertreibung von Slumbewohnern in der Megacity Chennai, Indien. Geographische Rundschau (GR). 2008;60(12):12-21.
Sakdapolrak P, Butsch C, Carter RL, Cojocaru MD, Etzold B, Kirschor N et al. The megacity resilience framework. In Bohle HG, Warner K, editors, Megacities: Resilience and Social Vulnerability. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). 2008. p. 10-19. (SOURCE Studies Of the University: Research, Counsel, Education; No. 10).
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