Sheryn See has been awarded her Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree for her thesis, Humanitarian Responses to Complex Displacement Crises. Her research examined how humanitarian responses can better serve communities trapped in overlapping cycles of disaster, conflict, and climate-induced displacement.
Sheryn’s thesis reviewed how climate change, disasters, and conflict increasingly intertwine to drive what she and her co-authors term “complex displacement”, and drew on interviews with humanitarian practitioners in the Philippines to understand how organisations classify displacement and decide when and how to respond. During her candidature, Sheryn also undertook a placement with the International Organization for Migration as a Climate Displacement Specialist, supporting development of the Risk Index for Climate Displacement. Sheryn is now working as a Water Resources Engineer at GHD. Congratulations Sheryn!