Dr. Yvonne Su is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University. Dr. Su is an interdisciplinary migration and international development scholar with research expertise on forced migration, queer migration, post-disaster recovery, climate change adaptation, climate change-induced mobility, migrant remittances, and social capital. Dr. Su holds a PhD in Political Science and International Development from the University of Guelph and a Masters in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford.
Dr. Su has over a decade of experience researching post-disaster recovery, climate change adaptation and climate change-induced mobility in the Philippines, Bangladesh, Canada and Greenland. Her recent research is focused on the under-researched topic of climate change-induced internal displacement and migration. Specifically, she is researching this topic in Canada, the Philippines and Indonesia. In the Philippines and Indonesia, Dr. Su is focused on examining how the green revolution of electric cars in the Global North is impacting the climate change adaptation capabilities of indigenous communities on the frontlines of climate change.Since 2019, Dr. Su has undertaken high-risk research into the homophobia, xenophobia, transphobia, and gender-based violence experienced by Venezuelan LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented migrants in the unstable border cities of Pacaraima, Boa Vista, and Manaus in Brazil and Cúcuta in Colombia. As an interdisciplinary migration expert with a family history of displacement, Dr. Su’s research agenda is dedicated to asking contemporary migration questions within the context of Global South migration with a focus on vulnerable groups in marginalized communities and the decolonization of research and knowledge creation.
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