Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Faculty Fellow
Dr. Yvonne Su is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Rights and Equity Studies at York University, a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Research Fellow at Oxford’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS). Her interdisciplinary expertise spans forced migration, climate change adaptation and climate (im)mobilities. Her research adopts a policy-oriented and community-based approach with a focus on the Global South. Dr. Su has secured over $12 million in external research funding, including three multi-million-dollar climate grants examining climate adaptation in the Philippines, India, Ghana, Canada, and the Arctic.
Dr. Su has published over 30 refereed journal articles in Q1 journals like the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Gender, Place & Culture, Journal of Gender Studies, Regional Environmental Change, International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geoforum, and Third World Quarterly. She has also written for Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, LA Times, Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star. Her research has been cited by the IPCC, UNDP, ICRC, and IOM, influencing global policy debates on climate adaptation and human rights. She was also one of 19 global experts responsible for drafting the UNHCR’s Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change.
Research keywords:
Forced displacement; humanitarian assistance; queer migration; international development; humanitarian emergencies
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Active |
Events |
'Voices on the Move' Podcast Launch Party |
Related Work | |
Updates |
2024 Year in Review | December 19, 2024
Recap – Voices on the Move Podcast Launch | November 12, 2024 Dahdaleh Researchers Receive $5.9M From New Frontiers Research Fund to Support Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Efforts | June 4, 2024 Student Opportunity – Dean's Award for Research Excellence | February 1, 2024 York Researchers Receive Federal Funding for Knowledge Mobilization Projects | October 30, 2023 Climate Change Research Month showcases York as community of changemakers | March 1, 2023 Recap – The Protection Gaps that Venezuelan LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers Face in Brazil | October 20, 2022 |
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