Blogs

Although I have graduated more than a year ago, from time to time I still think about the wonderful years of MESPOM. Apart from meeting interesting and clever classmates, I've got excellent academic training in the field of environmental management and policy, especially during my study in IIIEE, Lund University.

I am Saatvika Rai, from India, from MESPOM class 2005-07. Currently I am a PhD candidate at the Political Science Department, University of Kansas (USA). I am also a graduate teaching assistant and teach international relations to undergraduate students. My areas of specialization are Public Policy and Comparative Politics, with a minor in Research Methods. My research interests are climate change adaptation and I am keen to explore climate refugees or migration, especially in Africa.

My name is Nga Nguyen and I am a second year student of MESPOM (2010-2012)

We (Anastasiya Idrisova and Alvin Chandra, Batch 4 2008-2010) are pleased to share our recent publication, “Convention on Biological Diversity: a review of national challenges and opportunities for implementation” in the Biodiversity Conservation Journal.

Njisuh Feka from Batch 3 (2007-2009) is currently volunteering as project development officer for the United Kingdom base charity African Conservation for Development Foundation (ACDEF). In this position, he is principally responsible for identifying and proposing suitable project ideas in the nexus of biodiversity conservation and development in West-Central Africa and participating in the development of fund-raising proposals.

I am in Oxford, working as a research fellow at the Stockholm Enviromental Insitute on climate change adaptation. I focus mainly on ecosystem-based adaptation and processes of robust decision making and adaptive governance. I work in the context of developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia (so lots of traveling to interesting places.

After returning to Hungary, to my home country, for the birth of my son, I continued to work for Greenpeace.

From January to June 2011, I was coordinating Greenpeace's activities during the Hungarian EU Presidency.This meant lots of lobby and expert work, and gathering and filtering loads of information.

After having met in Europe a few years ago, Nguyen Nhu Hue (MESPOM Batch 2) and Tatirose Vijitpan (MESPOM Batch 4) now become colleagues at the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in Vientiane , Lao PDR.

I am  Peter Kiryushin, a first year MESPOM student (2010-2012). I had quite a few reasons for chosing MESPOM. After graduating from the School of Public Administration of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (LMSU), I decided to become an environmental professional. I worked as a junior research fellow at the LMSU, and also did some project work for the Moscow Institute of International Relations and the Russian Association for Biofuels.

My name is Elena Kmetova and I am a MESPOM Batch 4 recent graduate, who could also be found dwelling the Environmental Systems Laboratory for three long semesters.