Beth Palmer, MES student in Geography and Environmental Management

Beth is conducting fieldwork in Indonesia to understand the ways in which community-based tourism employs social capital in a post-disaster setting to facilitate recovery. She is affiliated with the SSHRC-funded project “Linking Tourism, Social/Cultural Capital, and Disaster Recovery: Comparative Perspectives from Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines” and will be working with Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. Beth is conducting a qualitative research study while enhancing both her academic and leadership skills. She will be working with two local research assistants to translate interviews, analyze data, and build her network in order to complete her master's thesis.

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Graduate Student International Experience award funds are available to University of Waterloo graduate students who participate in:

• an academic exchange
• a study term abroad related to research or an academic requirement
• work, or volunteer experience in another country.