Dr. Louis Lebel is an interdisciplinary researcher with 25 years experience working in Southeast Asia. He has on-going research interests in ecology, epidemiology and public health, livelihoods, political science, climate change, risk communication and environmental governance. He has led several multi-centre, multi-country, studies and contributed significantly to several long-lasting research networks in the Southeast Asia region including the Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience (M-POWER), the Sustainable Mekong Region Network (SUMERNET), as well as the Global Environmental Change Programmes under IHDP, IGBP and now Future Earth. He has also mentored, advised and trained many young researchers. Special areas of expertise include quantitative and qualitative methods, research study design and writing. For further details of activities see: www.sea-user.orgEmail: louis@sea-user.org