2026 SAS Summer School — Applications Closed
Applications closed on 27 May 2026
An intensive training programme for final-year master's students and recent graduates preparing for advanced academic and research pathways. The Summer School serves as the initial phase of the Highland Institute's 12-month Postgraduate Certificate in Research (PGCertR).
Duration: 15 June – 31 August 2026 · Free of charge
Applications closed
Exploring WWII Memories in Highland Borderlands
War Residues explores how memories of the Second World War continue to circulate through everyday objects and oral histories in the highland borderlands of Nagaland and Myanmar. The project focuses on wartime objects—aircraft debris, weapons, and tools—repurposed by local communities.
Fieldwork in Noklak, Meluri, and Kiphire documenting endangered oral histories from war witnesses.
Illustrated booklet & academic publications forthcoming
Ekologos: A Global Environmental Project
Has the Amazon rainforest's destruction reached a tipping point?
Prof. Luiz Marques, member of the Ekologos project funded by the Highland Institute and the Norwegian Directorate of Higher Education, investigates tipping points that could trigger cascading climate effects, such as shifting rainfall patterns, intensifying wildfires, and accelerating continental forest loss in the Amazon rainforest.
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MyCClimate
Community Responses to Climate Change in Highland Asia
Funded by the Danish Institute of International Studies, the MyCClimate project at the Highland Institute explores community-driven strategies addressing climate impacts on local livelihoods and ecosystems in Highland Asia, emphasizing resilience, adaptation, and indigenous environmental knowledge.
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Tasting Tomorrow
Cultural Heritage and Climate Change Through Food
Highland Institute researchers Tümüzo Katiry, Akumtong Imchen, and Saktum Wonti investigated how cultural heritage can adapt to climate change through food and cuisine, preparing popular Naga dishes with ingredients likely available after 50 years of climate change.
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PluriMed
Entangled Medical Futures: Health in Climate-Altered Highland Asia
Dr. Michael T. Heneise leads an international workshop at the University of Edinburgh exploring how indigenous and plural medical systems respond to climate-driven health challenges, highlighting sustainable care practices and innovative community health strategies.
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