Recent Work

Publications

Pongen, O. (2023). Reconceptualizing Carbon Datafication through Indigeneity. Digital Geography and Society, 4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diggeo.2023.100053

Pongen, O., Bosman, M. (2023). Epistemologies of Land Relations in India’s Tribal Frontier. The South Asianist Journal, 9, 23-42. http://www.southasianist.ed.ac.uk/article/view/6965

Pongen, O. (2022). Climate Action and Indigenous Land Relations: A Case Study in Nagaland, Northeastern India. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/9807

Pongen, O., (UR). The Privatization of Customary Tenures: Ecodevelopmentalism in the Global South. Conservation and Society.

Presentations

American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2019 conference in Washington D.C. – presented a paper entitled, “The neoliberalization of climate action: A precautionary critique from Nagaland, India”, for the session on Recognizing Alternative Values in Market-Based Conservation Programs and Policies I: Discursive Contestations. Available at: https://aag.secure-abstracts.com/AAG%20Annual%20Meeting%202019/abstracts-gallery/19726

AAG 2018 conference in New Orleans – presented a paper entitled, “Climate Finance Imbalances and Operationalization under the Clean Development Mechanism”, for the session on Climate Governance. Available at: https://aag.secure-abstracts.com/AAG%20Annual%20Meeting%202018/abstracts-gallery/12808

Certificates

Linear Regression for Business Analytics: Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business – Link to Certificate

CCUS Executive Certificate for Carbon Management in Energy: University of Houston – Link to Certificate

Certified Online Instructor: University of South Florida – Link to Certificate

Health and Safety in Business + Climate Change Workplace Impacts – Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Low Carbon Fuels: Worley Group Inc. Houston

Certified Physical and Social Science Responsible Conduct of Research: CITI

Certified Advanced Security in the Field: UNDSS

Certified Field Security Awareness: UNESCO

Grants and Fellowships

Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Fred L. and Helen M. Tharp Endowed Scholarship

Brock-Woodstock Scholarship

Voluntary Experience

eMentorship Program to Met Office: University of Nottingham

Spread the Net Campaign for Malaria: Ontario

Amnesty International: India