Khang Pham

Overview

Khang (Maika) Pham studies how states turn climate change into a security problem, and what happens when they do. Her research interests are climate security, securitization theory and Vietnamese geopolitics, which she is pursuing as a PhD researcher in International Politics at City St George’s, University of London.

Her writing has appeared in The Diplomat and The Arctic Institute, alongside peer-reviewed work on Mekong River governance. Recent projects have taken her to energy geopolitics and AI governance, and earlier ones to the engagement of Asian states in the Arctic. She mainly works in Vietnamese and English.

She holds an MA in International Relations from Waseda University’s Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS), completed on a MEXT scholarship, and a BA in International Relations from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Before returning to academic research, she worked at Ipsos Vietnam as a research assistant.

Outside all this, she likes museums and ballet. Call her a cliché, but she will defend Swan Lake. One day there will be a cat.

Qualifications

• MA, Waseda University, Japan, 2023 - September 2025
• BA, Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam, September 2016 - December 2021

Postgraduate training

• Research Student (non-degree), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, April - September 2023

Employment

• Seminar Manager, Waseda University, Japan, October 2024 - February 2025
• Teaching Assistant, Waseda University, Japan, October 2023 - February 2024
• Graduate Researcher, Waseda University, Japan, April 2023 - September 2025
• Research Assistant, Ipsos (Vietnam), Vietnam, July 2022 - March 2023
• Research Intern, Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam, January - August 2021

Languages

English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), Spanish - Latin American (can read, write, speak, understand spoken) and Vietnamese (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)

1^stsupervisor

• Dr Sasikumar Sundaram, Senior Lecturer

2^ndsupervisor

• Dr Neil Loughlin, Senior Lecturer