Khant Sandar Htet

Khant Sandar Htet studied agriculture at Yezin Agricultural University in Myanmar (Bachelor). In 2017, she received her Master's degree in Sustainable International Agriculture from the University of Göttingen and the University of Kassel. Although she started her career in teaching, she was also trained as a researcher. As a qualified agricultural scientist, she has worked on a variety of research projects in plant breeding, physiology and ecology. As a PhD student with a DAAD scholarship, she is now part of the SEIAS research group.

Htet has not only the enthusiasm but also a practical mindset on topics such as agrobiodiversity, climate change, ecosystems, and ecosystem services. Her past work has included plant biodiversity in rural home gardens. However, it is primarily in fieldwork that she has gained experience with socially engaged research methods such as Participatory Variety Selection in different areas of Myanmar. At SEIAS, she is working on her PhD thesis with the working title "Assessing local communities' knowledge of cultural ecosystem services and socio-ecological vulnerabilities to climate change in the Inle Lake region".