Category Archives: Summer Field Workshops

Spring 2024 LIASE China field trip

LUCE Spring trip 2024, Summer Field Workshops

Click HERE to view the official website for spring 2024 trip in China

Introduction:

A group comprising 7 faculty members and 14 students embarked on a transformative two-week journey during spring break, delving into an immersive study expedition across diverse cities along the Yangtze River in China. Research endeavors encompassed an array of subjects, including urban planning in riverside locales, experimentation with crayfish-rice field dynamics, exploration of agricultural systems within the middle section of the Yangtze River valley, assessment of the Three Gorges Dam’s ramifications on local communities, and the conscientious development of ethical tourism initiatives.

China Liase 2024 Spring Trip

Summer Intensive Field Workshops in China

Summer Field Workshops

Introduction

This summer field workshop, a key activity for our LIASE Implementation project, is designed to establish an institutional structure that brings together American and Chinese faculty and students representing a variety of disciplines in confronting major environmental problems. This initiative stems from the common teaching/research experiences at Vassar and our partner universities. For example, Vassar College has organized multidisciplinary studies of a local waterway, the Casperkill, where environmental scientists from Chemistry, Biology, and Geography have worked with students in ongoing, a joint study of water quality and related matters. Both ECNU and CCNU have a tradition of intensive field study summer sessions, during which students and faculty work together to examine environmental or social problems from a multidisciplinary perspective. These workshops draw on preexisting experience and structures, but enhance both by adding the dimension of international collaboration.

-Summer 2018: Water and City @ ECNU, Shanghai

-Summer 2019: Land and Agriculture @ ECNU, Shanghai

program paused due to the covid

-Summer 2023: Agriculture and Environment @NTU and NPUST, Taiwan