Prof. Jayant K. Routray : IAGR Conference 2024
Professor Emeritus, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
Professor Jayant Kumar Routray has been bestowed with the title of Professor Emeritus, approved at the AIT Board of Trustees meeting on 30 August 2018. Prof. Routray joined the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) as an Assistant Professor in June 1988. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1993 and Professor in 2005, serving as a faculty member for 29 years, including 12 years as a Professor. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Geography (Hons) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India, in 1974, followed by a Master’s of Science in Geography from the same university in 1976. He obtained his Master’s in Regional Planning from IIT Kharagpur in 1979 and a Ph.D. from Utkal University in 1987.
Prof. Routray’s publication record includes approximately 150 publications, with 62 papers in international refereed journals, 20 research papers in national and regional journals, 22 book chapters, 25 research monographs/books, manuals and proceedings, 12 papers in conference proceedings, 5 project/workshop reports, and 8 non-refereed publications.
At AIT, Prof. Routray has served in various capacities, including the Academic Senate Chair (elected) from June 2012 to May 2014, coordinator of two interschool and interdisciplinary academic programs, and Director of the ASEAN Regional Centre of Excellence on Millennium Development Goals (ARCMDG) from May 2008 to August 2010.
Title of Talk:
Research Methods and Techniques: Reflection on Innovative Applications in Selected Areas of Geography
Abstract
In any discipline, the research method and techniques are continuously evolving and keep changing applications depending on the selection of a research problem with respect to traditional boundary and the changing needs of contemporary issues. Geography discipline is no exception to it. Geography has two major areas of studies – Physical and Human Geography with a large number of branches and sub branches. Field research tools and techniques, and application of specific techniques – qualitative and quantitative drive broadly the basic research method of a selected problem. In addition, the social science research methods are equally used and applicable in geography on different topics related to human geography. Analytical research method and techniques are also applied in geographical research, which are based on the use of statistical and other specific quantitative techniques. The research may use secondary or primary data or both that requires a complex methodology with a variety of techniques. With common tools and techniques, the application may lead to innovative approach as a contribution in research. This paper attempts to discuss and illustrate on different research techniques as applied in different fields such as Transport and Development Geography, and Natural Disaster related studies.
