Shio Lim is a second year Ph.D. student in the department of Sociology and a 2024 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar. This leadership development program is for full-time doctoral students from historically marginalized backgrounds who can connect how their background, identity, or lived experiences have positioned them to contribute to the goals of the program, including bringing unique and diverse perspectives to their research.
Shio’s intended research focus:
In an era defined by accelerated climate change, rising temperatures, and a heightened frequency of climate-related disasters, Shio’s research is interested in investigating how individuals are negotiating reproductive decisions amid an increasingly uncertain future. As the climate crisis continues to expose and exacerbate existing inequities, familiar questions arise about who society deems worthy of health, life, and intergenerational transmission. Recent U.S. policies and actions, from the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade to restrictions on the EPA’s authority to enforce U.S. climate goals, have motivated Shio (she/they) to seek reproductive justice and climate justice through systems-level change, aiming to bridge the gaps between research, policy, and communities most vulnerable to the climate crisis.
More about Shio:
As a working-class immigrant from Yangon, Myanmar, Shio grew up around her family’s dinner table where, every Saturday for over two decades, members of the Myanmar diaspora gathered to feast and talk politics, spirituality, and struggle. Shio hopes to build on this legacy at HPRS by building community and shaping the future through policy and research.
