Puschiasis Ornella

Puschiasis Ornella is a Lecturer in Geography at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), specializing in the Department of South Asian and Tibetan Studies. Her work focuses on environmental geography, particularly the social geography of water and climate change impacts in the Himalayas.

• Research Affiliation: CESSMA (Centre d'études en sciences sociales du monde asiatique)
• Key Research Themes: Environmental changes, water management, translocal knowledge circulation, and socio-spatial recomposition in migration contexts.

Her recent publications emphasize interdisciplinary approaches combining qualitative and quantitative data to study snow dynamics, glacial meltwater geochemistry, and the water-energy-food nexus in Everest-region tourism. She has conducted fieldwork in Nepal and collaborated on projects like SOCLIM (Rhin-Meuse Watershed) and ANR PRESHINE.

Teaching: Delivers courses on South Asian-Himalayan geography, environmental issues, and social sciences methodology. Co-responsable for the Environment track and CESSMA Asia research area.