Clare Steiner

Clare Steiner is a Research Associate in the Gender, Environment, and Development cluster at SEI Asia. Clare joined SEI as an intern in August 2023 and became a Research Associate in February 2024. She researches the interactions of environmental/climate change, migration and human mobility, gender and social equity, and resource contestation with a focus on Asia and the Pacific. She is particularly interested in rights recognition, good governance, and justice.

Before joining SEI, she worked as a consultant with the Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS) at Chulalongkorn University, researching resource politics and human (im)mobility dynamics in Northeastern Thailand. She has held a variety of research and program support roles in local, national, and international NGOs in the US advancing youth empowerment, refugee and immigrant integration, and diplomatic engagement.

Clare holds an M.A. in International Development Studies from Chulalongkorn University. She was named a Rotary Global Scholar in peace and conflict in 2022.