Your Community Partner: Hosting Research Teams
GerHub actively hosts international visitors, researchers, and students (individuals and teams), acting as a local partner for their research endeavors of ger areas as part of its aim to bring international interest and find uncommon solutions together. Our expertise ranges from social infrastructure, education, and mobility to heating and any issues relevant to the ger areas and its communities.
The GerHub team can partner with the visitors with the following support options. Please inquire by email if you would be interested in a form of collaboration not listed — we are excited to work with you!
Ger Area Tour
GerHub organizes ger area tours for those who would like to explore Ulaanbaatar and ger areas as urban settlements. Tours can be tailored to your interests, needs, and time considerations, ranging from general overviews to in-depth explorations around the ger areas. Additionally, you can explore Mongolian culture in urban settings through the GerBnB Project and participate in Mongolian households’ daily life.
Field Research: Data Collection
GerHub has experience in hosting researchers and students from universities and research institutes around the world. Based on your needs and scope of work, the GerHub team is flexible in assisting you with data collection (qualitative and quantitative) around the ger areas and has access to local partners for additional support and resources.
Community Engagement
GerHub team has expertise in conducting focus group discussions or community roundtables through creative approaches. Our involvement at the local level ensures constructive but interactive discussions and interviews to collect or verify the qualitative data and address your questions to provide meaningful insight into the thoughts of local community members.
If you are:
Research or educational institutions and students teams researching topics related to ger areas or looking for engaging activities during your stay in Ulaanbaatar to deepen your understanding of the city.
Individual researchers, visitors, or scholars who are writing a thesis or conducting research in Ulaanbaatar’s ger areas.
If you are interested in getting involved, please fill out the simple form below or directly contact us at info@gerhub.org! We will get back to you as soon as possible!
GerHub has experience in field research and local partnership:
Ongoing:
The University of Hong Kong and Rural Urban Framework, 2016 – Present
University College London, 2019 – Present
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, 2022-2023
Past:
MIT, Anthropology and Engineering, 2023
The University of Minnesota, Entrepreneurship, 2022
Fulbright Specialist Program, 2022
Young President’s Organization ASEAN United, 2019
University of Pennsylvania
Center for Environmental Building and Design, 2017, 2018
Wharton Business School, 2018, 2019
MIT D-Lab and Stanford Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, 2017
Years Experience
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