Ms. NHONG Sodavy is a research assistant at the Center of Natural Resources and Environment, who has joined CDRI in 2020. Sodavy was an outstanding student with a bachelor's degree in Development Studies, minoring in Natural Resource Management and Development, and another degree in Professional Communication from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). As an early career female researcher, Davy has experience working on various research projects relating to climate change adaptation, water governance and management, gender and local community empowerment, renewable energy, and other fields of social science research studies. Currently, she is involved in a team in different research studies focusing on Water Diplomacy in Langcang Mekong, and Towards Zero-Carbon in Asia Region. Her research interest lies in critical fields of resource governance and environmental economy.