| Title | Women Herders’ Changing Role in Mongolian Pastoralism |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Troy Sternberg (author) |
| Bayartogtokh Tserennadmid (author) | |
| Tugsbuyan Bayarbat(author) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.63308/63899870973021.ch04 |
| Landing page | https://www.whpress.co.uk/publications/product/rural-transitions-in-mongolia-and-central-asia/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| Copyright | Troy Sternberg, Bayartogtokh Tserennadmid, and Tugsbuyan Bayarbat |
| Publisher | The White Horse Press |
| Published on | 2026-02-15 |
| Page range | pp. 79–94 |
| Print length | 15 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Troy Sternberg. Extensive travel has inspired Troy’s research on desert regions, environments, and people. An interest in the diversity and culture of drylands informed his Ph.D. on pastoral environments in the Gobi Desert. As a geographer at the University of Oxford, he continues to explore desert themes through research in Mongolia, Central Asia and across global drylands. In publications, academic exchanges and the Oxford Desert Conference series, Troy’s work highlights contemporary changes and challenges in dryland areas.
Bayartogtokh Tserennadmid is a doctoral student in anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the National University of Mongolia. From 2010 to 2020, she taught Mongolian History and Ethnology at the Film Arts College and the Khuree Institute of Information Technology. From 2022, she has worked as a part-time researcher at the International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilisations. Since 2023, together with Daniel Murphy (University of Cincinnati, USA) and Ichinkhorloo Byambabaatar (National University of Mongolia), she has been studying changes in herders’ livelihoods.
Tugsbuyan Bayarbat is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the National University of Mongolia. Her research focuses on gender, the lived experiences of Mongolian herder women and the visual representation of nomadic culture in the face of rapid social and environmental change. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in both rural Mongolia and Ulaanbaatar, and is particularly interested in how tradition and visual cultures are maintained and transformed in Mongolia. Tugsbuyan has previously worked as a researcher and external relations coordinator at the International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilisations under the auspices of UNESCO.