Engagement of Malaysian Studies in Australian Universities · The State of Malaysian Studies in Australian Universities Courses A survey of course handbooks within 40 Australian universities

EngagementofMalaysianStudiesinAustralianUniversities

AreviewintothefuturestrategyoftheANUMalaysiaInstitute

ReportdraftedfortheAustralianNationalUniversityMalaysiaInstitute

AspartoftheAustralianNationalInternshipProgram

TonyGu(U5810813)October2017

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Contents1. Contents 22. ListofAcronyms 33. Acknowledgements 44. ExecutiveSummary 5

4.1. SummaryofKeyFindings 55. Introduction 6

5.1. Methodology 66. TheStateofMalaysianStudiesinAustralianUniversities 7

6.1. Courses 76.2. Researchgrants 86.3. InstitutionalEngagement 96.4. StudentMobility 10

6.4.1. Exchangepartnerships 106.4.2. NewColomboPlan 10

6.5. Researchers 117. FactorsContributingtoCurrentLevelsofEngagement 12

7.1. GeneralInterest 127.2. Finance 137.3. Researchers 137.4. ANUMalaysianStudents 147.5. ANUStudents 14

8. Recommendations 159. Conclusion 1710. Bibliography 1911. Appendix 22

11.1. ListofCourses 2211.2. ListofResearchGrants 2611.3. ListofExchangePartners 3011.4. ListofNewColomboPlanMobilityGrants 3211.5. ListofResearchers 3611.6. ListofFormalInterviewees 4311.7. ListofUniversitiesSurveyed 43

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ListofAcronymsACU AustralianCatholicUniversityANU AustralianNationalUniversityRMIT RoyalMelbourneInstituteofTechnologyUNSW UniversityofNewSouthWalesUQ UniversityofQueenslandUTS UniversityofTechnologySydneyASEAN AssociationofSouthEastAsianNationsDFAT DepartmentofForeignAffairsandTradeARC AustralianResearchCouncilASAA AssociationforAsianStudiesAustraliaMSO MalaysianStudentsOrganisationKUAC KelabUMNOAustraliaCanberraMASCA MalaysianStudents’CouncilofAustraliaMAFTA MalaysiaAustraliaFreeTradeAgreementEMA EducationMalaysiaAustraliaMASSA MalaysiaandSingaporeSocietyofAustralia

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AcknowledgmentsFirstandforemost,IamindebtedtoMsLeilaKouatlyforpenningmyreferenceletterforthisinternship.Withouther,Iwouldnotbeabletopartakeinthisprogram.IwouldliketoextendmygratitudetomysupervisorDr.RossTapsellforhispatience,guidance,forsupervisingmethroughoutthissemesterattheANUMalaysiaInstitute,providingmewiththeforesightandvisionnecessarytocompletethisreport,andcontinuousacademicguidance.IamgratefulforMr.SamuelBashfieldforhostingmeattheANURegionalInstitutesHubandmakingmefeelwelcomeduringtheinternship.IamsincerelygratefultothankthoseontheANUMalaysiaInstituteboardforallowingmetoparticipateintheInstitute,andinparticular,DrAmritaMalhiandDr.JohnFunstonfortheirincrediblewisdomandexperiencethattheysharedwithme.IwouldalsoliketothankMsJennahRoubichaudforheraidandknowledgeinstudentmobilityprogramsandforsharingthatwithme.Finally,Iwouldliketothankmyfamilyandfriendsfortheirrelentlessprovisionofemotionalsupportthroughoutthisinternship.

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ExecutiveSummaryTheAustralia-MalaysiarelationshipiscrucialtoAustralia’ssecurity,economy,andengagementwiththewiderASEANandAsiaregion.Despitethis,engagementinMalaysianstudiesinAustralianuniversitiesremainsvaried.ThisreportfoundthatwithinAustralianuniversities,onlyonecourseisdedicatedtoMalaysianstudies:“MalaysianLawandPractice”atBondUniversity.21universitiesofferatotalof66coursesthatfeatureMalaysiawithintheircoursecontent,coveringmultipledisciplines,including,thehumanities,law,businessandeconomics,education,andlanguages.Afurtherbreakdownofthedatafoundthat73%ofcoursesfeaturedprominentlyalongsideothercountriesinAsia.Furthermore,researchgrantsfundedbytheAustraliangovernmentsuchastheARCgrants,andEndeavourScholarshipandFellowshipgrantssupportresearchinMalaysianstudies.Additionally,theANUMalaysiaInstituteistheonlyresearchcentreinAustraliathatissolelydevotedtoMalaysianstudies.WhilethreeAustralianuniversitieshaveinternationalbranchesinAustralia,thereisarestronglinkagesbetweenuniversitiesinAustraliaandMalaysia.Currently,thereare24Australianuniversitiesthatofferexchangeprogramsto23Malaysianhighereducationinstitutions.Furthermore,theDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTradewillinvestheavilyinstudentmobilitytoMalaysiain2018,providinggrantsto835studentsacrossAustralianuniversities.Finally,amongresearchersthereisastrongtendencytopursueMalaysianstudiesinthesocialsciencesdiscipline,andanevenstrongertendencytopursueothergeographicalfocusesalongsideMalaysia.Thefactorsthatcontributetothislevelofengagementarelargelyduetoalackoffinancialsupport,lackofinterest,andshiftinprioritytotheacademicsupportofIndonesia.Amongresearchers,thereisalackofincentivesoropportunitiestopursueMalaysianstudies,aswellas,aninstitutionalnervousnesstoresearchsensitivetopics.AmongANUMalaysianstudents,thereisadisinterestandlevelofself-censorshipinengagingwithMalaysianstudies,inadditiontoapreferencefordisciplinesofengineering,business,andmedicine.AmongstANUstudentsthereisalowinteresttostudyMalaysia,andistheresultofanabsenceofdedicatedcoursesandlecturersonMalaysia,lackofexchangeagreementswithuniversitiesinMalaysia,andtheabsenceofMalaylanguageandMalaysia-relatedteachingcontentinrelevantcourses.ThisreportprovidesthefollowingrecommendationsfortheANUMalaysiaInstitute:1:Seekalternativesourcesoffinance,2:Connectwithvariousstakeholderorganisations,3:Utilisetheupcoming2018MalaysiaUpdate,4:Developonlineengagement,5:ConnectwithundergraduatestudentsthroughANUstudentgroupsrelevanttoMalaysianstudies,6:DevelopexchangetiesandresearchpartnershipswithMalaysianHigherEducationinstitutions,7:Pushforafull-timepaidstaffmemberfocusedprimarilyonMalaysianstudiestoleadtheInstitute,and8:Promoteinterdisciplinarycollaboration.

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IntroductionAustraliahasmaintainedacloserelationshipwithMalaysiasincetheBritishMalayaperiod.TheANU’spredecessortotheCollegeofAsiaandthePacific,theSchoolofOrientalLanguages,wasformedin1852,withBahasaMalayasoneofitscorefourlanguagestaught.ThisisareflectionoftheearlyimportancethattheANUplacedonMalaysianstudiesandtheearlybilateralrelationship,andwaslateronceagainemphasisedin2016withtheformationoftheANUMalaysiaInstitute.However,inthetwentyfirstcenturyinterestandengagementinMalaysianstudieshascontinuedtodecreaseandremainlowdespitethegrowingimportanceofMalaysiaasaregionalpowerintheSoutheastAsianregion.TheAustralia-MalaysiarelationshipiscrucialtoAustralia’ssecurity,economy,andengagementwiththewiderASEANandAsiaregion.Furthermore,theavailabilityofliteraturesurroundingresearchintothecurrentstateofMalaysianstudiesinAustraliaisvirtuallyabsentandunderdeveloped.Therearehowever,relevantpastreportsthathavelookedintoAustralianuniversitiesengagementwiththebroaderAsiaregion,notablythe1989“AsiainAustralianHigherEducation”reportbyIngleson,andthe2002“MaximizingAustralia’sAsiaKnowledge”reportbytheAsianStudiesAssociationofAustralia.Therefore,thereisagrowingimportanceandneedtoelucidatethefactorsthatcontributetothedeclineinresearchandengagementinMalaysianstudies,andtoexpandandconsolidatethediscussionsurroundingthefutureengagementofMalaysianstudiesinAustralianuniversities.

ThisreportwillbeginwithananalysisintothecurrentstateofMalaysianstudiesinAustralianuniversities,ofwhichthereisalowlevelofengagement.ItwillbefollowedbyananalysisoffactorscontributingtothislowlevelofengagementofMalaysianstudies,throughanunderstandingofgeneralinteresttowardsMalaysianstudies,financialissues,andissuesfacedbyresearchers,ANUMalaysianstudents,andANUstudents.ThiswillbefollowedbyrecommendationsfortheANUMalaysiaInstitute,especiallyinitspositiontoprovidesupportandengagementwithMalaysianstudies.

Methodology

Quantitativedatawascollectedthroughpublicallyavailabledataonline.Whileeveryefforthasbeenmadetocollectandanalysetheappropriatedata,thedatacollectedisnotacompleterepresentationofMalaysianStudiesinAustralianuniversitiesbutratherprovidesabaselineforanalysis.Forthedataoncourses,exchangeagreements,andresearchers,thisreportconductedasurveyofuniversitycoursehandbooksanduniversitywebsitesfromall40Australianuniversities.AdifficultyencounteredwithsuchmethodsofcollectingdatawasthattherewasablurredlinebetweenaclearunderstandingofwhetheracourseexplicitlycontainedMalaysiaasafeatureoflearningcontent.Often,courseswouldoutlineageneral‘Asia’or‘SoutheastAsia’focus,butfailedtolistMalaysia.Similarly,thiswasalsothecase

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whengatheringdataonresearchers,manyofwhomwouldhaveageneralistinterestinIslamiclaw,SoutheastAsianpolitics,orAsianbusinesspractices,andtherefore,alsofailedtoaddressexplicitlyiftheyresearchedMalaysianstudies.Hence,coursesandresearcherswithoutaclearindicationthattheyfeaturedMalaysiaaspartofthelearningcontentorresearchwerenotincludedinthedataset.Qualitativedatawasgatheredthroughinterviewswithkeyinterestgroupsandstakeholders.Interviewswereconductedthroughselectivesamplingbasedonexpertiseandcurrent/previousengagementwithMalaysianstudies.Formalinterviewswereconductedoverthephone,online,andinpersonwithresearchersinMalaysianstudiesandAsianstudies,aswellas,studentgroups.Whileinformalinterviewsandquestionnaireswereconductedwithvariousstudentsselectively.

TheStateofMalaysianStudiesinAustralianUniversities

CoursesAsurveyofcoursehandbookswithin40Australianuniversitiesfoundthat,ofthe40universitiesinAustralia,allbutthreeuniversities(CarnegieMellonUniversity,CentralQueenslandUniversity,andTorrensUniversity)offercourseswithafocusonAsia.Withinthe37thatdo,21universitiesofferatotalof66coursesthatfeatureMalaysiawithintheircoursecontent,twoofwhichareofferedincampusesinMalaysia(CurtinUniversityandMonashUniversity).These66coursescoveredmultipledisciplinesandfeaturedvariousgeographicalregionsoffocus.Including,thehumanities,law,businessandeconomics,education,andlanguages.ThedataindicatedthatthereisonlyonecourseofferedatanyAustralianuniversityinAustraliathatisspecificallydedicatedtoMalaysianstudies.Thecourse“MalaysianLawandPractice”isofferedatBondUniversityattheundergraduateandpostgraduatelevelintheFacultyofLaw.Afurtherbreakdownofthedatafoundthat73%courseswithageographicalorcasestudyonMalaysia,featuresprominentlyalongsideothercountriesinAsia,suchasIndonesia(62%),Thailand(36%),Singapore(35%),andChina(21%).AlthoughmanyuniversitiesofferIndonesianlanguageandadvertiseacomponentofMalaylanguageinthesecourses,adeeperanalysisfoundthatteachingofMalaylanguage(ifany)wasminimalanddidnotconstituteasignificantnorimportantcomponentoftheassessmentoroverallteachingofthecourses.WhilesomemayarguethattheMalaylanguageissimilarenoughtotheIndonesianlanguageandcanthereforebecategorisedundersuch,manyIndonesianlanguagecoursesfailtoengageMalaysiasocio-culturallyandlinguistically.Forthisreason,IndonesianlanguagecoursesofferedinAustralianuniversitieswerenotincludedinthedatasetforcoursesthatfeaturedMalaysianstudies.

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Table1–NumberofsubjectsfeaturingMalaysiainAustralianuniversitieswithcorrespondingdisciplinesUNIVERSITY NUMBEROFSUBJECTS

FEATURINGMALAYSIADISCIPLINES

AUSTRALIANCATHOLICUNIVERSITY 3 HAUSTRALIANNATIONALUNIVERSITY 3 B,HBONDUNIVERSITY 2 L,HCHARLESDARWIN 2 HCURTINUNIVERSITY* 7* B,H,VFLINDERSUNIVERSITY 2 H,VGRIFFITHUNIVERSITY 5 B,L,HLATROBEUNIVERSITY 2 L,HMACQUARIEUNIVERSITY 1 HMONASHUNIVERSITY* 7 B,L,HMURDOCHUNIVERSITY 2 HROYALMELBOURNEINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGY

1 B

SWINBURNEUNIVERSITYOFTECHNOLOGY

2 B,L

UNIVERSITYOFADELAIDE 1 HUNIVERSITYOFNEWSOUTHWALES 9 B,L,HUNIVERSITYOFNEWCASTLE 1 HUNIVERSITYOFNEWCASTLE 1 HUNIVERSITYOFQUEENSLAND 3 L,HUNIVERSITYOFTHESUNSHINECOAST 1 HUNIVERSITYOFSYDNEY 5 L,HUNIVERSITYOFTECHNOLOGYSYDNEY 2 LTOTAL 66 (H)Humanities–34(L)Law–17(E)Education–1(B)Businessandeconomics–10(L)Languages–1(V)EnvironmentalScience–2*DenotescoursesofferedinoverseascampusResearchGrantsItisclearthattheDepartmentofEducationandTraining,andmorebroadly,theAustralianGovernment,supportsandhasthecapacitytofacilitatepeople-to-peopleexchanges.Thus,allowingamorenuancedanddeeperengagementbetweenthetwocountries.Thegovernment’scommitmentisdemonstratedbyitsfundingoftwolargefinancialscholarshipsthatconsiderablyincreasescross-nationalunderstandingbetweenAustraliaandMalaysia.

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TheEndeavourScholarshipsandFellowshipshavesupportededucationandresearchforAustralianstoMalaysiaandMalaysianstoAustraliasince2007.

TheaimoftheEndeavourScholarshipsandFellowshipsis“tobuildAustralia’sreputationforexcellenceintheprovisionofeducationandresearch,supporttheinternationalisationoftheAustralianhigher

educationandresearchsectorsandofferhigh-achievingindividualsfromoverseasandAustraliaopportunitiestoincreasetheirproductivityand

expertiseintheirfield.”1

In2015,theAustraliangovernmentsupported2AustralianstudentstostudyinMalaysia,and15MalaysianstudentstostudyinAustralia.In2016,2AustralianstudentswereawardedplacestoMalaysia,whileasofOctober2017,nonewereawardedin2017.Converesly,10Malaysianstudentsin2016,and5in2017,whereawardedscholarshipsforAustralia.2TheAustralianResearchCouncil(ARC)administerstheNationalCompetitiveGrantsProgramwhichprovidesfinancialgrantsto“thehighest-qualityfundamentalandappliedresearchandresearchtraining”.3Since2002,theARChascommittedatotalof$10,887,211to38projectsinMalaysianstudies.TheprojectscoveravarietyofareaofresearchpertainingtoincreasingtheunderstandingofMalaysia,includingethnography,law,security,education,andmore.Since2002,thefundinghaslargelybeenallocatedtowards32Discoverprogram(fundingfundamentalresearch)grants,and6Linkageprogram(fundingresearchpartnerships)grants.

InstitutionalEngagementWithinAustralianuniversities,theexistenceofresearchcentresdevotedtothestudyofMalaysiahasbeenlimited.AttheANU,theANUMalaysiaInstituteistheonlyuniversitysupportedresearchcentrewhollydevotedtoMalaysianStudies.Previously,theCentreofMalaysianStudiesatMonashUniversity,providedaninstitutionalbackingtoMalaysian

1"AboutEndeavourScholarshipsandFellowships".2017.DepartmentofEducationandTraining.https://internationaleducation.gov.au/endeavour%20program/scholarships-and-fellowships/about/pages/default.aspx.2AustraliaAwards.2017."AustraliaAwards-EndeavourScholarshipsandFellowships:ListofRecipients2007-2016".https://internationaleducation.gov.au/Endeavour%20program/Scholarships-and-Fellowships/alumni/Documents/07-16%20Endeavour%20Recipients.pdf.3"Grants".2017.AustralianResearchCouncil.http://www.arc.gov.au/grants.

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studiesinAustralia.However,currently,thecentreisincorporatedundertheCentreforSoutheastAsianStudieswithintheMonashAsiaInstitute.Toalesserextent,theMelbourneLawSchoolAsianLawCentredevotesaresearchprogramonMalaysia,headedbyAssociateProfessorAmandaWhiting.TheMalaysiaandSingaporeSocietyofAustralia(MASSA)providesaplatformforscholarlyconnections,lectures,symposiums,andpanels.WhileitassociatedwiththebroaderandmoreactiveAsianStudiesAssociationofAustralia(ASAA),eventsandoutreachinrecentyearshasbeenonadeclineandtoaminimum.Currently,CurtinUniversity,MonashUniversity,andSwinburneUniversityofTechnologymaintainaninternationalbranchcampusinMalaysia:CurtinUniversityMalaysiainMiri,Sarawak,MonashUniversityMalaysiainSunway,Selangor,andSwinburneUniversityMalaysiainKuching,Sarawak.

StudentMobility

ExchangePartnerships

Currently,thereare24Australianuniversitiesthatofferexchangeprogramsto23Malaysianhighereducationinstitutions.StudentexchangeprogramsandpartnerinstitutesplayanimportantroleinengagingstudentsaboutMalaysia.Studyabroadopportunitiesprovideanimportantplatformtofosterpeople-to-peopleengagementbetweenAustralianstudentsandhighereducationinstitutions,withtheirMalaysiancounterparts.Taylor’sUniversityprovidesthehighestnumberofhighereducationinstitutionallinkagestoAustraliawithpartnershipstoeightAustralianuniversities.Conversely,theAustralianCatholicUniversityprovidesthemostchoicesforstudentstoattendfivedifferenteducationalinstitutionsinMalaysia.Furthermore,almostallexchangeopportunitiesareopentostudentsfromalldisciplinesallowinggreateraccessibilityforstudentstotakeontheseopportunities.AlthoughitisunlikelythatmanyofthestudentsthatparticipateinexchangeopportunitiestoMalaysiawillbecomeMalaysianStudiesspecialistsinthefuture,theseopportunitieshaveanindirecteffectofexposingAustralianstudentstoMalaysiainsomeform.ThiseffectcanalsobeappliedtostudentscomingfromMalaysiatostudyinAustralianuniversities.

NewColomboPlanTheDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade’sNewColomboPlanprogramdemonstratesagrowinginvestmentbytheAustraliangovernmentforgreaterpeople-to-peopleandeducationallinkagestoMalaysia.Since2015,whenMalaysiajoinedtheNewColomboPlandestinations,825studentshaveundertakenstudyandinternshipinthecountryaspartoftheprogram.ThegrowingcommitmenttoinvestinginprogramstoMalaysiaishighlightedbythegrowingnumberofstudentsbeingofferedsponsoredprogramstoMalaysia.In2016,

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thenumberofstudentsawardedNewColomboPlanmobilitygrantstoMalaysiawas272,thisnumbergrewto390in2017,andestimatedtogrowto835by2018.Thelargeincreaseinfundingbetweenthe2017and2018roundscanbeattributedtotwoareas.Thefirst,theDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTradeisoverallincreasingfundingtothemobilityofstudentstotheIndo-Pacificregion.Second,theformationof‘consortiums’thatbidformobilitygrantsfromacombinationofmultipleuniversities.Forinstance,theconsortiumcomprisedofLaTrobeUniversity,DeakinUniversity,MonashUniversity,RMITUniversity,SwinburneUniversityofTechnology,UniversityofMelbourne,andVictoriaUniversity,werecollectivelyawarded150mobilitygrantstoMalaysiaonthe“InternationalTeachingProfessionalExperienceMalaysia(ITPEM)”course.In2018,5universitieswillofferMobilityGrantfundingtostudentsundertakingsemesterlongstudyexchangeinMalaysianUniversities,while23ofthefundedopportunitiestoMalaysiaentailinternshipplacementsatvariousorganisationsandinstitutionsinMalaysia.Furthermore,theNewColomboPlanScholarshipprovides“opportunitiesforAustralianundergraduatestudentstoundertakesemester-basedstudyandinternshipsormentorshipsinparticipatingIndo-Pacificlocations.”4ScholarshiprecipientsactasambassadorsforAustraliaintheirhostcountry.IntheyearofMalaysia’sinclusionin2015,4studentswereawardedscholarshipstostudyandinterninMalaysia;in2016,6,andin2017,4.

ResearchersThedataforresearcherscontains100MalaysianstudiesspecialistsofvariousdisciplinesandlevelsofengagementwithMalaysiafromanumberofuniversitiesaroundAustralia.SurveyswereconductedononlinedatabasesfromtheuniversitiesofANU,Curtin,Monash,Murdoch,Adelaide,Melbourne,UNSW,Newcastle,Queensland,Sydney,andWesternAustralia.InitialfindingsfoundthatresearchersonMalaysianstudieswerelargelyinthesocialsciencesdiscipline(46%)withthenextlargestdisciplinebeingeconomics(10%).Furthermore,thedatafoundthat65%ofresearchershadasecondaryregionalfocus,withIndonesiaas35%asecondaryfocus.ThetopicsofIslamandMalaysianhistoryalsofeaturedprominentlyasresearchtopicswithinthesocialsciencedisciplineofwhich11%and9%ofresearchers,respectively.ThespreadofMalaysianstudiesresearchersislargelydominatedinthesocialsciencesasaresultofthenatureofthediscipline.Inthesocialsciencediscipline,thereisagreaterconcentrationofarea-definedstudies,whileinotherdisciplines,suchaslaw,science,and

4"TheNewColomboPlanScholarshipProgram".2017.DepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade.http://dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/new-colombo-plan/scholarship-program/pages/scholarship-program.aspx.

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economics,thereisatendencytobaseresearchontheoreticallinesthatrequireatheoreticalfoundation,whichisthenappliedtocasestudiesonMalaysia.Whileregionalstudiesaretypicallyengagedwithinthesocialsciencesdiscipline,thedataindicatesagrowingnumberofspecialistsinMalaysiastudiesinnon-traditionaldisciplinessuchashealth,IT,economics,andenvironmentalscience.Table2–NumberofresearchersinMalaysianStudiesaccordingtodiscipline

DISCIPLINE NUMBER OF RESEARCHERS ANTHROPOLOGY 5 ARCHITECTURE 1 ART 3 BUSINESS 4 ECONOMICS 10 EDUCATION 1 ENGINEERING 3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

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HEALTH 8 IT 6 LANGUAGES 4 LAW 5 SCIENCE 5 SOCIAL SCIENCE 46

*Note:Someresearchersspecialiseinmorethanonediscipline.

FactorsContributingtoCurrentLevelsofEngagementThereareseveralfactorsthatcontributetothecurrentlevelsofengagementwithMalaysianstudiesinAustralianuniversities.Financialissues,generalinterest,shiftinpriority,andfactorsfacedbyresearchersandstudentsallplayarole.

GeneralInterest

Overall,interviewees5articulatedthattherewasanoveralldeclineininterestinMalaysianstudies.Inparticular,fundingandinterestinAsianstudiesinuniversitieshasseenashifttowardsprioritisingstudiesofEastAsiaandIndonesia.

5FormalinterviewsconductedwithProfessorPookongKee(MelbourneUniversity),ProfessorJamesChin(UniversityofTasmania),DrAmritaMahli(AustralianNationalUniversity),DrJohnFunston(AustralianNationalUniversity),ProfessorRobertCribb(AustralianNationalUniversity),EstherFanWeiRu(MalaysianStudents’CouncilofAustraliaCanberra),AfiqMuzhafar(KelabUMNOAustraliaCanberra),AlanaTolman(ANUSoutheast

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ProfessorRobertCribbpaintsableakpictureofAsianstudiesinAustralia,arguingthatit“hashistoricallybeensubjecttoaboom-bustcycle.”Thatistosay,investmentintoAsianStudiesandprioritisingdifferentareastudieshasfluctuated,andisnotreadilysustained.Forinstance,engagementwithdifferentareastudiescanbereflectedbyAustralia’schangingsecurityconcernsandpriorities.Duringthe1960sandColdWarera,therewasastronginterestinVietnamstudies,however,bythe1990s,thesecurityparadigmhadshiftedtoIndonesia.Currently,interestinIndonesiavis-à-visMalaysiaishighlytiltedtowardsIndonesianstudies.IndonesiaislargelyseenasbeingapotentialsecuritythreatduetoitsgeopoliticsandproximitytoAustralia,butisalsoseenasasourceofeconomicbenefitandopportunity.WithinAustraliandiscourse,thereisaconceptualfearthattheIndonesiangovernmentandIndonesiannon-stateactorsconstituteasourceofsecurityconcern,andthatIndonesiaisawildcardthatrequirescaution.Conversely,Malaysiaisseenasamorepoliticallyandeconomicallystablecountry,andisreflectedinthecontrastinglylessdiplomaticandacademicattentiondevotedtoit.

FinanceAcoredifficultywithsustainingandexpandingMalaysianstudiesisthefinancingofstaff,fundingofMalaysia-specificcoursesinuniversities,availabilityoffundinggrantsforresearch,andfinancialbackingofresearchinstitutes.ThereisnosingleMalaysianstudiesspecificfinancialgrantinAustraliatopursueMalaysianstudies.Therefore,researchersmustrelyongrantsfromuniversitiesandthegovernmentthatcompeteagainstotherdisciplines.ComparedtoIndonesianstudies,MalaysianstudiesstruggletoattainfinancialsupportfromtheAustraliangovernment.TheAustralianGovernmentcannotdirectlysponsorMalaysianstudiesbecauseMalaysiaisnotanaidrecipient,whichlimitsscopeforfundsthroughDFAT.Subsequently,theonlysufficientsourceoffundingforMalaysianstudiesisthroughtheAustralianResearchCouncilgrants,EndeavourScholarshipsandFellowships,andAustralia-ASEANCouncilGrants.ItisalsoimportanttonotethattheDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade’sincreaseinfundingforstudentmobilitygrantstoMalaysiamaysuggestarenewedinteresttopushbytheAustraliangovernmentforgreaterstudentlinkagesandengagementwithMalaysia.

Researchers

Forresearchers,thereisalackofopportunitiesandincentivestopursuededicatedresearchinMalaysianstudies.Asaforementioned,financingresearchisakeydifficulty,butagreaterlimitationisalackofstructuralsupportforMalaysianstudies.Withinuniversities,structuresforarea-basedspecialisationarenothighlysupported,butratherresearchersexistin

AsiaSociety),EvangelineSharman(CollegeofAsiaandthePacificStudents’Society)andcasualquestionnairesconductedwith18students.

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disciplinebasedcategorisation,thusresultinginalackofanationalstructurethatcandrawMalaysianstudiesspecialiststogethertoaggregateandsupportresearchoutcomes.ResearchersinMalaysianstudiesareoftenfacedwiththeissueofself-censorshipandfearofcriticismofbacklashfromtheMalaysiangovernment,resultinginanissueofpoliticalparalysis.Formanyresearchers,especiallythoseinthefieldofpoliticalscience,thereisaninstitutionalnervousnesstoproduceworkthatmayappeartoosupportiveortoocriticalofthegovernment’sactions.Thus,actingasalimitationforresearcherstopursueMalaysianstudies.

ANUMalaysianStudentsGenerally,studentsfromMalaysiaexpresseddisinterestinstudyingMalaysianstudiesinAustralianuniversities.Foronepart,MalaysianstudentsstudyinginAustraliaareeithersponsored(scholarshipsfromtheMalaysiangovernmentorastate-backedprivatecompany)ornon-sponsored(self-paying).Forthesponsoredstudents,thereisatendencytonotbecomeinvolvedinactivitiesthatmayseempoliticalorcriticalofthegovernment.Forexample,in2014,anANUstudentthatparticipatedinapaneldiscussionwithamemberoftheoppositiongovernmentwasissuedawarningbyMalaysianauthoritiesforallegedseditiousbehaviourandthereforeinbreachofhisscholarshipagreement.6Furthermore,sponsoredstudentsareoftengivenscholarshipsinprogramsthatupskillthetechnicaleconomyofMalaysia,suchasthedisciplinesofengineering,business,andmedicine.Conversely,fornon-sponsoredstudentsthetrendissimilar,however,thereisatendencyforasmallminoritytoenrolinthehumanitiesandlaw.AtANU,enrolmentnumbersreflectthistrend,andstudentshaveatendencytostudyindisciplinebasedstudiesratherthanareastudiessuchasMalaysianstudies.Table3–EnrolmentsofMalaysianstudentsinANUbyCollegePROGRAMCOLLEGE 2016 2017(09

OCT)COLLEGEOFARTSANDSOCIALSCIENCES 29 31COLLEGEOFASIAANDTHEPACIFIC 12 14COLLEGEOFBUSINESSANDECONOMICS 114 104COLLEGEOFENGINEERINGANDCOMPUTERSCIENCE 34 37COLLEGEOFLAW 26 18COLLEGEOFHEALTHANDMEDICINE 53 59COLLEGEOFSCIENCE 34 33ENROLMENTTOTAL* 302 296

6HenryBelot.2017."MalaysianAuthoritiesThreatenANUStudentforSharingStagewithOppositionPolitician".CanberraTimes.http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/malaysian-authorities-threaten-anu-student-for-sharing-stage-with-opposition-politician-20140623-zsiwu.html.

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*Thesumofcollegeenrolmentsdoesnotequatetototalenrolments,asoneenrolmentmaycontributetomorethanonecollege.ANUStudentsGenerally,ANUstudentshaveindicatedthattheyareunawareoftheANUMalaysiaInstituteoreventhepossibilitytopursuestudyinMalaysianstudies.ThisislargelytheresultofanabsenceofdedicatedcoursesandlecturersonMalaysia,lackofexchangeagreementswithuniversitiesinMalaysia,andtheabsenceofMalaylanguageandMalaysia-relatedteachingcontentinrelevantcourses.Aswithresearchers,thereislittleincentiveforstudentstoengageandentertheMalaysianstudiesspaceregardlessofthedisciplinetheyarestudying.ForstudentswhoarealreadyengagedintheAsianstudiesspace,MalaysianstudiesisoftenseenasasideinteresttoIndonesianstudies,andonceagain,thereisnosupportnetworkoracademiccareerprogressioninMalaysianstudies.

RecommendationsTheabsenceofanyothersolelyMalaysianstudiesrelatedcentreinAustraliameansthattheANUMalaysiaInstitutehasacrucialopportunitytoestablishitselfasaprominentcentreonMalaysiarelatedresearchinAustraliaandoutsideoftheSoutheastAsiaregion.ItisimportantthattheInstitutetaketheleadinfosteringacommunityandnetworkofMalaysiastudiesscholars,whilepromotinganimagetoundergraduateandpostgraduatestudents,anduniversitiesthatMalaysianstudiesisaviableinvestmentthatcanbepursued;inordertopromotelong-terminterestandengagementofMalaysianstudiesinAustralia.

Recommendation1:Seekalternativesourcesoffinance

ThisreportrecommendsthattheANUMalaysiaInstituteshouldmoveawayfromrelyingfinanciallysolelyontheANUCollegeofAsiaandthePacific,sothatadditionalfundscanbeusedtofinancefurtherinitiativesandbuilduptheInstitute’simageasaleadingresearchcentreonMalaysia.TheAustralia-ASEANCouncilgrantprovidesfinancialassistancetopromoteeducationalcompetencyandeducationallinks.Inthe2017-2018grantround,Malaysiawasidentifiedasaprioritycountrygiventhe60thAnniversaryofIndependenceandDiplomaticRelationswithAustralia,makingthegrantadesirablesourceoffundingfortheInstitute.Additionally,fundingfromprivatesourcesshouldbeidentified,suchasANUalumni,keystakeholdersinMalaysianaffairs,andcorporatefundingwithinteresttiestoMalaysia.GiventheANUdoesnothaveasolidbaseofMalaysiaspecialists,theadditionalfundingcanbeusedtocreateanationalorinternationalstructuretofosterconnectionsandcollaborationsamongMalaysianstudiesscholars;asanactivecommunitydoesnotcurrentlyexist.Forinstance,aMalaysianstudiesconference,think-tankdiscussions,joint-research

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projectswithotheruniversitiesandscholars,andacademicexchangeswithMalaysianresearchers.

Recommendation2:ConnectwithvariousstakeholderorganisationsTheInstituteshouldconnectwithvariousstakeholderstocreatecollaborationopportunities,showcasetheMalaysianstudiesexpertiseattheANU,buildthelegitimacyoftheInstitute,andbuildupinstitutionalengagementbetweenresearchersandthewiderMalaysia-interestedcommunity.Possiblestakeholderorganisationstobeconsidered:

• MalaysianAustralianAlumniCouncil• AustradeMalaysia• AustraliaMalaysiaBusinessCouncilSAandVIC• MalaysiaAustraliaBusinessCouncil• Asialink• MalaysiaandSingaporeSocietyofAustralia

Recommendation3:Utilisetheupcoming2018MalaysiaUpdate

Thisreportrecommendsutilisingthe2018MalaysiaUpdateasaplatformtopushforwardthepreviousrecommendationsandsolidifytheInstitute’simageandreputationasaleadingcentreonMalaysianstudies,aswellasenhancesupportfromthecommunityfortheInstitute.

Recommendation4:DeveloponlineengagementDeveloponlineengagementsuchasaFacebookpage,LinkedIngroup,orwebsitethatclearlyliststheroleoftheMalaysiaInstitute,resourcesforcontactandcollaborations,andlistingboardmembers.Thisway,theInstitutewillbeabletoreachouttoawideraudiencebothnationallyandinternationally.

Recommendation5:ConnectwithundergraduatestudentsthroughANUstudent

groupsrelevanttoMalaysianstudiesTosupportundergraduateengagementamongdomesticandinternationalstudentsinMalaysianStudies,theInstitutemustreachoutanddevelopconnectionswithstudentgroups,whowillthendisseminateawarenessoftheinstituteandinformationontheInstitute’sevents.ItisimportanttoconnectwithundergraduatestudentsastheywillbethemostimportantsourceofstudentsintopostgraduateresearchonMalaysia.6studentgroupshavebeenidentifiedandhaveindicatedtheirwillingnesstosupporttheInstitute:ANUMalaysianStudents’Organisation,KelabUMNOAustraliaCanberra,

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MalaysianStudents’CouncilofAustralia,ANUASEANSociety,ANUSoutheastAsiaSociety,andCollegeofAsiaandthePacificStudent’sSociety.

Recommendation6:DevelopexchangetiesandresearchpartnershipswithMalaysian

HigherEducationinstitutionsTheANU’sstrongresearchcapabilitiesinAsianstudiesisaresultofitspeople-to-peopleengagementwithAsia.ByfacilitatingpartnershipswithMalaysianinstitutions,theInstitutewilldirectlybenefitfromengagementwithMalaysia.Currently,theANUhasamemorandumofunderstandingwiththeNationalUniversityofMalaysia.TheInstituteshouldcapitaliseonthisagreementandincreaseengagementwiththeNationalUniversityofMalaysiathroughresearchcollaborationsorscholarlyexchanges.Otheruniversitiestonoteforpossiblepartnershipsare:UniversityofMalaya(foritsstrongresearchcapabilities),HELPUniversity(foritspre-existingpartnershipwithacourseofferedattheANU),Taylor’sUniversity(foritsdemonstratedwillingnesstoconnectwithAustralianuniversities).

Recommendation7:Pushforafull-timepaidstaffmemberfocusedprimarilyon

MalaysianstudiestoleadtheInstituteAfull-timepaidmemberfocusedonMalaysianstudieswillensurethelongevityoftheInstitutebyensuringthegoalsandfunctionsoftheInstituteareoffirstpriority.TheprovisionofadedicatedMalaysianstudiesspecialistatthecoreoftheInstitutewillensurethecredibilityoftheInstituteasarespectedcentreofMalaysianstudies.Whilerecognisingthefinancialconstraintsthatsuchrecommendationmaybeunrealistic,aprogramsimilartotheTunRazakChairatOhioUniversityintheUnitedStatesmaybeanalternativepathway,thatprovidesaMalaysianstudiesspecialistfundedbytheMalaysiangovernmentforatwo-yearterm.7

Recommendation8:PromoteinterdisciplinarycollaborationThisreportrecognisestheimpactoftheANUMalaysiaInstituteinpromotinginterdisciplinarystudiesanditsworkonco-ordinatingworkonMalaysiainvariousdepartments.However,moreneedstobedonetopromoteasystematicarrayofspecialists,andbringtogetherstaffmemberswhomightotherwisehavenoinstitutionalcontactswitheachother.TheInstituteshoulddrawininterdisciplinarystudies,particularlyinthefieldsoflaw,science,andbusiness,andutilisetheMalaysiaUpdatetopromotethequalityofnon-traditionalpanels.

7"TheTunAbdulRazakChairatOhioUniversity".2017.OhioUniversity.

https://www.ohio.edu/global/cis/razak-chair.cfm.

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ConclusionUltimately,thisreportidentifiedvariedlevelsofengagementwithMalaysianstudiesinAustralianuniversities.ThereisalowlevelofengagementwithMalaysianstudiesinregardtocourseofferingsandgovernmentfundingforresearchgrants.OnlyonecourseinAustraliawasidentifiedinthedatacollectedthatwasMalaysia-specificoutof66coursesthatfeaturedMalaysiatosomedegreeinitslearningcontent.Thereis,however,astronglevelofengagementwithAustralianstudentmobilitytoMalaysia.IncreasinginvestmentandsupportfromtheAustraliangovernment’sNewColomboPlanMobilityindicatedastrongcommitmenttoprovidingstudentsanopportunitytoundertakestudyorinternshipinMalaysia,witharecord835studentsin2018.Similarly,morethanhalfofAustralianuniversitieshavebuiltupinstitutionalpartnershipswiththeirMalaysiancounterpartsintheformofstudentexchangeagreements,indicatinganestablishedareaforpeople-to-peopledevelopmentswithstudentstoMalaysia.Amongresearchers,thereisastrongtrendtopursueMalaysianstudiesinthesocialsciencediscipline,followedbyeconomics.ThereisatendencyamongresearcherswhostudyMalaysianstudies,tospecialiseinanothergeographicalfocus,particularlyinIndonesianstudies.Generally,thefactorsthatcontributetothislevelofengagementarelargelyduetoalackofspecificfinancialsupportforMalaysianstudiesresearchers,lackofinterestinthearea-study,andshiftinprioritytotheacademicsupportofIndonesiavis-à-visMalaysia.Amongresearchers,thereisalackofincentivesandopportunitiestopursueMalaysianstudies,aswellas,aninstitutionalnervousnesstoresearchsensitivetopics.AmongANUMalaysianstudents,thereisageneraldisinterestinpursuingMalaysianstudies.Formanysponsoredstudents,theypursuealevelofself-censorshipinengagingwithMalaysianstudiesparticularlyinsensitivetopics.Additionally,thereisapreferenceforstudyintheoreticaldisciplinesofengineering,business,andmedicine,ratherthanMalaysian-studies-heavydisciplineofsocialscience.AmongstANUstudents,anabsenceofdedicatedcoursesandlecturersonMalaysia,lackofexchangeagreementswithuniversitiesinMalaysia,andtheabsenceofMalaylanguageandMalaysia-relatedteachingcontentinrelevantcourses,hasledtoagenerallowinterestinpursuingorenteringthestudyofMalaysia.GiventhefacttherearenootherMalaysianstudiesspecificcentresinAustralia,otherthantheANUMalaysiaInstitute,therecommendationsprovidedinthisreportaimtoaddresstwoareasinatimeofimportantopportunity.Thefirst,istoestablishtheInstituteasaprominentcentreonMalaysiarelatedresearchinAustraliaandoutsideoftheSoutheastAsiaregion,andsecondly,tofosteracommunityandnetworkofMalaysiastudiesscholarsamongcurrentresearchers,andpotentialundergraduateandpostgraduatestudents.Thegoaloftheserecommendationsistopromotelong-terminterestandengagementofMalaysianstudiesinAustralia.

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Appendix11.1CoursesofferedinAustralianUniversitiesonMalaysianstudies

UNIVERSITY COURSE CODE COURSE NAME DISCIPLINE NOTES/OTHER REGIONAL FOCUS

ACU POLS202 Southeast Asian Politics Humanities and Social Science

Indonesia, Vietnam

ACU GEOG200 Development in Southeast Asia Humanities and Social Science

Southeast Asia

ACU HIST219 Modern Southeast Asia Humanities and Social Science

Southeast Asia

ANU ECON3009 Southeast Asian Economic Policy and Development (P)

Business and Economics Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam

ANU ASIA2070 Democracy in Southeast Asia Humanities and Social Science

Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore

ANU ASIA2165 Islam in Southeast Asia Humanities and Social Science

Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines

BOND UNIVERSITY LAWS77-111 / LAWS13-111

Malaysian Law and Practice Law

BOND UNIVERSITY INTR71-340 Strategic Asia Humanities and Social Science

CHARLES DARWIN HIS252 Modern History of Island Southeast Asia

Humanities and Social Science

Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia

CHARLES DARWIN POL221 Comparative Politics of South East Asia


ASEAN, East Timor

CURTIN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

ASIA3002 Borneo Indigenous Community Research Project


Sarawak


ASIA1003 Borneo in Transition - Continuity and Change


Sarawak


ASIA1004 Languages, Arts and Crafts of Borneo Humanities and Social Science

Sarawak


ASIA1002 People and Cultures of Borneo Humanities and Social Science

Sarawak


ECEV3002 Borneo Ecosystems and Resources Environmental Science Sarawak

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ECON3006 Borneo and the Global Economy Economics Sarawak


PHIL2000 Spiritual Traditions and Religions of Borneo


Sarawak

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY DVST9038 / INTR3100

Environment and Development in Asia

Environmental Science Thailand, Indonesia

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY GEOG2712 Asian Regional Development Humanities and Social Science

Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY 2007LHS Languages of East and Southeast Asia

Languages Southeast Asia

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY 7004IBA Trade Investment and Economics Policy in Asia

Business and Economics Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY 7110GFS / 2712GFS

Asia Pacific Film Humanities and Social Science

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY 2613HS Islamic Law in a Changing World Humanities and Social Science

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY 7012IBA Democratisation Business and Governance in Asia


LA TROBE LAW5ILS Islam, Law and the State in Southeast Asia

Law Singapore, Brunei, Philippines

LA TROBE POL3SEA Southeast Asian Politics Humanities and Social Science

Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines

MACQUARIE SOCI298 Sociology of Asian Societies Humanities and Social Science

Japan, China, Singapore, India, Indonesia

MONASH MALAYSIA LAW4126 Asian legal systems Law Indonesia, Singapore MONASH MALAYSIA LAW4670 Introduction to Islamic Law Law MONASH MALAYSIA BTW23123 Malaysian corporate governance Business and Economics MONASH MALAYSIA BTW3153 Malaysian income tax law Business and Economics MONASH MALAYSIA BTW1042 Malaysian business law Business and Economics MONASH MALAYSIA AMU2685 Malaysian studies Humanities and Social

Science

MONASH MALAYSIA LAW4108 Constitutional Law of Malaysia Law MURDOCH UNIVERSITY AST286 People's History of South-East Asia Humanities and Social

Science Southeast Asia

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY AST556 Perceptions of South-East Asian Society


Southeast Asia

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UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

HIST2210 Australian Foreign Relations: Australia and Asia


Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, China

RMIT SOCU1016 Culture and Business Practice in Asia Business and Economics China, Taiwan, Japan, ROK, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam

SWINBURNE INB20012 Asia Pacific Business Perspectives Business and Economics China, India, Japan, Australia, NZ, ROK, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan

SWINBURNE LAW30014 Asian Commercial Law Law China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea

UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

HIST2088 The Southeast Asian Past: From Rice to Riches


Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND

INDN330 A History of Indonesian and its Role in Society


Indonesia

UNIVERSITY OF SUNSHINE COAST

INT274 Politics and Security in East Asia Humanities and Social Science

China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, North and South Korea

UNSW LAWS3165 Islamic Law and Society Law Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar

UNSW FINS2622 Asia-Pacific Capital Markets Business and Economics China, Indonesia, ROK, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan, and others

UNSW LAWS3167 The Rule of Law in Southeast Asia Law Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar UNSW TABL2790 Legal Environment of Asia Business Business and Economics China, Japan, Singapore, ROK,

Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, India

UNSW MGMT0011 International Business: Australia & South East Asia

Business and Economics Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines

UNSW ARTS2212 Southeast Asia Humanities and Social Science

Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

UNSW CANBERRA ZHSS2503 State Systems in Pre-Colonial Southeast Asia


Indonesia

UNSW CANBERRA ZHSS3402 Political Cultures in Asia and the Pacific


India, Indonesia, Japan, Pacific

UNSW CANBERRA ZHSS2416 The Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia: Political Transition and Political Change


Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos,

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Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

HIST20034 Modern Southeast Asia Humanities and Social Science


LAWS90067 Asian Competition Policy and Law Law


EDUC90780 Education Reform in Asia-Pacific Education


LAWS70390 Freedom of Speech Law

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

HIST7104 The Making of the Modern Asia Pacific


China, Japan, ROK, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam


LAWS7983 Doing Business in Asia Law China, Hong Kong, Japan, ROK, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brunei


LAWS5167 Asian Legal Systems Law China, Taiwan, ROK, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Japan

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

LAWS3494 / LAWS5194

Legal Systems in South East Asia Law Indonesia


CHNS3111 Global Chinese Literatures Humanities and Social Science

China, Taiwan, HK, Singapore, Indonesia, West, Australia


LAWS5149 Legal Pluralism in Southeast Asia Law Indonesia


ASNS2663 Social Activism in Southeast Asia Humanities and Social Science

Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore


LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia Law Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, India

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY

76003 Asian Law and Legal Systems Law China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY

76005 Islamic Law Law Pakistan

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11.2ARCFundingGrants,2002–2016NAME PROJECT ID UNIVERSITY PROJECT FUNDING YEAR SCHEME

CHRISTINA TWOMEY

DP160100750 Monash University

This project plans to examine Australia's overseas military communities, which saw over 100 000 …

392,572 2016 Discovery Projects

ELISABETTA MAGNANI

DP160101914 The University of New South Wales

The project aims to estimate how difficulties in accessing financial and credit markets affect …


DAVID IRVING DP150103204 The Australian National University

In the Indian Ocean Territories of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island live the oldest …


KAILE SU DP150101618 Griffith University A wide range of practical problems such as scheduling, timetabling, planning and economic …


GERHARD HOFFSTAEDTER

DE140100052 The University of Queensland

This project will produce the first comprehensive ethnography of Malaysia's refugee and asylum …

378,773 2014 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

NARELLE WARREN


Globally, stroke is a significant contributor to burden of disease and, in developing countries, is …


EDWARD ASPINALL

DP140103114 The Australian National University

How does money politics shape electoral competition and outcomes in developing democracies? This …


NICHOLAS HERRIMAN

DP140104482 La Trobe University

This study will provide significant theoretical insight into the functioning of the state both …


MAUREEN DOLLARD

LP130100902 University of South Australia

The healthcare industry is under immense pressure. Urgent attention is needed to reduce strains on …

357,900 2013 Linkage Projects

BJOERN DRESSEL DE130101706 The Australian National University

Are the courts taking over political life in Southeast Asia? This comparative study of high courts …


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PETER SCRIVER LP130100859 The University of Adelaide

This project will survey the remnant architecture of Australia's Muslim cameleers who played a …


RONIT RICCI DE120102604 The Australian National University

This project on Sri Lanka's Malays will expand our knowledge of the history of trans-local Islam in …


MARGARET KARTOMI


This project explores the music-cultural identity and related socioeconomic dilemmas of remote Sea …


MICHELE FORD FT120100778 The University of Sydney

This project will trace flows of trade union aid to Indonesia, Malaysia and Timor Leste and …

686,151 2012 ARC Future Fellowships

MAUREEN TEHAN DP110100259 The University of Melbourne

The project examines the impact of climate change law and mitigation on Indigenous peoples and …


JANE KENWAY DP1093778 Monash University

This is a study of elite independent schools in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, …


WOLFRAM DRESSLER

DP1096157 The University of Queensland

Challenges to rural sustainability increase as swidden farmers adjust to the uneven impacts of …


AMANDA WHITING DP0986954 The University of Melbourne

This study investigates how Malaysian lawyers have mobilized to defend core legal values in …


JUANITA ELIAS FT0991711 Griffith University States such as Malaysia face similar economic challenges to Australia - for example maintaining …

676,200 2009 ARC Future Fellowships

MICHELE FORD DP0880081 The University of Sydney

This project compares the nature and impact of civil society initiatives concerning temporary …


ROBYN SLOGGETT

LP0883309 The University of Melbourne

The art market is a major contributor to the Australian economy worth over $500M per annum. However …


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JOEL KAHN DP0771272 La Trobe University

First, the project contributes to an understanding of the region. Second, understanding how …


JOHN MCCARTHY DP0771475 The Australian National University

Challenges to peace and security in Southeast Asia emerge from uneven economic development and …


ROGER SEYMOUR DP0771854 The University of Adelaide

This research is an entirely new approach to understanding pollination biology. It will highlight …


BARBARA CREED DP0773501 The University of Melbourne

This study will explore the role of early film in disseminating the Western ideals of progress, …


JUDITH CAMERON LX0775997 The Australian National University

This project on archaeological textiles from excavations at Niah Cave in Sarawak involves …

53,387 2007 Linkage International

ANDREW KENYON DP0662844 The University of Melbourne

This project will examine defamation law, journalism and public debate in three core members of the …


TIMOTHY LINDSEY DP0556932 The University of Melbourne

Islam is a fundamentally legalistic religion: law and religion are largely inseparable. In the last …


RICHARD HILLIS DP0556016 The University of Adelaide

The key project benefit is to advance understanding of continental collision and the early …


ROBERT REECE DP0559209 Murdoch University

The benefit of the project is an understanding of the processes and mentality which underlaid what …


ALEXANDER BELLAMY

DP0450986 The University of Queensland

This project investigates the impediments to security sector reform in Southeast Asia. It applies …


JOAN WHITTIER LP0455513 The University of Queensland

We propose to study pollutants such as pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and metals in …

70,668 2004 Linkage Projects (APAI Only)

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T MORRIS-SUZUKI DP0343621 The Australian National University

This project examines emerging border-control regimes in four countries of the Asia-Pacific region …


CHRISTOPHER ZIGURAS

DP0345546 RMIT University In the past decade, education provision across national borders has grown dramatically. However, …


HAK-KIM CHAN DP0208175 The University of Sydney

The detrimental environmental effects of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) have led to an urgent need of a …


ALISTAIR PATERSON

DP0208298 The University of Western Australia

This project aims to investigate the archaeology of the Pilbara, Western Australia, immediately …


CLIFFORD GODDARD

DP0210464 The University of New England

Thhis project applies an innovative and rigorous linguistic framework to the study of …


ROBYN SLOGGETT

LP0211015 The University of Melbourne

This project is a study of the behaviour of western artists materials in tropical climates through …


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AustralianCatholicUniversity InternationalBusiness

10

MALAYSIACLINICALPLACEMENTPROGRAMME CharlesSturtUniversity Dentistry 4PACEINTERNATIONALMALAYSIAPROGRAM MacquarieUniversity MixedField

Programmes,n.e.c.14

CROSS-CULTURALPSYCHOLOGYINMALAYSIA MacquarieUniversity Psychology 2PACEMALAYSIA-BUSINESSANDECONOMICSTUDYPROGRAM MacquarieUniversity Business

Management8

SEMESTERINMALAYSIA TheUniversityofSydney MixedFieldProgrammes,n.e.c.

2

ELECTIVEMEDICALCLERKSHIPINASIA-MALAYSIA UniversityofNewSouthWales MedicalStudies,n.e.c.

8

INDIGENOUSCOMMUNITIESOFMALAYSIA UniversityofWesternSydney IndigenousHealth 10ENHANCINGPARTNERSHIPRELATIONSINCOMPUTINGANDINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY

UniversityofWollongong SystemsAnalysisandDesign

5

UOWMALAYSIANINTERNSHIPPROGRAM UniversityofWollongong LegalPractice 5BUSINESSSTUDYTOUR:HOWINDUSTRYOPERATESINSINGAPORE&MALAYSIA

UniversityofWollongong BusinessManagement

20

WORKINTEGRATEDLEARNINGFORBUSINESSANDINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYUNDERGRADUATESTUDENTSINMALAYSIA

UniversityofWollongong BusinessManagement

10

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCEINALTERNATIVESETTINGS CharlesDarwinUniversity TeacherEducation,n.e.c.

5

33

CQCM-CQUNIVERSITYANDBENTLEYMUSICACADEMYCULTURALEXCHANGE

CentralQueenslandUniversity PerformingArts,n.e.c.

30

UNIVERSITYOFMALAYACLINICALLEGALEDUCATIONPROGRAM

GriffithUniversity InternationalLaw 12

TROPICALFUTURESPROGRAM:EMBEDDINGAUSTRALIANSTUDENTSINSEASIANBIODIVERSITYHOTSPOTS

JamesCookUniversity BiologicalSciences,n.e.c.

40

INDIGENOUSCOMMUNITIESOFMALAYSIA JamesCookUniversity IndigenousStudies 10AUSTRALIA-MALAYSIACOMMUNITYDEVELOPMENTANDSUSTAINABILITYPROJECT

QueenslandUniversityofTechnology MixedFieldProgrammes,n.e.c.

15

PSYCHOLOGY,HEALTHANDWELL-BEING-AMALAYSIANPERSPECTIVE

QueenslandUniversityofTechnology Health,n.e.c. 16

INDUSTRYINTERNSHIPSINMALAYSIA QueenslandUniversityofTechnology MechanicalEngineering

8

GOBEHINDTHESCENES-CULTURALGASTRONOMYINMALAYSIA

TheUniversityofQueensland HospitalityManagement

10

ENVIRONMENTALSUSTAINABILITYANDTHELAWINBORNEO TheUniversityofQueensland LegalPractice 4LESSONSFROMMALAYSIA:EXPLORINGTHETANGIBLE,INTANGIBLEANDSUBTANGIBLECULTURALHERITAGEOFTHREECITIES

TheUniversityofQueensland Architecture 16

BORNEANSUNBEARCONSERVATION UniversityoftheSunshineCoast MixedFieldProgrammes,n.e.c.

6

INVESTIGATINGTHEHISTORY,CULTURE,POLITICSANDSCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGYCAPABILITIESOFMALAYSIA

FlindersUniversity NaturalandPhysicalSciences,n.e.c.

10

SEMESTERSTUDYPLUSINTERNSHIPINPENANG,MALAYSIAFORFLINDERSBUSINESSSCHOOL(FBS)STUDENTS

FlindersUniversity InternationalBusiness

3

FORENSICRESEARCH-FACUSSEDSTUDENTMOBILITYINMALAYSIA

FlindersUniversity ForensicScience 4

INTERNATIONALPROFESSIONALEXPERIENCEPLACEMENT FlindersUniversity TeacherEducation,n.e.c.

12

SCIENCE,SCIENCEPOLICY,TECHNOLOGYANDINNOVATIONINMALAYSIA

FlindersUniversity NaturalandPhysicalSciences,n.e.c.

2

34

FOREIGNMARKETS:DEVELOPINGINTERNATIONAL&INTERCULTURALCONSTRUCTIONCOMPETENCIES(MALAYSIA)

UniversityofSouthAustralia BuildingConstructionManagement

15

CREATIVEWRITINGPRACTICUM-MALAYSIA UniversityofSouthAustralia LanguageandLiterature,n.e.c.

18

FULLSEMESTEREXCHANGETOTAYLORSUNIVERSITY,MALAYSIA

UniversityofSouthAustralia MixedFieldProgrammes,n.e.c.

4

APPLIEDFISHERIES,AQUACULTUREANDMARINECONSERVATIONINTROPICALSEASIA

UniversityofTasmania Aquaculture 10

COMMUNICATIONANDCREATIVEARTSTEAMINTERNSHIP-MALAYSIA

DeakinUniversity CommunicationandMediaStudies,n.e.c.

12

UCSIKL-SEMESTEREXCHANGEINKUALALUMPUR DeakinUniversity MixedFieldProgrammes,n.e.c.

4

ARTS,SOCIALSCIENCESANDCOMMERCECOLLEGEINTERNSHIPMALAYSIAPROGRAM

LaTrobeUniversity MixedFieldProgrammes,n.e.c.

8

MALAYSIANACCOUNTINGWORKPLACEMENTPROGRAM LaTrobeUniversity Accounting 10MONASHMALAYSIALAWPROGRAM MonashUniversity InternationalLaw 60MONASHBACHELOROFINTERNATIONALBUSINESS/BACHELOROFBUSINESSINTERNATIONALSTUDY–MALAYSIA

MonashUniversity InternationalBusiness

15

UCSIANDRMITUNIVERSITYINTERNSHIPPROGRAM-MALAYSIA

RMITUniversity EngineeringandRelatedTechnologies,n.e.c.

5

DIGITALMEDIACREATIVECOLLABORATION(DMCC) RMITUniversity CreativeArts,n.e.c. 15BORNEOENGINEERINGEXPERIENCE SwinburneUniversityofTechnology Engineeringand

RelatedTechnologies,n.e.c.

26

ENGINEERINGFRESHMANSTUDENTTOMALAYSIA SwinburneUniversityofTechnology EngineeringandRelatedTechnologies,n.e.c.

18

BUILDINGSUSTAINABLEENGINEERINGSYSTEMS SwinburneUniversityofTechnology EngineeringandRelatedTechnologies,n.e.c.

10

35

GETEQUIPPEDOCCUPATIONALTHERAPYPLACEMENTMIRI,MALAYSIA

CurtinUniversityofTechnology OccupationalTherapy 8

INTERNATIONALINDIGENOUSSTUDENTDEVELOPMENTPROGRAM

CurtinUniversityofTechnology IndigenousStudies 10

INDIGENOUSANDCULTURALEXPERIENCEALONGWITHINTERNSHIPPROGRAMINBORNEO,MALAYSIA

CurtinUniversityofTechnology ProcessandResourcesEngineering,n.e.c.

12

CURTINSARAWAKSEMESTEREXCHANGE CurtinUniversityofTechnology EngineeringandRelatedTechnologies,n.e.c.

6

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCEPLACEMENTINSCHOOLSTHATTEACHTHEWESTERNAUSTRALIANCURRICULUMINSOUTHEASTASIA-MALAYSIA

CurtinUniversityofTechnology TeacherEducation:Secondary

2

DEFININGTRADITIONALBEHAVIOURSANDCULTURALNORMSOFTHEIBANOFSARAWAK:CRITICALADAPTIVEARCHITECTURALSTRATEGIESSUPPORTINGTRANSITIONSFROMREGIONALLONGHOUSETOURBANHABITATION

CurtinUniversityofTechnology ArchitectureandUrbanEnvironment,n.e.c.

15

BORNEOSTUDYTOURONTOURISMMANAGEMENT EdithCowanUniversity Tourism 10INTERNATIONALTEACHINGPROFESSIONALEXPERIENCEMALAYSIA(ITPEM)

Consortium:LaTrobeUniversity,DeakinUniversity,MonashUniversity,RMITUniversity,SwinburneUniversityofTechnology,UniversityofMelbourneandVictoriaUniversity

TeacherEducation,n.e.c.

150

IRUSCHOLARSINASIA–MALAYSIANINTERNSHIPPROGRAMANDSTUDYTOUR

Consortium:LaTrobeUniversity,CharlesDarwinUniversity,FlindersUniversity,GriffithUniversity,JamesCookUniversityandMurdochUniversity

MixedFieldProgrammes,n.e.c.

12

LEGALANDJUSTICESTUDIESINTERNSHIPS Consortium:RMITUniversity,QueenslandUniversityofTechnology,UniversityofSouthAustraliaandUniversityofTechnologySydney

LegalStudies 20

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11.5ResearchersNAME UNIVERSITY RESEARCH

CATEGORYOTHERREGION

RESEARCHAREAINREGARDSTOMALAYSIA

CONTACTDETAILS

RONITRICCI ANU SocialSciences Indonesia IslamicliteraryculturesinsouthIndia,SriLankaandIndonesia,JavaneseandMalaymanuscripttraditions,historyofthebook,translationstudies,alphabethistories,conversionnarratives,comparativeliterature,travelliterature.

[email protected]

PROFESSORANTHONYMILNER

ANU SocialScience Indonesia [email protected]

VIRGINIAHOOKER ANU SocialScience AsianHistory,LawandSociety,IslamicStudies,SocialChange

[email protected]

PATRICKGUINNESS ANU Anthropology SEA/PNG Socialandculturalanthropology,anthropologyofdevelopment,religionandreligioussites,Participatorydevelopment,appliedanthropology,urbananthropology,SoutheastAsiansocieties,especiallyIndonesiaandMalaysia

[email protected]

AHMADHEZRIADNAN ANU Science EnvironmentalScienceandManagement,PolicyandAdministration

[email protected]

JENNIFERALEXANDER ANU Socialscience Indonesia Socialandculturalanthropology-Borneo [email protected] ANU SocialScience Thailand [email protected] ANU SocialScience AsianHistory [email protected] ANU SocialScience Singapore HistoryofMalaysia [email protected] ANU SocialScience Indonesia CommunicationTechnologyanddigital

mediastudies,studiesofAsiansociety,Asianculturalstudies

[email protected]

ROBERTCRIBB ANU SocialScience Indonesia AsianHistory,GovernmentandPoliticsofAsiaandthePacific,ProfessionalEthnics

[email protected]

ANTHONYMILNER ANU SocialScience Indonesia AsianHistory,politicalcultureinthe'MalayWorld'

[email protected]

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AMRITAMALHI ANU SocialScience AsianHistory,GovernmentandPoliticsofAsiaandthePacific,StudiesofAsianSociety

[email protected]

COLINBARLOW ANU Economics EastAsia MalaysianEconomicsandothers [email protected] ANU SocialScience Indonesia MalaysianCitizenship [email protected] ATHUKORALA

ANU Economics China, Japan, India

Economic Development, international economics

[email protected]

CHARLOTTE GALLOWAY

ANU Arts Myanmar Textile [email protected]

MICHELLE ANTOINETTE

ANU Arts Southeast Asia

Contemporary Malaysian art [email protected]

JOHN F MCCARTHY ANU Political Science / Environmental Science

Indonesia Environment policy, agricultural land management, oil palm

[email protected]

FRANCIS DAVID BULBECK

ANU Anthropology Thailand, Indonesia

Anthropology in Malaysia and border regions (Neolithic)

[email protected]

HAL HILL ANU Economics Indonesia, Philippines

Economic Development [email protected]

LESLEY POTTER ANU Economics Indonesia land use [email protected] VASOONTARA YIENGPRUGSAWAN

ANU Health and Medicine

Thailand health services [email protected]

GREGORY FEALY ANU Social Science Indonesia Islam and Politics [email protected] MATTHEW DOOLAN ANU Engineering E-waste [email protected] JUDITH HEALY ANU Social science Asia health services, health policy [email protected] JOHN ELIX ANU Science Lichen records [email protected] PIERRE VAN DER ENG

ANU Economics Indonesia Economic history [email protected]

STEPHEN DANN ANU Business (Marketing)

Halal Certification, Malaysian food marketplace

[email protected]

MARSHALL CLARK ANU Social Science Indonesia Migrant flows, cultural studies [email protected] SUSAN LEONG Curtin Humanities Singapore Media Studies, Migrant cultural studies,

Multiculturalism in Singapore and Malaysia [email protected]

AMANDA WHITING Melbourne Law Fiji, Indonesia,

Malaysian legal and political history; human rights institutions and practices in the Asia-

[email protected]

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Philippines, Singapore

Pacific Region; and the intersection of gender, society, religion and the law.

ANDREW KENYON Melbourne Law Malaysian Law [email protected] MALIA STIVEN Melbourne Social Science Australia,

Indonesia, Singapore

Globalisation, modernity and postmodernity in social theory, gender relations globally, global/transnational feminisms and feminist theory (Gender, Southeast Asia, family and kinship)

[email protected]

NELSON LAM Melbourne Engineering Australia, Singapore

Performance modelling of infrastructure in extreme events (seismic impact collision)

[email protected]

TOONG-KHUAN CHAN Melbourne Architecture Singapore Construction economics and industry [email protected] SOHEIL SABRI Melbourne Engineering Australia Urban Analytics [email protected] MICHAEL LEIGH Melbourne Political Science Indonesia Elections [email protected] SEBASTIAN THOMAS Melbourne Science Australia,

China, Indonesia, Micronesia

Marine and coastal ecosystems [email protected]

SANDER ADELAAR Melbourne Languages Indonesia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka

Austronesian Comparative-Historical Linguistics (Austronesian, Historical Linguistics, Malay, Malagasy, Formosan Languages, Borneo Linguistics, Javanese Historical Linguistics), Malaysian Linguistics

[email protected]

SHERAH KURNIA Melbourne IT Australia, Bahrain, Indonesia

e-commerce, retail IT, online social networking

[email protected]

KEN SETIAWAN Melbourne Social Science Indonesia Human rights [email protected] ROBIN GASSER Melbourne Veterinary

Biosciences Australia Parasitology [email protected]

VEDI HADIZ Melbourne Social Science Indonesia Islam and Politics [email protected] PAUL RAE Melbourne Arts Philippines,

Singapore, UK, USA

Contemporary international and Southeast Asia theatre; performance theory

[email protected]

VIVIENCHEN MonashUniversity

Business ASEAN Corporationslaw,financialconsumerprotection,regionalfinancialintegration,

[email protected]

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cross-bordercooperation,regulatoryharmonisation

JOSEPHN.GOH MonashUniversity

SocialScience Singapore,Thailand,Indonesia,Philippines

Diverseissuesofgenderandsexuality,queerandLGBTIstudies,humanrightsandsexualhealthissues,varioustheologicalandreligiousstudies.

[email protected]

DAVIDHOLMES MonashUniversity

SocialScience China ForecastingcommunicationstrendsinAsia,TheMalaysianblogosphere

[email protected]

WENDYSMITH MonashUniversity

Business/Economics Japan Cross-culturalmanagement;employeerelationsinAsia;internationalbusiness;socialprotectioninMalaysia;globalisedreligiousorganizations,managingreligiousdiversityintheworkplace;Islamicworkethics

[email protected]

JOHNBEARDALL MonashUniversity

Science China Phytoplanktonbiology;algalbiotechnology [email protected]

MUHAMMADBAKASHMAR

MonashUniversity

SocialScience TerrorismandCounterterrorismStudies;IslamandPoliticsinSoutheastAsia;

[email protected]

KYMBROWN MonashUniversity

BusinessEconomics ComparativefinancialdevelopmentinAsia-PacificsincetheAsiacrisis

[email protected]

JANEDRAKARD MonashUniversity

SocialScience Indonesia CompletingabooklengthstudyofMinangkabauroyalletters,materialswhicharestillonlyavailableinmanuscriptform.

[email protected]

DAVIDTANIAR MonashUniversity

IT Japan,Korea,Indonesia,Vietnam,Singapore,TaiwanandChina

DataArchitecture,DataProcessing,DataAnalysis,DatabaseManagement,DataIntegration,DataPrivacy,DataStorage

[email protected]

MARIKAVICZIANY MonashUniversity

SS Bangladesh,India,China,

CulturalStudies [email protected]

STEPHENGRAY MonashUniversity

Law CriminalLaw,IntellectualProperty,andIndigenousPeopleandtheLaw

[email protected]

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CYNTHIAJOSEPH MonashUniversity

Education Identity,culturaldifferencesandinequalityissuesineducationandworkcontexts.

[email protected]

ANTJEMISSBACH MonashUniversity

SocialScience Indonesia Rural-urbanmigrationandurbandevelopmentinIndonesiaandMalaysia

[email protected]

BRUCEMISSINGHAM MonashUniversity

SocialScience InterestsinthestudyofdevelopmentandenvironmentalmovementsinSoutheastAsia,andeducationforsustainabledevelopmentinuniversitiesandNGOs

[email protected]

STUARTROBSON MonashUniversity

Languages Indonesia ClassicalMalay [email protected]

MICHAELSKULLY MonashUniversity

BusinessEconomics Religion,FinanceandEthics:Islamicandconventionalperspectivesonsharedprinciples,practices,andfinancialinstitutionsandinstrument

[email protected]

KERSTINSTEINER MonashUniversity

BusinessEconomics Unpackingaglobalnorminalocalcontext:AnhistoricaloverviewoftheepistemiccommunitiesthatareshapingzakatpracticeinMalaysia

[email protected]

HASHIMABDULHAMID MonashUniversity

Languages Arabic-Malaylexicography [email protected]

AZAD SINGH BALI Murdoch Business Indonesia, Singapore

Pension reforms and pension systems, health policy

[email protected]

TERENCE LEE Murdoch Social sciences Singapore Media and politics [email protected] GREG LOPEZ Murdoch Politics Political social economic, middle-income

trap [email protected]

BENJAMIN REILLY Murdoch Political science Southeast Asia

Regionalism and democracy [email protected]

GARRY RODAN Murdoch Political Science Southeast Asia

Politics [email protected]

RANALD TAYLOR Murdoch Economics Economic development and growth [email protected]

ROBERT IMRE Newcastle Politics Singapore, South Asia,

Politics [email protected]

FRANK AGBOLA Newcastle Economics SME [email protected]

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LESLEY MACDONALD-WICKS

Newcastle Health Science Diet of Malaysian Families [email protected]

CLARE COLLINES Newcastle Health Science Diet of Malaysian Families [email protected] LAUREN WILLIAMS Newcastle Health Science Diet of Malaysian Families [email protected] TRACY BURROWS Newcastle Health Science Diet of Malaysian Families [email protected] CARMEN LEONG UNSW IT China,

Thailand, Germany

social media [email protected]

HAZEL MARJORY MITCHELL

UNSW Science H. Pylori

MINAKO SAKAI UNSW Anthropology, politics, Islam

Indonesia Malay identity, Malay Islam politics [email protected]

CECILIA Y. LEONG-SALOBIR

UoW Law, humanities and social sciences

Singapore Colonial cuisine

BARRY M. HARPER UoW Social sciences Social media [email protected] SHIRLEY AGOSTINHO UoW Social Sciences Social Media [email protected] LOWELL BAUTISTA UoW Law Philippines,

Southeast Asia

Maritime Law [email protected]

JOE F. CHICARO UoW IT Social Media BRIDGET KELLY UoW Social Sciences Sociocultural attitudes to food [email protected] GERHARD HOFFSTAEDTER

UQ Social Science Australia Muslim identities, religion, legal pluralism, Islam, anthropology, refugees, displacement

[email protected]

AMMAR ABDUL AZIZ UQ Agriculture and food science

Indonesia, Vietnam

Conservation, ecological monitoring [email protected]

ROB CRAMB UQ Agriculture and food science

Southeast Asia

Oil palm production + development, rural development

[email protected]

FRANCOIS VISSER UQ Agriculture and food science

Australia Sustainability [email protected]

ANTONY VAN DER ENT

UQ Sustainable Minerals

Europe, central Africa, Central America, Australasia,

Environmental geochemistry, vegetation, ultramafic ecosystems

[email protected]

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Southeast Asia

ADIL KHAN UQ Humanities and social sciences

South Asia Migration [email protected]

CHRISTOPHER FREEMAN

UQ Health and behavioural sciences

Australia Healthcare [email protected]

NATALIE COLLIE UQ Humanities and social sciences

National unity in Malaysia [email protected]

SALIM FARRAR USYD Law Islamic Law [email protected] MARINA KENNERSON USYD Neuroscience and

mental health Partnership with University of Malaya - on

genomes/Malaysian families [email protected]

MICHELE FORD USYD Asian studies Labour, Labour Movements and Labour Migration

[email protected]

LILY RAHM USYD Politics Singapore Singapore + Malaysian politics, authoritarian governance, ethnic politics and democratisation

[email protected]

MERYL LOVARINI USYD Occupational therapy

Health [email protected]

LYNETTE MACKENZIE USYD Occupational therapy

Health and well-being of older Malaysians [email protected]

DWI NOVERINI DJENAR

USYD Languages Youth language in Malaysia [email protected]

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11.6FormalIntervieweesINTERVIEWEE ORGANISATIONAFIQMUZHAFAR KelabUMNOAustraliaCanberraALANATOLMAN ANUSoutheastAsiaSocietyAMRITAMAHLI AustralianNationalUniversityESTHERFANWEIRU MalaysianStudents’CouncilofAustraliaCanberraEVANGELINESHARMAN CollegeofAsiaandthePacificStudents’SocietyJAMESCHIN UniversityofTasmaniaJOHNFUNSTON AustralianNationalUniversityPOOKONGKEE MelbourneUniversityROBERTCRIBB AustralianNationalUniversity11.7UniversitiesSurveyedUNIVERSITYAUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOND UNIVERSITY CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY - AUSTRALIA

CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY CURTIN UNIVERSITY DEAKIN UNIVERSITY EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY FEDERATION UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA FLINDERS UNIVERSITY GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY

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LA TROBE UNIVERSITY MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY MONASH UNIVERSITY MURDOCH UNIVERSITY QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THE UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA THE UNIVERSITY OF DIVINITY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME AUSTRALIA THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA TORRENS UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG VICTORIA UNIVERSITY WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY