On April 6, 2026, Emmanuelle PEYVEL, an associate research fellow at IRASEC, was invited to the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), at the Centre for Research on Territorial Development (CRDT), as part of the Mesopolis chair focusing on small and medium-sized cities in transformation, led by Pham Thi Thanh Hien. On this occasion, she presented part of her research on Vietnamese high-altitude resorts, more specifically in relation to tourist practices linked to matrimonial events.

Clément Berthou, associate research fellow at IRASEC, will take part to CB+DC Conference (12-14 May, Kuala Lumpur), with the panel discussion about “Interoperability—Making New Digital Money Work” on 12 May, the panel discussion about “From Experiment to Infrastructure Digital Currency Comes of Age” on 13 May, and a presentation about “Cambodia’s Dollarization: Infrastructural Analysis of the Cambodian Monetary Framework and its Dynamics.”

1^st and 2^nd April 2026,
Jakarta, Indonesia.

Jérémy Jammes will participate to the conference « Transforming Education for Future Generations : Advancing Global Justice & Innovation » with a keynote entitled « Making Ideas Transformative : Reimagining Knowledge, Dialogue, and Educational Futures », in the presence of the Indonesian Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology.

Mercredi 8 avril 2026, 18h - 21h
Alliance Française de Bangkok

L’IRASEC, en partenariat avec la FTCC et la librairie Carnets d’Asie, organise le lancement de l’ouvrage L’Asie du Sud-Est 2026 autour d’une table ronde réunissant les éditeurs de l’ouvrage (Jérémy Jammes et Gabriel Facal, directeur et directeur adjoint de l’IRASEC), ainsi que Cyrille Moyon (auteur du chapitre sur la sécurité alimentaire) et Jean Sol-Macher (Chef du service économique de Bangkok à l’Ambassade de France en Thaïlande).

2^nd International Multidisciplinary Research Conference
Tarlac State University (Philippines), hybrid format
25 March 2026

As part of the Aguman Ning Belwan 2026 conference, Gabriel Facal will present a plenary talk entitled “Agroecology in Southeast Asia : Harnessing Interdisciplinarity to Study a Strong Driver of Sustainability”.

As part of the 26^th edition of the Reflection Seminar, which will take place from Thursday, March 12 to Friday, March 13, 2026, in Kuala Lumpur, Jérémy Jammes will present the annual publication “L’Asie du Sud-Est 2026 - Bilan, Enjeux et perspectives”, and Elisabeth Peyroux will give a presentation on artificial intelligence entitled “Entre innovation et contrôle : les enjeux de l’IA urbaine à Singapour” [Between Innovation and Control : The Challenges of Urban AI in Singapore].
As in previous years, the meeting will be held behind closed doors and will be conducted mainly in French. The seminar will therefore not be open to the public.

5 February 2026, 9h-17h
Room 2B, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei

An event co-organised by the French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC Taipei) and the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC)

Across the social sciences, scholars are increasingly engaging with creative and multimodal forms of knowledge production. At this workshop, participants will discuss their work with comics, video-making, film programming, artists’ residencies, literary ethnography, podcasts, and other inventive approaches to research and writing.

Founded in Bangkok twenty-five years ago, the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia has established itself as a major centre of scholarship. Since its creation, IRASEC has produced a substantial body of work comprising more than 150 publications, 38 per cent of which are in English, including 21 policy briefs, 44 research notebooks and 87 monographs. These publications are complemented by a wide range of round tables, conferences and symposia. Under successive leaderships, and (...)

We are pleased to announce that the IRASEC website hosts the Saigon Social Sciences Hub (SSSH), an English-speaking group of young researchers in the humanities and social sciences working on Việt Nam. You can find details of the events they organize as well as a history of past conferences.

On December 15, 2025, Christine Cabasset spoke about the conflict between Cambodia and Thailand (alongside Juliette Loesch of IFRI) at the National Assembly, at the invitation of the Franco-Cambodian Friendship Group.