(Research project of Loïs BASTIDE, affiliated researcher at IRASEC)

In Southeast Asia, millions of foreign workers from the region (Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia) occupy the lower strata of domestic labour markets in Malaysia, Thailand, or Singapore. This transnational labour system plays a structuring economic role within ASEAN, in destination as much as in labour-exporting countries. These migrations also have a profound social and political impact across the region. The research project seeks to investigate the political dimension of these contemporary mobilities through the empirical case of Indonesian migrant women - Indonesia being one of the main regional labour exporting countries in absolute terms.

(Research project of Nicolas SALEM-GERVAIS, affiliated researcher at IRASEC)

This research project, conducted with an international team of experts, aims at analyzing the consequences of the 2021 military coup on the education sector in Burma/Myanmar.

(Research project of Elisabeth LUQUIN, affiliated researcher at IRASEC)

Christian religious facts in the Philippines, more particularly on

1. the independent Christian worships (especially the Iglesia Mistica Filipina) and
2. the place of women.

(Research project of Jérôme Samuel, director and researcher at IRASEC)

This research project seeks to further the understanding of Malay languages’ regional dimension in the present day. As we know, “Malay” refers to a cluster of closely related languages spoken in six Southeast Asian countries by approximately 300 million speakers. Its two standard variants, Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia) and Malaysian (bahasa Malaysia often called bahasa Melayu), are recognized as official languages in four countries in the region. We refer to these Malay-speaking countries as a whole as “Malayophonia”.

(Research project of Jérôme Samuel, director and researcher at IRASEC)

This ongoing long-term project began in the early 2000s. It aims to inventory, describe and analyse Indonesian reverse glass painting over 150 years, through a database which currently includes 2,200 items and will, in time, be accessible online.

Olivier TELLE participates to the SPACE project by directing the work package 1, “Predictive Epidemic Modelling”, with Alex COOK (NUS, Singapore).

The SPACE project is developing a research protocol for infectious disease prediction and prevention in Singapore. The project draws upon analyses of the risk factors and sociospatial patterns that drive dengue and COVID-19 transmission in Singapore, as well as the social and technical skills developed by individuals and community groups in response to disease propagation.

This research programme is funded by the "Agence nationale de la Recherche" (ANR) in the category "Young Researchers Young Researchers". Begun in January 2020, the investigative work will continue until June 2024.
This research program analyzes the role of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched by the Chinese Government in 2013, as an engine of urban development for secondary cities in Southeast Asia. It examines how the BRI powerfully drives international urban models, especially in (...)

International Research Network
IRN - CNRS SustainAsia
Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia:
Governance and societies facing environmental challenges

A large-scale project of the French Development Agency (AFD), General Monetary and Multisectoral Macrodynamics for the Ecological Shift (GEMMES) has the overall objective of assessing the macroeconomic impacts of climate change and simulating potential adaptation strategies in various developing countries. Adapted in six countries (Brazil, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco, Tunisia and Vietnam), the project dedicated to Vietnam (Gemmes-VN) focuses on the capacity of coastal zones to adapt to (...)

Asvi Warman ADAM is a graduate of Universitas Indonesia and holds a doctorate from the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS, 1990). He is a research director at the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI - Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia). A contemporary Indonesian historian, he has devoted several books to Soekarno, Suharto and the events of 1965.