IAS Research Clusters

The primary focus of the Institute of Asian Studies is to engage in research on Asia. To pursue a rigorous research agenda, IAS organises its research projects into four research clusters, each of which is led by experts in the field.

Urbanisation, Sustainability and Precarity

Investigators: 

Infrastructure, mobility, climate change and resilience, economy and investment, social justice, human security, urbanism, place-making, contemporary Borneo, blue urbanism (marine development)

Regionalism and Internationalisation: Borneo and ASEAN

Investigators: 

BIMP-EAGA, ASEAN, Border studies, state development, international law, ASEAN Communities (Economic and Social), Industrial and market networks, Nusantara and impacts BRI

People, Environment and Culture

Investigators: 

History, Identity formation and culture, biocultural diversity, climate change, Indigenous knowledge and transformations, sense of belonging