The 2025 Asian Conference for Young Scholars of Southeast Asian Studies (AYSEA), hosted by the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, will be held at the CS Social Innovation Hub, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok on September 4-5, 2025. The conference focuses on “Asia in a Fragile World” and highlights presentations and discussions by participants from the SEASIA consortium’s network. It also aims to foster networking among young scholars affiliated with consortium member institutions.
Asian Conference for Young Scholars of
Southeast Asian Studies
(AYSEA 2025)
Theme: Asia in a Fragile World
September 4-5, 2025
Main Venue: CU Social Innovation Hub, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Program
4 September 2025:
| 08:45–09:15 | Registration |
| 09:15–09:30 | Welcome Address Pavika Sriratanaban (Director of the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University) Opening Remarks Nishi Yoshimi (Assoc. Prof, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University) |
| 09:30–10:30 | Panel 1: Climate Change and Environmental Fragility Mariko Ogawa (Assistant Professor, CSEAS, Kyoto Unviersity) “Land use and human livelihoods under climate change: the case of tropical peatlands in Indonesia” Kate Hsiang Han (PhD Student, National Chengchi Univerisity) “Between Perception and Practice: Exploring the Politics of Chinese Dam Investments in Cambodia and Myanmar” Syarifah Aini Dalimunthe (Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)) “Geographies of Climate Finance and Population Vulnerability” |
| 10:45–11:45 | Panel 2: Governance and Political Institutions in Asia Amelya Gustina (Senior Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)) “Constitutional Democracy and Legal Authoritarianism in Indonesia: Navigating Political Stability in a Fragile Asian Order” Wu-Ling Chong (Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaya) “Backsliding Reforms in Jokowi’s Indonesia and Anwar Ibrahim’s Malaysia” |
| 13:00–14:30 | Panel 3: Asia Forward Series Keynote Address H.E. Mr. Nagesh Singh Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Thailand “From Look East to Act East: India-ASEAN Partnership in a Changing Indo-Pacific” |
| 14:30–16:00 | Asia Forward Series Panel Discussion |
5 September 2025:
| 09:15–09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30–10:30 | Panel 4: Democracy, Governance and Civil Society Eugene Mark Min Hui (Fellow, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute) “The Role of Civil Society in Local Governance” Francesca Chiu (Teaching Consultant, Southeast Asia Research Centre (SEARC), City University of Hong Kong) “Abeyance and Absence: Spatializing Student Resistance through the University Boycott in Myanmar” Sarehan Sulong Khwankawin (Researcher, IAS, Chulalongkorn University) “The Transformation from Victims to Social Activists of Women in the Three Southern Boarder Provinces” |
| 10:45–11:45 | Panel 5: Of Human and Social Fragility Ye Htet (Research Associate, CSEAS, Kyoto Unviersity) “Supporting Quality of Life in Elderly Care: Enhancing Comfort, Safety, and Trust” Krittaphol Viphaveekul & Abdunrohman Mukem (Researchers, IAS, Chulalongkorn University) “Migrant Workers from Cambodia and Myanmar and Health Promotion: A Case Study of Aranyaprathet and Mae Sot” Stephen Campbell (Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University) “Of human bondage: Tales of migrant fishermen in Thailand” |
| 13:30–14:30 | Panel 6: Society, Culture, and Identity Sivarin Lertpusit (Assistant Professor, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat University) “China University Student Migration to Thailand” Xu, Mingqian (Post-doctoral Fellow, CAPAS, Academia Sinica) “Fading Traces: The Goddess Waterfront Lady from a Thai Perspective” |
| 14:30–15:30 | Panel 7: Post-Seminar Discussion |
