SSEAC Stories Podcast
1) Childhood malnutrition and pneumonia in Timor-Leste
Dr Nick Fancourt is a Horizon Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Sydney Medical School. He also works as a paediatrician at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Nick researches childhood pneumonia, par...Show More
2) Marine Environment Assessment in Palawan, Philippines
Dr Billy Haworth is a geographer interested in human-environment interactions, with expertise positioned at the intersection of human geography, critical GIS (geographic information systems), and inte...Show More
3) Insects as a Natural and Cultural Resource across Southeast Asia
Every year, World Wildlife Conservation Day is observed on 4 December. It reminds us of the importance of protecting our biodiversity, a message that is all the more urgent in the face of polycrises i...Show More
4) Sustainable Teamwork and Team Leadership in Southeast Asia
The workplace is forever facing new challenges. These challenges are also unique in the context of Southeast Asia. Effective team work and leadership are at the core of organisational success. Yet muc...Show More
5) Agricultural and Resource Economics in Vietnam
Agriculture remains a key sector of the economies of most Southeast Asian countries. It is supposed to provide nutritious, affordable, accessible and safe food to the people of SE Asia, and livelihood...Show More
6) Investing in Southeast Asia: Key insights for Australian Researchers
Southeast Asia is of vital importance to Australia. As a nation, Australia’s prosperity, security and economic future are intimately connected to the region. According to the Australian Department of ...Show More
7) Adam Bobbette, "The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java" (Duke UP, 2023)
In The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java (Duke UP, 2023), Adam Bobbette tells the story of how modern theories of the earth emerged from the slopes of Indonesia's volcanoes. Beginning in t...Show More
Adam Bobbette, "The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java" (Duke UP, 2023)
41:23 | Nov 15th, 2024
8) "The Languages of Indonesian Politics" Revisited
In 1966 Benedict Anderson published 'The Languages of Indonesian Politics', a seminal paper exploring the development of Indonesian as a new language for talking about national politics. In that paper...Show More
9) Lesbian Poetry in the Philippines
Lesbian poetry as a form of socio-political praxis in the Philippine context. This episode’s guest argues that lesbian writing – by lesbians and about lesbians – is a form of activism and decolonial p...Show More
10) Politics in Action 2024: Myanmar Update
Politics in Action is an annual forum in which invited experts provided an analysis of the current political situation in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam, and discussed the b...Show More