Transnational Interactions: East Asia-Southeast Asia (TIES)
- Public diplomacy - East Asia and Southeast Asia.
- An ongoing collaboration since 2023, with two workshops in 2024 planned in South Korea with Hankuk University of Foreign Service and in Malaysia with Waseda University, supported by SASS research strength and conference funding. SASS leads are Taesik Kim and Koh Chien Aun.

Speakers of the first joint workshop in October 2023 on media/public diplomacy with Hankuk University of Foreign Service in South Korea and SASS.

First joint workshop in October 2023 on media/public diplomacy with Hankuk University of Foreign Service in South Korea and SASS.
- Digital technology and governance
- An ongoing collaboration with Seoul National University’s Asia Center. SASS lead is Dyah Pitaloka.
- Film studies collaborations
- Educational collaborations with Seoul National University’s Asia Center (SNUAC) and Department of History. SASS leads are Taesik Kim and Chrishandra Sebastiampillai.
- Institutional links and collaborations
- Paralleling these thematic collaborations are corresponding institutional interactions that will build cross institutional linkages in the coming years.
- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Center on Media Diplomacy
- Seoul National University, Asia Center
- Seoul National University, Law School
- Hanyang University’s Global Multicultural Research Center, South Korea
- Waseda University’s Asian Studies Centre
- Injie University (research MOU with SASS on healthcare and communication design)
- Paralleling these thematic collaborations are corresponding institutional interactions that will build cross institutional linkages in the coming years.