Research visitors
Professor Lena Rethel
Professor, University of Warwick
Project: Malay(si)a at 70 – The Politics of Bank Reform
(2 June 2026 – 19 June 2026)
Faris Rahmadian
PhD Student, Wageningen University
(5 January 2026 – 15 March 2026)
(12 April 2026 – 12 June 2026)
Dr Elizabeth Pisani
(3 March 2025 – 22 March 2025)
Wang Qiuchu,
(1 September 2025 – 30 November 2025)
Dr Nasrul Ismail
University of Bristol
(24 June 2025 – 31 July 2025)
Associate Professor Jason Cons
University of Texas Austin
(25 May 2025 – 6 June 2025)
Hong Sungah
PhD Student, University Sains Malaysia
(1 May 2025 – 28 February 2026)
Dr Low Choo Chin
Project: "Migrant Malaysia" destined for the Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
(21 April 2025 – 20 May 2025)
Associate Professor Louis Bayman
Associate Professor of Film Studies, University of Southampton
Project: the trope of the folk on Malaysian horror film
(12 August 2024 – 11 September 2024)
Liong Jing Hao
PhD Student, Duke University
Project: How recruitment agents, employers, and activists in Malaysia are grappling with the problems of forced labor and human trafficking
(29 July 2024 – 31 July 2025)
Research Fellow, Cardiff University
Project Title: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022)
(November 2023 – January 2024)
Dr Elliot Prasse-Freeman
Assistant Professor/Presidential Young Professor, National University of Singapore
(October 2023 – December 2023)
Lecturer, RMIT University
Project Title: Contact tracing apps, nationalism, and users with disability in the Global South
(7 October 2022 – 7 December 2022)
Dr Ruhizal bin Roosli
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Housing, Building and Planning
University Science Malaysia
Project: Perception on implementation of web-based project management system on post-disaster reconstruction projects in Southeast-Asia
(16 July 2018 – 31 October 2019)
Dr Viola Thimm
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Universität Hamburg | Asia-Africa-Institute
Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia
Hamburg, Germany
Project: From Malaysian to Dubai: Muslim Pilgrimage and Gender in the Context of Consuming Practices
(14 May – 31 October 2017)
Ms Tian Xuya
Graduate Research Student, Sun Yat-Sen University, People’s Republic of China
Project: Small-scale Family Business and Market System
(September 2016 – September 2017)
Ms Nora Salem
Fullbright Visiting Scholar, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences,
Virgina Tech, USA
Project: Understanding Islamic Feminism through Personal and Public Spirituality
(August 2016 – June 2017)
Ms Kirsten Agatha Gerarda Ursinus
Graduate Research Student, University of Utrecht
Project Title: Residential tourism/lifestyle migration
(February – May 2016)
Ms Gina Helena Overkleeft
Graduate Research Student, University of Utrecht
Project: Female domestic workers in Malaysia: experiences, expectations and possibilities
(February – May 2016)
Dr Sudheesh Bhasi
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute (MPI)
Project: Transnational Religious Networks among the Indian diaspora in Malaysia and Singapore
(May 2015 – September 2016)
Dr Joshua Neoh
Lecturer in Law, ANU College of Law
Australian National University, Canberra
Project: Law, Religion and the State in Malaysia
(January and July 2014)
Associate Professor Dan Slater
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
University of Chicago, USA
Project: Democracy through Strength
(October – November 2013)
Mr Stephan Giersdorf
Lecturer, Institute of Political Science
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Project: The civil societies of Malaysia and Singapore in comparative perspective
(July – October 2013)
Ms Sandra Hüttmann
Graduate Research Student, The University of Münster, Germany
Project: Investigates the perception of, approaches to, and interaction with Malaysian local and national culture among German students who study in Malaysia
(April 2013 – August 2013)
Professor Diane Stone
Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Warwick, UK
(December 2007 – February 2008)