RCSD invites abstract submission for the symposium: “Is right-to-work working? One year of Thailand’s right-to-work policy for Myanmar refugees” to be held on 28 October 2026 at the Faculty of […]
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RCSD invites abstract submission for the symposium: “Is right-to-work working? One year of Thailand’s right-to-work policy for Myanmar refugees” to be held on 28 October 2026 at the Faculty of […]
Under the project “Advancing Knowledge on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia,” RCSD, project members Sirada Khemanitthathai and Andrew Wai Phyo Kyaw have been working with researchers, academics, and civil society […]
Coordination Mechanisms Across Refugee-Led and Community-Based Networks in Thailand and Malaysia Kunanyaporn Jirasamatakij, Global Advocacy and Communications Officer, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) and Deputy Chair, Legal Aid and Advocacy Working […]
Chuah Hui Yin, independent researcher Following the Indochina War, UNHCR has served as the de facto registration and protection body for refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia since the 1970s, a […]
Student Diplacement in Contemporary Myanmar Following Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, thousands of university students joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), abandoning their studies and, in many cases, their homes. Some […]
When Myanmar’s military seized power in 2021, the state did not simply change hands. In many places it lost its grip on the ordinary work of public life. Doctors, reporters, […]
The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD) and Center for Ethnic Studies and Development (CESD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, in partnership with The National […]
What happens when the state becomes actively hostile or collapses entirely? In large swathes of post-coup Myanmar, conflict has transformed many previously peaceful areas into war zones where everyday life […]
Three new research-based publications are now available from RCSD, focused on a range of issues: from local governance in post-coup Myanmar; the lives of CDM students in exile both internal […]
Join us on Tuesday, 4 August 2026 for a book talk with author Mellisa Crouch for her new work “The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar.” The […]