Online Seminar: Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia
2026-02-23 10:30 - 12:00 (Asia/Bangkok) | Chiang Mai
This seminar series explores displacement issues in Southeast Asia, investigating various forms of displacement, enhancing understanding of the legal frameworks that govern displacement, and examining community responses to displacement. This seminar series is hosted by the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), under the Research Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia program.
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Seminar speakers and agenda:
10:30-10:45
Welcome Remark: Dr. Sirada Khemanitthathai
Research Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia; Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, Chiang Mai University
10:45-12:00
Panel on ‘Researching Forced Displacement Issues in Southeast Asia’
Yee Mon Oo Kyaw, Chiang Mai University
Title: Leaving to Resist: How Myanmar’s Students Reclaimed Agency Through Displacement
Syifa Salsabila Nasution, Asian Institute of Technology
Title: The ‘New Bali’ Disputing: The Politics of Displacement, Resistance, and Intersectional Inequality in Mandalika’s, Lombok Tourism Infrastructure
Andi Subhan Husain, Chulalongkorn University
Title: A Multidimensional Approach to Refugee Protection in Indonesia: Integrating Siyar, Humanitarian Ethics, and Policy Innovation
Moderated by Dr. Andrew Wai Phyo Kyaw, Research Associate, Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia, the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Chiang Mai University
