Thesis Proposal Defense for Aung Nyi Lwin & Thesis Examination for Hanna Nur Afifah Yogar

UMD 24: Fight or Flight

Land Grabbing in the Development of Mandalay’s International Airport and the Local Fight for Justice Rural communities across Myanmar face land grabbing by state and military-led development projects. Land grabs […]

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UMD 21: Dam Displacement and Local Power

Ruptured Villages and Widened Inequalities in the Localized Resettlement and Compensation Process of the Upper Paunglaung Dam The government of Myanmar has begun building hydropower dams to meet the country’s […]

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UMD 20/CPRI 22: Women’s Economic Empowerment

A Case Study of Internally Displaced Women’s Small and Microenterprises in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar This study explores how small and micro-enterprise contributes to the economic empowerment of internally displaced […]

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UMD 17/CPRI 19: Negotiation for Life

Karen Customary Lands in Tanintharyi, Myanmar May Saung Oo has done valuable work with this research into the Karen community inTanintharyi Region, who are negotiating to preserve their customary communalownership […]

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UMD 16: Rural to Urban Transition in a Former Periphery

State-led development, land use change and livelihood transformation in Kyaw, Gangaw Township, Myanmar The Township of Gangaw in the northernmost periphery of Magway Region is administratively, politically and ethnically part […]

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UMD 14: Erosion and Community Resilience

A Case Study of Shwetasoke Village, Kawa Township, Bago Region Dr. Zin Mar Latt has taken a deep dive into the life of rural Myanmar and the heavy challenges people […]

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