Grounding Area Studies in Social Practice
The University of Freiburg pursues a transdisciplinary concept of research on Southeast Asia. The disciplines involved include Political Science, Socio-cultural Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Islamic Studies and History. Southeast Asian Studies at Freiburg build on internationalized research and teaching and strive for knowledge production in circulation by enhancing innovative models of collaborative reciprocal research. Other program components such as regional, cross-cultural and global networking, the graduate program, field schools and methodology training, the alumni and fellowship program and knowledge transfer are closely linked with the research core (more ... ). Research in this program focuses on two topics:
1. Democratization and Institutional Change in South East Asia
2. Modes of World-Making in South East Asia
News & Events
New Website | Center for Transcultural Asian Studies at the University of Freiburg
The newly created Center for Transcultural Asian Studies at the University of Freiburg has recently launched its website.
Call for Papers, ASEASUK 28th Annual Conference 2014
As a part of the 28th Annual Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the UK (ASEASUK), there is a call for papers for the panel "Illiberal Pluralism in Southeast Asia's Economic Reform Experience"
Conference Report on the BMBF Academic and Policy Roundtable 2013
In 2013 the Southeast Asian Studies program at the University of Freiburg organized an Academic and Policy Roundtable on "Democratising ASEAN and the role of the European Union". The roundtable took place in Berlin on September 30, 2013.
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Publications
The ‘gold standard’ for labour export? The role of civil society in shaping multi-level Philippine migration policies.
- Author: Rother, Stefan
- Third World Quarterly, 2022
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Why Asian states cooperate in regional arrangements: Asian regionalism in comparative perspective.
- Authors: Panke, Diana; Rüland, Jürgen
- International Relations, 2021
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Indonesians and Their Arab World: Guided Mobility among Labor Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims.
- Author: Lücking, Mirjam
- Cornell University Press, 2021
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Subnational favoritism in development grant allocations: Empirical evidence from decentralized Indonesia.
- Author: Gonschorek, Gerrit J.
- World Development, 2021
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