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The Myanmar Research Centre is comprised of academic specialists, post-doctoral fellows, PhD candidates, postgraduate and undergraduate students, and professional staff. Our members are from a range of academic fields across ANU, and our affiliates are based in other universities in Australia and Myanmar. 

လူပုဂ္ဂိုလ်များ

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသုတေသနဌာနတွင် ပညာရေးဆိုင်ရာကျွမ်းကျင်သူများ၊ ဘွဲ့လွန်ပါရဂူကျောင်းသားများ၊ ပါရဂူတန်းတက်ရောက်မည့်သူများ၊ ဘွဲ့လွန်နှင့် ဘွဲ့ကြိုကျောင်းသားများနှင့် အခြားသောကျွမ်းကျင် ဝန်ထမ်းများဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်းထားပါသည်။ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏အဖွဲ့ဝင်များသည် ANU ရှိ ပညာရပ်နယ်ပယ်ပေါင်းစုံမှဖြစ်ကြပြီး ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ မိတ်ဖက်များသည် သြစတြေးလျနှင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ အခြားသောတက္ကသိုလ်များမှလည်း ပါဝင်ကြသည်။

ANU Academics

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Academic staff with the MRC cover a range of university disciplines. 

ပညာရှင်များ : MRC မှ ပညာရပ်ဆိုင်ရာကျွမ်းကျင်ဝန်ထမ်းများသည် တက္ကသိုလ်ပညာရပ်နယ်ပယ်ပေါင်းစုံမှ ဖြစ်ကြသည်။ 

 

 

ANU PhD Candidates

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PhD candidates at the MRC work on a diverse range of topics and disciplines. 

ပါရဂူကျောင်းသားများ : MRC ရှိ ပါရဂူကျောင်းသားများသည် ကွဲပြားသော ခေါင်းစဉ်များနှင့် ပညာရပ်နယ်ပယ်များတွင် သုတေသနပြုလုပ်နေကြသည်။ 

 

Affiliated researchers

Affiliated researchers

Affiliated researchers who have expertise in a range of university disciplines relevant to the work of the MRC. 

တွဲဖက်သုတေသီများ : MRC ၏ အလုပ်များနှင့်ဆက်ဆိုင်သော ပညာရပ်ဆိုင်ရာနယ်ပယ်အသီးသီးမှ ကျွမ်းကျင်သုတေသီများဖြစ်ကြသည်။ 

Director

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AsPr

Nick Cheesman

Associate Professor
Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Thailand

Research and Support

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Dr

Cecile Medail

Visiting Fellow
Identity Politics
democratisation
state-building
 David Hopkins

David Hopkins

PhD candidate
Critical prison studies
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Dr

Michael Dunford

Research Officer
Labour Economics
Identity Politics
Migration
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Samuel Hmung

Research Officer and PhD Candidate
Power-sharing institutions
Civil conflicts
Non-state armed actors

Board Members

Bina D’Costa Profile Picture

Prof

Bina D’Costa

Professor in International Relations
International Relations
Human Rights
Refugee and Forced migration studies
Hsu Myat Noe Htet profile photo

Ms

Hsu Myat Noe Htet

PhD Candidate/ Casual Sessional Academic
Intellectual Property Law
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Jane M. Ferguson

Associate Professor
ANTHROPOLOGY
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Asian Cultural Studies
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Dr

Jayde Lin Roberts

Senior Lecturer in Art, Design and Architecture
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Jonathan Liljeblad

Associate Professor
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Human Rights Law
International Law (excl. International Trade Law)
Morten Pedersen Profile picture

Dr

Morten Pedersen

Senior Lecturer in International and Political Studies
Development studies
Human Rights and Justice Issues
Vietnam
Nick Cheesman Profile picture

AsPr

Nick Cheesman

Associate Professor
Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Thailand
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Roxanne Missingham FALIA, PFHEA, OAM

University Librarian and Chief Scholarly Information Officer
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Russell Gruen

Prof

Russell Gruen

Dean, ANU College of Health and Medicine
Public Health
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES
Sandi Auung Moe

Ms

Sandi Auung Moe

President of the ANU Myanmar Student Association (ANUMSA)
Environmental Impact Assessment
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Environmental Policy
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Dr

Tamas Wells

Coordinator of the Myanmar Research Network at University of Melbourne
Democracy
Human Rights
Development Policy
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Dr

Yuri Takahashi

Lecturer in Burmese
LANGUAGE STUDIES
HISTORICAL STUDIES
Japanese Language

Fellows

Matt Schissler

Mr

Matt Schissler

Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, ANU
Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Genocide
Phyu Phyu

Dr

Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw

Myanmar Australia Visiting Fellow
Medicine, Family Medicine, Rural Health, Public Health, Medical Education
Tual Sawn Khai

Dr

Tual Sawn Khai

Myanmar Australia Visiting Fellow
Forced Migration
global health
Social Policy
Luke James Corbin

Mr

Luke James Corbin

Visiting Fellow
Traditional medicine
Southeast Asian Society
state-society relations

Members

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Dr

Anthea Snowsill

Visiting Fellow
Studies of Asian Society
ANTHROPOLOGY
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Bina D’Costa Profile Picture

Prof

Bina D’Costa

Professor in International Relations
International Relations
Human Rights
Refugee and Forced migration studies
Cecile Medail Profile picture

Dr

Cecile Medail

Visiting Fellow
Identity Politics
democratisation
state-building
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Dr

Charlotte Galloway

Honorary Associate Professor
CURATORIAL AND RELATED STUDIES
Heritage and Cultural Conservation
Museum Studies
 David Hopkins

David Hopkins

PhD candidate
Critical prison studies
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Dinith Adikari

PhD Candidate
ANTHROPOLOGY
Postcolonial Studies
Hsu Myat Noe Htet profile photo

Ms

Hsu Myat Noe Htet

PhD Candidate/ Casual Sessional Academic
Intellectual Property Law
Hunter Marston

Mr

Hunter Marston

PhD Candidate
IR in Southeast Asia
Maritime Southeast Asian states - China relations
Maritime security
Jane M. Ferguson Profile picture

Jane M. Ferguson

Associate Professor
ANTHROPOLOGY
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Asian Cultural Studies
Jonathan Liljeblad Profile picture

Jonathan Liljeblad

Associate Professor
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Human Rights Law
International Law (excl. International Trade Law)
Luke James Corbin

Mr

Luke James Corbin

Visiting Fellow
Traditional medicine
Southeast Asian Society
state-society relations
Matt Schissler

Mr

Matt Schissler

Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, ANU
Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Genocide
Meera Ashar

Associate Professor

Meera Ashar

India
Asian History
Asian and Global History
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Dr

Michael Dunford

Research Officer
Labour Economics
Identity Politics
Migration
Nick Cheesman Profile picture

AsPr

Nick Cheesman

Associate Professor
Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Thailand
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Nicola Williams

PhD Candidate
Political economy
Phyu Phyu

Dr

Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw

Myanmar Australia Visiting Fellow
Medicine, Family Medicine, Rural Health, Public Health, Medical Education
Roxanne Missingham Profile picture

Roxanne Missingham FALIA, PFHEA, OAM

University Librarian and Chief Scholarly Information Officer
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Russell Gruen

Prof

Russell Gruen

Dean, ANU College of Health and Medicine
Public Health
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES
Samuel Hmung Profile Picture

Samuel Hmung

Research Officer and PhD Candidate
Power-sharing institutions
Civil conflicts
Non-state armed actors
Sandi Auung Moe

Ms

Sandi Auung Moe

President of the ANU Myanmar Student Association (ANUMSA)
Environmental Impact Assessment
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Environmental Policy
Tual Sawn Khai

Dr

Tual Sawn Khai

Myanmar Australia Visiting Fellow
Forced Migration
global health
Social Policy
Yuri Takahashi Profile picture

Dr

Yuri Takahashi

Lecturer in Burmese
LANGUAGE STUDIES
HISTORICAL STUDIES
Japanese Language

Affiliates

Jayde Lin Roberts Profile picture

Dr

Jayde Lin Roberts

Senior Lecturer in Art, Design and Architecture
Morten Pedersen Profile picture

Dr

Morten Pedersen

Senior Lecturer in International and Political Studies
Development studies
Human Rights and Justice Issues
Vietnam
Tamas_Wells_Profile_Picture

Dr

Tamas Wells

Coordinator of the Myanmar Research Network at University of Melbourne
Democracy
Human Rights
Development Policy
Yunkang Liu

Mr

Yunkang Liu

Ph.D student
International development
International business
IR in Southeast Asia