2^nd International Multidisciplinary Research Conference
Tarlac State University (Philippines), hybrid format
25 March 2026

As part of the Aguman Ning Belwan 2026 conference, Gabriel Facal will present a plenary talk entitled “Agroecology in Southeast Asia : Harnessing Interdisciplinarity to Study a Strong Driver of Sustainability”.

5 February 2026, 9h-17h
Room 2B, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei

An event co-organised by the French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC Taipei) and the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC)

Across the social sciences, scholars are increasingly engaging with creative and multimodal forms of knowledge production. At this workshop, participants will discuss their work with comics, video-making, film programming, artists’ residencies, literary ethnography, podcasts, and other inventive approaches to research and writing.

We are pleased to announce that the IRASEC website hosts the Saigon Social Sciences Hub (SSSH), an English-speaking group of young researchers in the humanities and social sciences working on Việt Nam. You can find details of the events they organize as well as a history of past conferences.

From December 9 to 11, Christine Cabasset attended the conference “Au cœur des détroits. L’évolution des infrastructures et leurs rôles dans les réseaux globaux : ponts, tunnels, câbles et ports” [At the heart of the straits. The evolution of infrastructure and its role in global networks : bridges, tunnels, cables], and ports, organized by the ANR DéCoDé at the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale in Dunkirk. Her presentation focused on “Quelles gouvernance et sécurisation des détroits d’Ombai et de (...)

Monday, 1st December 2025,
Alumni Association Meeting Room, 12th floor
Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

Coorganized by the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC), the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, and the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law (ARIEL), with the support of Norwegian People’s Aid.

The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Embassy of France in Indonesia, Timor-Leste and to ASEAN, the Indonesian Ministry of Health, and ASEAN, are organizing with the Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) and with the support of the Indonesia National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and of the French Agricultural Research Centre for Sustainable Development (CIRAD), an ASEAN-France One Health Conference on 25-26 November 2025.

The conference was opened by the dean of the Faculty of political science, Chulalongkorn University, Prakorn Siriprakob, and the director of IRASEC, Jérémy Jammes, who gave introductory remarks and recalled the recent history of collaborations between the two institutions, namely a conference on water governance in 2022, a seminar on electoral processes in Southeast Asia in 2023, followed by the signing in 2024 of a MoU between Antoine Petit, president of the CNRS, and the president of the (...)

This project comprises a one-day academic study day and a half-day writing session (targeting the publishing of a special issue in an academic journal), scheduled for 11-12 September 2025 at Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Political Science. These collective activities are designed to facilitate the building of a network that can be mobilized for other, longer-term projects.

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As part of the conference “The Future of Sustainability in ASEAN : Agriculture Act”, Gabriel Facal will give a talk entitled “Alternative agrarian experiences in Southeast Asia : questioning scales”. The event is organized as part of the “ASEAN-China norms II” network (following on from IRN ASEAN-China norms I).

Gabriel Facal présentera les arts martiaux du monde malais à l’occasion du Festival des Auteurs Francophones qui se tiendra à l’Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur le dimanche 24 mars 2024.