Dr. Sébastien Roux is a post-doc at the EHESS (Paris) and a member of the Iris—Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux sociaux (CNRS-Inserrn- EHESS-Université Paris 13). In 2009, he defended his Ph.D in sociology under the supervision of Pr. Didier Fassin, entitled “The Economies of Prostitution : A Critical Sociology of Sex Tourism in Thailand”. He conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Bangkok between 2005 and 2007, with the support of IRASEC. (...)

Henriette Sachse is a PhD candidate at Humboldt-University of Berlin in Germany. She has been doing research on Indonesia and Timor-Leste for the last 10 years and especially on the Timorese Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation as well as the bilateral Commission for Truth and Friendship. She has published several articles on both countries. Besides her research, Henriette Sachse is working for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. (...)

Dr. Kanis Saengchote is a lecturer in Finance at Chulalongkorn Business School, Chulalongkorn University. While his academic research interests are in applied microeconomics and real estate finance, he is also intrigued by issues related to land economics and urban design.
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The Saigon Social Sciences Hub (SSSH) is an English-speaking network of young researchers in the humanities and social sciences working on Vietnam, hosted by the EFEO Center (École française d’Extrême-Orient) in Ho Chi Minh City and supported by the GIS Asie since 2021. The SSSH brings together 300 members worldwide and has organized nearly 70 academic events between 2020 and 2025 (seminars, round tables and individual presentations).

Resident Researcher from 2022 to 2024
A geographer by training, Nicolas Salem-Gervais has been teaching Burmese language at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) since 2008. Affiliated with the Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE), his work focuses on various aspects of the links between formal education and the process of national construction in Myanmar (Burma). More specifically, he is interested in the question of national novels transmitted by history (...)

Director of IRASEC from 2021 to 2025
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Former Director of IRASEC (2021–2025), Jérôme Samuel is Full Professor of Indonesian and Malaysian Studies at INALCO, where he also serves as the institution’s Scientific Integrity Officer. A researcher at the Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CNRS–EHESS–INALCO), he was Editor-in-Chief of Archipel : Interdisciplinary Studies on the Insulindian World (2021–2024). His research focuses on the Malay languages (terminology, language policy, (...)

Jakkrit Sangkhamanee is Deputy Dean and Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology of the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University.
Academic Interests
Science, Technology and Society (STS) Anthropology of Borders Development & Ecological Anthropology Korean and Hallyu Studies
Researches
Korean Development Assistance to Southeast Asia : An Anthropological Study of Transforming Development Ideas, Norms and Rules into Practices, funded (...)

Prof. Marco Scarpati is an Italian Barrister at the Supreme Court, born in Reggio Emilia (Italy). Formerly Professor of Comparative Family Law at Parma University, he is currently a Professor of International Child protection Law at the University of Milan-Bicocca, and he teaches International Law and International Organization law at Parma University. He has been President of Italy’s ECPAT (“End Child Prostitution, Abuse and Trafficking”) since 2002. He published a number of articles on child (...)

Catherine Scheer is a postdoctoral fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, where she is part of the Religion and Globalization cluster. She obtained her PhD in anthropology’ from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and is affiliated to the Centre Asie du Sud-Est (EHESS/CNRS). Her research interests include sociocultural change and Christian missions. (...)

Christine Schenk has been working as advisor and project manager for a range of aid agencies and NGOs, including GTZ, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), World Bank, Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation Timor-Leste (CAVR). She has field experience in Haiti, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Sri Lanka, East Timor and Indonesia/Aceh. In August 2007, she joined swisspeace, a Swiss NGO working on peace research, policy and practice. She works as Programme (...)