Asia Rising
La Trobe Asia produces a bi-annual print publication, highlighting Asia-related research and news from La Trobe University. Download a digital copy below, or contact us to request a free printed copy (where available).
Issue No.10 - 2024
Hong Kong's changing judicial system: How the National Security Law is eroding public trust.
Stories:
- Dr Premnadh M Kurup comaring learning between Indian and Australian schools
- Dr Karen Lee on public trust and the changing judicial system in Hong Kong
- Dr Yen Dan Tong and Dr Julio Mancuso Tradenta on Vietnam traffic and greenhouse gas emissions
- Dr Kiran Shinde on balancing spiritualism, heritage and tourism at Sarnath
- Dr Huawei Tu on improving the virtual reality experience
- Dr Balawyn Jones on domestic violence in Indonesia and the law
- Dr David Deane on measuring biodiversity on the Qinghai-Tibet Pleateau
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 10, or contact us to request a free printed copy.
Issue No.9 - 2021
Japan's evolving education system: Understanding social justice in the schools of Japan.
Stories:
- Dr Yuning Hong on using bioluminescence to fight bacterial resistance
- Professor Ashley Franks on promoting healthy biomes in China's rice supply
- Associate Professor Bec Strating on Australia's AUKUS risk
- Dr Biju Philip on India and sport for development
- Dr Kevin Yap on seeking health advice by using Voice Assistant apps
- Associate Professor Andrea Carson on navigating online misinformation and disinformation
- Professor Kaori Okano on social justice in Japan’s education system
- Dr Dimetre Triadis on using equations to understand rainfall soil behaviour
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 9 [PDF 3.7MB], or contact us to request a free printed copy.
Issue No.8 - 2020
Can Vietnam go green? Assessing environmental incentives of consumer behaviour
Stories:
- Dr Sallie Yea on human trafficking in Singapore
- Dr Brooke Wilmsen on Belt and Road projects
- Dr Emerald King on cosplay and identity in Japan
- Dr Mofi Islam on increasing use of caesarean delivery in Bangladesh
- Dr Sabrina Gupta on the effects of migration on South Asians, and the issue of trust in medicine in India
- Dr Kiran Shinde on the challenges in balancing progress and heritage in Ahmedabad, India
- Dr Ninh Nguyen on consumer behaviour in Vietnam and whether it can 'go green'
- Dr Kristelle Hudry on eye-tracking technology to diagnose children with Autism (with partners in Japan)
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 8 [PDF 1.7MB], or contact us to request a free printed copy.
Issue No.7 - 2018
The price of water: India and China develop the Brahmaputra River
Stories:
- Paul Strickland on teaching tourism management in Bhutan.
- Dr Maria Elander on figuring victims into the Khmer Rogue trials.
- Dr Bandita Mainali on creating a waste management baseline in Nepal.
- Dr Benjamin Habib on the land use debate in South Korea.
- Dr Ruth Gamble on Indian and Chinese development on the Bramahputra River.
- Associate Professor Howard Nicholas on accessible education in Vietnam.
- Dr Dina Afrianty on a disability research network between Australia and Indonesia.
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 7 [PDF 1.2MB]
Issue No.6 - 2018
Researching reptiles: New habitats for the Siamese crocodiles
Stories:
- Drs Paul McInerney and Dr Michael Shackleton on conserving Cambodia's crocodiles.
- Assoc. Professor Hossam Abuel-Naga on heat exchange through energy piles.
- Dr Emiko Kashima on death anxiety in Asian cultures.
- Dr Jason (Heng) Jiang on effective legislation of alcohol in Asia.
- Dr Sonia Reisenhofer on providing professional education for Indonesian nurses.
- Dr Susan Chong on HIV and AIDS treatment in Malaysia.
- Dr Kim Plummer on the genetic approach to fighting pear scab.
- Professor Philip Broadbridge on collaborating to examine the flow of water.
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 6 [PDF 1.6MB]
Issue No.5 - 2017
India in focus
Stories:
- Dr Jency Thomas on diabetes in tribes of India.
- Dr Juergen Schoepf on a thermoacoustic instrument, the Wa kapung dyo.
- Dr Stephen Morey on researching the Tangsa languages.
- Dr Mary Keeffe on social entrepreneurship in India's education.
- Dr Ian Woolford on Hindi and the world.
- Dr Alexander Davis on India and the English-speaking world.
- Dr Nadia Rhook on Indian migration to colonial Melbourne.
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 5 [PDF 1.1MB]
Issue No.4 - 2017
Excavations in Nepal: Uncovering the birthplace of Buddha
Stories:
- Dr Keir Strickland at on archaeological excavations in Nepal.
- Dr Chyrisse Heine on opening a speech and hearing clinic in Cambodia.
- Dr Peter Green on rescuing the Christmas Island red crab population.
- Dr Andrew Gilmore on the importance of trust in trade with Asian countries.
- Professor Jianfu Chen on judicial reform in China.
- Dr Rebecca Strating on diplomatic challenges in Timor-Leste.
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 4 [PDF 1.2MB]
Issue No.3 - 2016
China in focus
Stories:
- Professor Nick Bisley on China's intentions in the South China Seas.
- Professor Hou Minyue (ECNU) on the Australia-China relationship.
- Dr Richard Peters studying lizard signalling in Chengdu, China.
- Professor Jim Whelan's collaboration to increase the absorption rate of phosphate fertilisers in crops.
- Dr Josephine Barbaro teaching healthcare providers in Tianjin, China, to detect autism earlier.
- Assoc. Professor James Leibold on ethnic contradictions across China.
- Dr Brooke Wilmsen on population displacement and the Three Gorges Dam.
- Professor John Makeham on the Buddhist roots of Confucianism.
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 3 [PDF 4.1MB]
Issue No.2 - 2016
Comfort women: denialism continues
Stories:
- Dr Patricia Fenner and her art therapy project in Samoa.
- Dr Dirk Tomsa and his research into corruption in Indonesia.
- Dr Nicola Henry and her insight into denialism of comfort women.
- Emeritus Professor Robin Jeffrey's thoughts on the Clean India! campaign.
- Ronald Knevel's efforts to improve access to oral health care in Nepal.
- Dr Megan Maher's collaboration to map the architecture of proteins.
All these projects have received funding through the La Trobe Asia research grant.
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 2 [PDF 1.1MB]
Issue No.1 - 2015
Icy reception: Nepal struggles with democracy
Stories:
- Dr Ian Woolford and his research in northern India on local poetry and folksongs.
- Dr Kayli Wild and her work evaluating the maternal health care system in Timor-Leste.
- Dr Jasmin-Kim Westendorf and her insight into the development of democracy in Nepal.
- Dr Markandeya Jois on exploring a dietary prevention for Type II diabetes.
- Dr Benjamin Habib's thoughts on North Korea's emerging middle class.
All these projects have received funding through the La Trobe Asia research grant.
Download a digital copy of Asia Rising issue 1 [PDF 1.2MB]