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.

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Issue No.9 - 2021

Japan's evolving education system: Understanding social justice in the schools of Japan.

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Issue No.8 - 2020

Can Vietnam go green? Assessing environmental incentives of consumer behaviour

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Asia Rising Issue 7Issue 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]


Asia Rising 6Issue 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.

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Asia Rising 5 coverIssue No.5 - 2017

India in focus

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  • 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.

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Asia Rising 4Issue 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.

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Asia Rising 3 coverIssue 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.

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Asia Rising Issue 2Issue 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.

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issue1Issue 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.

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