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Day 1: 11 June, 2025
Venue: Level 2, CR-E2-02, Asia School of Business
9:30AM-10:00AM
Registration
10:00AM-11:30AM
Opening Ceremony & Launch of World Refugee Day
Welcoming Remarks by Prof. Joe Cherian, CEO, President, Dean and Distinguished Professor, Asia School of Business
Opening Address by Ms. Louise Aubin, Representative, UNHCR Malaysia
Opening Address by Prof. Melati Nungsari, Deputy Dean of Research and Faculty Director, ASEAN Research Center (ARC), Asia School of Business
Keynote Presentation by Dr. Alice Nah, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Durham
Title: Struggle and Solidarity: Decolonising Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia
Speech by Omar Youcef, member of the Refugee Advisory Board, UNHCR Malaysia
11:30AM-11:45AM
Break
11:45AM-1:00PM
Dialogue Discussion: A Conversation on Malaysia and Refugees
Dr. Andika Ab. Wahab, Head of Center for Asian Studies at Institute of Malaysia and International Studies (IKMAS) and Assistant to the Chair of AICHR (2025)
Hafsar Tameesuddin, co-Secretary General, Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)
Moderated by: Shahril Hamdan, Head of Southeast Asia and Managing Director, Bullhound Capital; Podcaster, Keluar Sekejap; and Managing Director, Watchtower Advisory
1:00PM-2:30PM
Lunch, Bazaar and Poster Presentations (Venue: Atrium)
2:30PM-4:00PM
Research Session 1:
Legal empowerment in action: Refugee-led approaches to advocacy and participatory justice
When the Refugee Advises the Lawyer: Forced Migrants Feedback on their Experience with Government-Appointed Lawyers
Presenter: Jessica Alam
Research Methodology for Empowerment: Participatory Action Research Approach in the Legal Empowerment of Refugees
Presenters: Andrew Wai Phyo Kyaw, Vatanya Konchanan, & Matthijs Ivo Niks
Refugee-Led Legal Empowerment in Southeast Asia: Participatory Approaches to Legal Literacy, Community Mobilization, and Advocacy in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia
Presenters: Naiyana Thanawattho, Rizka Argadianti Rachmah, & Audrey Chan
4:00PM-5:30PM
Bazaar and Poster Presentations (Venue: Atrium)
Day 2: 12 June, 2025
Venue: Level 2, CR-E2-02 and CR-E2-03, Asia School of Business
9:30AM-10:00AM
Registration
10:00AM-11:30AM
Research Session 2a:
Mental health and psychosocial support for refugees in diverse contexts
(Venue: CR-E2-02)
Exploring Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Needs among Urban Refugees: A Case Study from Kampala, Uganda
Presenter: Alex Kitumani Mudekereza (online)Addressing Psychological and Mental Health Harms in New Zealand Refugee and Protection Status System: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Lens
Presenter: Dr Bernard Sama NdeNavigating Uncertainty: Health Outcomes, Experiences, and Access to Healthcare Among Refugee Women in Transit in Indonesia – The Impact of Precarious Conditions
Presenter: Dr. Sabina Puspita
Research Session 2b:
Legal gaps and policy responses to climate displacement
(Venue: CR-E2-03)
Legal Vacuums: The Challenge of Protection for Climate Refugees
Presenter: Ahmad Sabirin
Navigating the Nexus: Climate Change, Displacement, and the Emerging Realities of Climate Refugees
Presenter: Fuad Muhamad Fahrudin
ASEAN Member States’ Domestic Approach to Climate Mobility: An Example of Vietnam
Presenter: Nguyen Han Giang
11:30AM-11:45AM
Break
11:45AM-1:15PM
Research Session 3a:
Creative pathways to child-wellbeing in crisis settings
(Venue: CR-E2-02)
Co-design and evaluation of a scalable entertainment-education film intervention for reducing violence against children and promoting positive parenting among migrant and displaced caregivers on the Thailand-Myanmar border
Presenter: Khaing Zar Lwin
Examining the Effectiveness of BRAC Humanitarian Play Labs on Child Development and Well-being Outcomes
Presenters: Md Junayed Bin Alam Fahim & Hridita Islam
Play without Agenda within Humanitarian Crisis Contexts: An independent evaluation of the work of the Flying Seagull Project
Presenter: Ash Perrin
Research Session 3b:
Social integration of refugees: perceptions and language-based pathways
(Venue: CR-E2-03)
Perceptions towards refugees in Malaysia
Presenters: Dr. Muhammed Abdul Khalid & Dr. Zouhair RosliLanguage as a Tool of Empowerment and Exclusion: Refugee Integration and Linguistic Challenges in Host Countries
Presenters: Fatimah Zahra Ros'azamExpressive Writing and Refugee Youth: A School-Based Intervention for Socio-Emotional Learning
Presenter: Jeron Joseph
1:15PM-2:15PM
Lunch (Venue: Atrium)
*NEW venue updated for the following sessions.
2:15PM-3:45PM
Research Session 4a:
Economic integration for refugees: Stress, wage gaps, collaborative capacity in transitional environments
(Venue: CR-E2-03)
Collaborative Environments in Inherently Fragile Ecosystems: A Study on Female Refugee Entrepreneurship
Presenters: Dr. Melati Nungsari & Dr. Lin Ong
Native–Immigrant wage gap: Evidence from the massive Venezuelan exodus to Chile
Presenter: Marcela Parada-Contzen
Perceived stress among refugee teachers in Malaysia: Its relationships to job discrepancy and coping strategies
Presenter: Ho Khee Hoong
Research Session 4b:
Refugee realities: notions of belonging, behavior, and coping strateges
(Venue: CR-E2-02)
Prevalence and Nature of Aggressive Behavioural Tendencies among the Rohingya Communities: Myths and Realities
Presenter: Tariqul Islam (online)Parenting Practices and Social Development Among Refugee Children in Malaysia
Presenters: Dr. Kimberley Kong & Dr. Jean Anne Heng
Crisis and Continuity: An Ouroboros Model of Refugee Coping Strategies
Presenters: Shre Maha Manohar
3:45PM-4:00PM
Break and registration for Data Storytelling Workshop
4:00PM-5:30PM
Data Storytelling Workshop by Kontinentalist (Venue: CR-E2-03)
Call to Action: Creating Data Stories for Impact
Trainer: Siti Aishah
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