Organizer: NYSEAN Public Universities Consortium

Description:

This panel discussion will delve into the complex logistics of conducting field research in, and online research on, Southeast Asia. Panelists will address challenges that scholars from across disciplines face:

Determining what approvals one needs for field research in a given country or on a particular topic

Tips for securing research visas and other permissions (with a focus especially on Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Thailand)

Suggestions for finding and working with local partners and affiliations

How to adapt to logistical roadblocks or mishaps

Best practices for ethical, safe field and online research

Panelists:

Melody Shum (Ph.D. Candidate in History, Northwestern University)

Rosalie Metro (Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Education, University of Missouri-Columbia)

Ross Tapsell (Senior Lecturer and Researcher, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University)

Eitan Paul (Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy and Political Science, University of Michigan)

Moderator: 

Meredith Weiss (Professor, Department of Political Science, University at Albany, SUNY)

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