Scholarships & Fellowships
The API Fellowships aim to promote mutual learning among Asian public intellectuals and contribute to the growth of the wider public spaces in which effective responses to regional needs can be generated. To this end, 6 such people are chosen annually from each of the five nations of Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. These fellows then conduct research projects in one of the other four nations, thus contributing both to the advancement of mutual understanding, and creating networks of the regions top thinkers--the kind of networks that are necessary to guide Asia into the future.
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Indonesia
 | Ambar Yoganingrum |
| Project Title | The Study of Development of Medicinal Plants in Japan and Thailand in the Last Five Years 1999-2002: The Bibliometrics Approach |
| Brief Project Outline | This project aims to apply the bibliometrics method to study development of medicinal plants in Japan and Thailand. The focus of the study is medicinal plant mapping to analyze the direction of research and then compared to the policy on it. |
| Position | Researcher |
| Current Affiliation | LIPI |
| Host Country | Japan Thailand |
 | I Nyoman Nurjaya |
| Project Title | Policy and Legislation in Community Forestry: Study on Indigenous Rights and its Capacity within Community Forestry Development in Southeast Asia |
| Brief Project Outline | The presence of indigenous rights on lands and access to forest resources is still ignored and displaced in the eyes of governments and their policies in Southeast Asia. This study will observe and analyse on now the indigenous rights are defined and regulated within state policies and regulations in relation to human rights and social justice recognition in community forestry development. |
| Position | Lecturer |
| Current Affiliation | University of Indonesia |
| Host Country | Thailand Malaysia Philippines |
 | Indri H. Susilowati |
| Project Title | Risk Analysis of Ergonomics Factors on Train Engineer Workstation of Indonesian Train and it's Solution Referring to Japan as a Bench Marking |
| Brief Project Outline | The rate of train accident in Indonesia is fairly high. 85% accidents were caused by human error. Human error can occur when the train engineer is doing his job. One of the causes is the ergonomics factor on his workstation. This research will take Japanese train as the bench marking. |
| Position | Lecturer |
| Current Affiliation | University of Indonesia |
| Host Country | Japan |
 | Isbandi Rukminto Adi |
| Project Title | The Comparison of Japan and Malaysia Health and Education Systems as Part of their Child Welfare Development Strategies |
| Brief Project Outline | This study is an exploratory study which tries to find out the health and education systems in the two countries that can sustain their child welfare development in relation to global changes. The study will focus on the development of policies and strategies after the Asian Crisis in 1997. |
| Position | Head of Social Welfare Post Graduate Programme |
| Current Affiliation | University of Indonesia |
| Host Country | Japan Malaysia |
 | Petrus-Damianus |
| Project Title | "Access to Land and Social Justice in the Philippines" |
| Brief Project Outline | I would like to elaborate the factors determining "the success and failures" of the agrarian transformation democratically, exploiting comparative methods of case studies on social and state actors. Apart from distributing human condition, particularly families of small farmers, this research ensures a dimension of search for social justice in the Philippines. |
| Position | Researcher, Editor |
| Current Affiliation | The Kemala Foundation |
| Host Country | Philippines |
 | Zamroni |
| Project Title | Free Trade in Asian Agriculture: An Economic Perspective of Thailand |
| Brief Project Outline | The study will be focused on the economic perspective of free trade in agricultural products especially of Thailand. Further, the study will elaborate on how less and more advanced technology, and less and more natural-resource-abundant countries manage their agricultural produts in free trade. |
| Position | Economics Researcher |
| Current Affiliation | LIPI |
| Host Country | Thailand |
Japan
 | Akira Sato |
| Project Title | Globalization and Vocational Trainings: The Investigation of Effective Vocational Trainings for Poor People in the Philippines |
| Brief Project Outline | Globalization has radically effected the employment situation in the Philippines. I will research those effects on the employment situation of poor people. I will analyze the effectiveness of current policies for employment and vocational trainings. I will investigate conditions for building effective vocational training centers for poor people in terms of the global employment market. |
| Position | Volunteer Staff |
| Current Affiliation | Nippon International Cooperation for Community Development |
| Host Country | Philippines |
 | Kensuke Yamaguchi |
| Project Title | The Water Conflicts in Northern Thailand: Is the Physical Water Shortage the Main Reason? |
| Brief Project Outline | Recently, water conflicts have frequently happened in the tropical monsoon Asia. In this project, the conflict in Mae Tia, North Thailand is focused on. The aim is to understand the meaning of the water conflict not only physically but socially through the field work in this area. |
| Position | Graduate Student |
| Current Affiliation | The University of Tokyo |
| Host Country | Thailand |
 | Mariko Akuzawa |
| Project Title | Penetration of Legal Literacy for "Universal Human Rights" and its Effects in Local Communities: A Study to Find out How the Civil Society Has Accepted Universal Human Rights through Efforts of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights and Human Rights Commission of Malaysia at the Community and Local Levels |
| Brief Project Outline | Focusing on the work of national human rights institution (NHRI) to receive, investigate and redress of human rights violation cases at local and regional level, find out what human rights standards and values are referred to in the process by interviewing concerned parties and human rights officers, and by conducting survey of the respective communities. |
| Position | Associate Professor |
| Current Affiliation | University of Hyogo |
| Host Country | Philippines Malaysia |
 | Miho Sakuma |
| Project Title | Local Politics and Development in the Philippines: Case Studies on Local-Government-Led Export Processing Zone Projects |
| Brief Project Outline | Through case studies on local-government-led export processing zone projects, I would like to analyze, 1.the way how politics and development interrelate 2.the roles of national government and politicians 3.the main obstacles, and 4.the needed assistance for local governments to materialize the projects |
| Position | PhD Candidate |
| Current Affiliation | Kobe University |
| Host Country | Philippines |
 | Mizuki Endo |
| Project Title | Creating Alternative Network for Contemporary Artists in Baguio, Manila, Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Fukuoka |
| Brief Project Outline | Researching Baguio Arts Guild and its art festival sociologically and anthropologically. Baguio Arts Guild and their activities presented unique examples of cultural movement that indicates the characteristic strategy of identity politics. Inquiring contemporary art spaces in Manila, Jakarta and Yogyakarta. It will make it possible to understanding the renewed relationship between Art and society. |
| Position | President |
| Current Affiliation | RHYTHM/NPO |
| Host Country | Philippines Indonesia |
 | Seiji Kageyama |
| Project Title | Expanding the Outreach Program of the Knowledge Delivery and Examination Package, and the Promotion of Rapid and Visible Information Delivery on Infectious Diseases in the Philippines |
| Brief Project Outline | The fundamental of the prevention of infection-outbreaks will be established by: (1) increasing the size of the registry of infections, e.g., blood-borne infections in Cebu City of the Philippines through the packaged outreach program of the knowledge delivery and examination and (2) a rapid and visible information delivery system. |
| Position | Associate Professor |
| Current Affiliation | Kanazawa University |
| Host Country | Philippines |
Malaysia
 | Askiah Binti Mohd. Adam |
| Project Title | Islam Post-9/11: Trends and Opportunities for Modernization |
| Brief Project Outline | The objective of the project is to identify trends in the Muslim community of Indonesia resulting from global events following the 9/11 world trade centre/Pentagon tragedies. From these trends will be weeded out the opportunities for modernization that may exist in an anticipated time of flux, mentally. |
| Position | Columnist/Stringer |
| Current Affiliation | New Straits Times Press |
| Host Country | Indonesia Japan |
 | Chan Chee Khoon |
| Project Title | Re-negotiating the Social Contract: Reforms in the Organisation and Financing of Healthcare in E & SE Asia |
| Brief Project Outline | A political-economic and institutional analysis of healthcare privatization in selected Asian countries. Working hypotheses: globalisation - technology-enabled(?), continuing outward impulse of capital, driven by saturated mature markets and the search for competitive advantage; privatization - the inward impulse, cannibalizing the welfarist state, extending the circuit of capital into a hitherto public sector. |
| Position | Associate Professor |
| Current Affiliation | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| Host Country | Thailand Philippines Japan |
 | Khoo Su Nin |
| Project Title | Heritage as a Focus of Cultural Identification, Mobilization and Contestation in Southern Thailand |
| Brief Project Outline | To research heritage sites, issues and initiatives in Southern Thailand, as a contribution to Southern Thailand studies and heritage studies. To link individuals and groups of Malaysia and Southern Thailand, especially Phuket and Penang. To explore local history and cultural diversity, and to document shared histories, communities and cultural heritage. |
| Position | Honorary Secretary |
| Current Affiliation | Penang Heritage Trust |
| Host Country | Thailand |
 | Shamila Annie Binti Mohamed Ariffin |
| Project Title | Dissidents and Disciples: The Geography of Islam in Indonesia |
| Brief Project Outline | A documentation on the social and psychological experience of believing outside the enforcement of a religious bureaucracy among Muslims in Indonesia and the construction of their religious identities. |
| Position | Research and Media officer |
| Current Affiliation | Consumers' Association of Penang/Friends of the Earth Malaysia |
| Host Country | Indonesia |
 | Wan Abdul Manan bin Wan Muda |
| Project Title | Globalization of Fatness: Cultural, Social, and Economic Dimensions of Obesity in Southeast Asia |
| Brief Project Outline | This study will investigate the social and cultural dimensions of obesity among various cultural groups in Southeast Asia. In addition, the study will also compile information regarding the effects of globalization on the consumption pattern of Southeast Asians and how these are related to the economy, health and the prevalence of obesity in the region. |
| Position | Associate Professor |
| Current Affiliation | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| Host Country | Indonesia Japan Philippines Thailand |
 | Wan Muhammad Paris bin Wan Omar |
| Project Title | Indonesian Public Sphere after Soeharto: A Case Study of 'Komunitas Utan Kayu' |
| Brief Project Outline | To study the formation and progress of 'Komunitas Utan Kayu'(KUK), or Community of Utan Kayu, in East Jakarta; and its involvement with national politics as well as cultural and intellectual development in Indonesia. The group is chosen for its ability to attract many other groups - as diverse as independent journalists, religious activists and scholars, cultural activists and artists, writers and publishers - in order to shape and participate in national politics and intellectual development of Indonesia, before and after the downfall of president Soeharto. Such diversity must be learnt and "copied" - whichever necessary, appropriate and viable - by Malaysian counterparts. From the study, I would like to see problems, issues, challenges, ideas, and prospects of KUK as an Indonesian "public sphere"(as defined by Jurgen Habermas). |
| Position | Columnist |
| Current Affiliation | - |
| Host Country | Indonesia |
Philippines
 | Elizabeth U. Eviota |
| Project Title | Globalization, Gender and Sexuality: Malaysian and Philippine Articulations |
| Brief Project Outline | The study investigates how globalization has figured in changes in (hetero)sexual and reproductive attitudes and behavior. It focuses on changes in sexual and gender norms and practices traceable for specific processes associated with globalization, e.g., urbanization, patterns of employment, shifts in state policies, and exposure to media and information networks. |
| Position | Lecturer Department of Sociology and Anthropology |
| Current Affiliation | Ateneo de Manila University |
| Host Country | Malaysia |
 | Flaudette May V. Datuin |
| Project Title | Women Artists and their Publics: Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand |
| Brief Project Outline | A study on the women artists in the contemporary visual arts of the abovementioned countries, and their publics, including traditional "fine arts" structures, alternatives spaces, grassroots communities, and the mass media. |
| Position | Associate professor Department of Art Studies |
| Current Affiliation | University of the Philippines-Diliman |
| Host Country | Thailand Indonesia Malaysia Japan |
 | Patrick D. Flores |
| Project Title | Curation as Public Discourse, Curators as Agents: Contemporary Exhibitionary Practices in Indonesia and Thailand |
| Brief Project Outline | The proposal critically explores the ways in which the practice of organizing exhibitions in Southeast Asia produces discourse on both contemporary art and globalization. The curatorial practice of six curators of different generations will be studied. |
| Position | Professor Department of Art Studies |
| Current Affiliation | University of the Philippines-Diliman |
| Host Country | Thailand Indonesia |
 | Rosalie A. Hall |
| Project Title | Re-defining the Japanese Self Defense Forces: Lessons in Forging a Global Identity |
| Brief Project Outline | It is a descriptive research on the changes of the tasks, roles and missions of the Japanese military, and how these changes were informed by the different perspectives of relevant political actors, which include the political parties, ministries and interest groups. It endeavors to find out whether the debate over this issue reflects the public's views on Japan's global identity. |
| Position | Assistant Professor Division of Social Sciences |
| Current Affiliation | University of the Philippines in the Visayas |
| Host Country | Japan |
 | Rudyard C. Pesimo |
| Project Title | "Asianizing Animation in Asia": A Comparative Study of the Dynamic Nature and Impact of Animation Industries in Japan, Thailand and the Philippines |
| Brief Project Outline | This academic undertaking aims to study the scope of the animation industries in Japan, Thailand and Philippines by comparing their structures, existing and potential markets for animation products and services, supply capability of animation firms, educational institutions for human resouce development, existing government support mechanisms, and their significant socio-cultural impact. |
| Position | Instructor Department of Digital Arts and Computer Animation |
| Current Affiliation | Ateneo de Naga University |
| Host Country | Japan Thailand |
 | Wilhelm G. Solheim II |
| Project Title | Gua Sirih(Sarawak, Malaysia) Archaeological Site Report |
| Brief Project Outline | Final report on 1959 excavation of Gua Sirih archaeological site never accomplished as notes and collection lost. This material accidentally recovered so needed research can now be done for site with earliest rice in Island Southeast Asia. |
| Position | Faculty Consultant Archaeological Studies Program |
| Current Affiliation | University of the Philippines-Diliman |
| Host Country | Malaysia |
Thailand
 | Boonlert Visetpricha |
| Project Title | Comparative Research on the Marginalization and Contestation of Urban Development Discourses in Japan, Philippines and Thailand |
| Brief Project Outline | In this study, I focus on the state discourse on "urban development", construction of image of the city. Such a discourse bring about the marginalization of the poor, their exclusion from access to resources, the public perception supporting their removal from the city. My study will challenge such a dominating discourse and hope this study will contribute to opening the space for the poor and enhancing their struggle to be part of the city. |
| Position | Researcher |
| Current Affiliation | - |
| Host Country | Philippines Japan |
 | Kannika Angsuthanasombat |
| Project Title | "Reintegration Programme" for Thai Returnees: Philippines Experience and Case Study of Thai Migrants in Japan |
| Brief Project Outline | Migration of Thai labour to foreign countries has existed for over 25 years. But few policies and activities exist for Thai returnees. Therefore, this project would like to study the "Reintegration Programme for Thai returnees." |
| Position | Researcher |
| Current Affiliation | Chulalongkorn University |
| Host Country | Philippines Japan |
 | Kokaew Wongphan |
| Project Title | Program for International Linkage of the Local Media Principles and Rationales |
| Brief Project Outline | It is a project to study the local media and people's media in other countries, to see how these media can be sustained in long term. To study the concept, idea, working method and effect of the local and people's media to the society. |
| Position | Freelance |
| Current Affiliation | - |
| Host Country | Indonesia Philippines |
 | Pennapa Hongthong |
| Project Title | Gene Revolution and its Impacts on Farmers: A Comparative Case Study of the Philippines and Indonesia |
| Brief Project Outline | To find out the impacts of the Gene Revolution to the farmers that would lead to greater understanding of the power of science as well as to arrive at some conclusions of the proper use of science and technology in the agriculture sector. |
| Position | Reporter |
| Current Affiliation | The Nation newspaper |
| Host Country | Indonesia Philippines |
 | Pornthip Apisitwasana |
| Project Title | Networking & Participation of Japanese Civil Society in Combating against Corruption through "Information Disclosure Law"(IDL): A Lesson for Thailand |
| Brief Project Outline | Thailand's Official Information Act started in 1997. Japan's Information Disclosure Law started in 1999. But the Thais rarely use their law to combat against corruption (only 7 from 321cases). The Japanese overwhelmingly use their law against corruption. Thailand can learn from the participation and networking of Japanese civil society. |
| Position | Practicing Lawyer/Legal Researcher |
| Current Affiliation | - |
| Host Country | Japan |
 | Suwit Watnoo |
| Project Title | Study of Homelessness: Study and Search for Solution on the Homelessness in the Bio City |
| Brief Project Outline | To talk with the homeless people and social workers about homelessness in Japan (Tokyo and Osaka), in Malaysia (Penang) and in the Philippines (Manila). Then conclude information and lessons for further working in Thailand. |
| Position | Adviser |
| Current Affiliation | Human Settlement Foundation |
| Host Country | Japan Philippines Indonesia |