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]