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CONTACT US
School of Arts and Social Sciences Building 2 , Level 6 Monash University Malaysia Jalan Lagoon Selatan 47500 Bandar Sunway Selangor Darul Ehsan , Malaysia
Associate Professor Emma Baulch Deputy Head of School ( Research ) E emma . baulch @ monash . edu T + 603-5514 4933
If you are interested in our postgraduate courses or scholarship opportunities , please contact the Monash University Malaysia Graduate Research Office at mum . gro @ monash . edu
monash . edu . my / sass
Digital Southeast Asia We collaborate with leading digital media scholars and research institutions in ASEAN to understand the implications digital technologies hold for the economic , social , and cultural development of societies in the region . Our research is cross-disciplinary , and involves close collaboration with colleagues in working in the fields of business , IT , engineering and medicine .
• Digital health and wellbeing
• Digital technologies and rights
• Transactional technologies and digital consumers .
Climate change communication
The research strength brings together expertise in SASS with climate research being undertaken across the Monash Malaysia campus . We apply research strategies from media studies , journalism , climate science , sociology , psychology , international relations , education , and political science to research public attitudes towards climate change , and ways to better communicate the science and solutions .
• Surveying perceptions of climate change in Malaysia
• Climate change and human health .
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Doctor of Philosophy ( PhD ) The research degree is presented and assessed as a thesis with the aim of producing an original work of scholarship that will contribute substantially to the understanding of the subject matter .
Areas of research include :
• Politics , development and governance
• Culture , religion and gender
• Communication , media and society
• Literature , cinema and society .
SPECIALIST SERVICES
Various academics of the School also provide specialist services to industry , non-governmental organisations , and government bodies . Some of these services ( past and present ) involve :
• democracy promotion and constitutional design
• gender and equity
• project monitoring , evaluation , assessment and learning ( MEALS ).
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