L’IRASEC a pour vocation de développer la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales sur et dans les pays d’Asie du Sud-Est – Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Indonésie, Laos, Malaisie, Philippines, Singapour, Thaïlande, Timor-Leste et Viêt Nam – et sur la région dans son ensemble.
IRASEC’s mission is to develop research in the humanities and social sciences on and in the countries of Southeast Asia - Burma, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam - and on the region as a whole.
Le mot du directeur // Some words from the Director
Il y a 25 ans, l’Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine voyait le jour à Bangkok. Depuis sa fondation, l’IRASEC a constitué un corpus scientifique remarquable de plus de 150 publications – dont 38 % en anglais – comprenant 21 notes, 44 carnets et 87 ouvrages, complété par un nombre important de tables rondes, conférences et colloques. Construite par les directions successives en étroite coordination avec les deux tutelles – le ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères et le CNRS –, l’identité scientifique et régionale de l’IRASEC s’est progressivement façonnée. L’Institut est aujourd’hui reconnu comme […]
Founded in Bangkok twenty-five years ago, the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia has established itself as a major centre of scholarship. Since its creation, IRASEC has produced a substantial body of work comprising more than 150 publications, 38 per cent of which are in English, including 21 policy briefs, 44 research notebooks and 87 monographs. These publications are complemented by a wide range of round tables, conferences and symposia. Under successive leaderships, and in close coordination with its two supervisory bodies —the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)—IRASEC has forged a strong scientific and regional identity. Today, the Institute is recognised as […]
Bourses // Scholarships
Conférence à venir // Upcoming conference
Déconstruire l’écriture académique // Unwriting Academia
Explorer l'écriture multimodale dans la recherche
en sciences humaines et sociales
Exploring Multimodal Writing in Social Research
5 février 2026, 9h-17h // 5 February 2026, 9am-5pm
An event co-organised with the French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC Taipei), and ANR FORSEA.
Across the social sciences, scholars are increasingly engaging with creative and multimodal forms of knowledge production. At this workshop, participants will discuss their work with graphic novel, video-making, film programming, artists’ residencies, literary ethnography, podcasts, and other inventive approaches to research and writing.
Conférence récente // Recent Conference
Droits de la nature et droits humains en Asie du Sud-Est
Rights of Nature and Human Rights in Southeast Asia
1er décembre 2025 // 1st December 2025
Note de l’IRASEC // IRASEC Discussion Paper
Tourisme et Covid-19
dans le village javanais de Bejiharjo (Java, Indonésie)
The IRASEC Discussion Papers collection is enriched with a text written by Juliette SENDRA. It is a reflection on tourism in Southeast Asia in the face of the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, based on the case study of the Javanese village of Bejiharjo, located in the Gunung Kidul region (“southern mountains”), classified as a geopark by UNESCO in 2012.
Formation à la recherche // Research training
Sài Gòn Social Sciences Hub (SSSH)
L’IRASEC dans les médias // IRASEC in the media
Indonésie : la Gen Z, catalyseur du plus grand mouvement social depuis la démocratisation de 1998
As part of the feature on youth around the world published in the 89th issue of DIPLOMATIE magazine, entitled “Gen Z, la jeunesse se révolte?” [Gen Z: is youth rebelling?], Gabriel FACAL wrote the article “Indonésie: la Gen Z, catalyseur du plus grand mouvement social depuis la démocratisation de 1998” [Indonesia: Gen Z, catalyst for the largest social movement since the democratization of 1998].