About Thushara Dibley

NBN Episodes hosted by Thushara:

From Animal Rights to Human Rights: Supporting Sustainable Farming Practices to Improve Livelihoods

October 14, 2021

From Animal Rights to Human Rights: Supporting Sustainable Farming Practices to Improve Livelihoods

Peter Windsor
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

In September-October 2021, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts exploring the role that research plays in understanding and advocat…

Stepping in to Improve Women’s and Babies’ Lives in Southeast Asia

September 23, 2021

Stepping in to Improve Women’s and Babies’ Lives in Southeast Asia

Camille Raynes-Greenow
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

In September-October 2021, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts exploring the role that research plays in understanding and advocat…

Preserving Local Languages to Protect Cultural and Environmental Rights in Laos

September 16, 2021

Preserving Local Languages to Protect Cultural and Environmental Rights in Laos

Nick Enfield
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

In September-October 2021, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts exploring the role that research plays in understanding and advocat…

Elaine Pearson: Grappling with the intersections of academia, advocacy and activism

September 2, 2021

Grappling with the intersections of academia, advocacy and activism

Elaine Pearson
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

For the next four weeks, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts exploring the role that research plays in understanding and advocatin…

Building Bridges Across the Seas: A Discussion of Australia-Indonesia Cooperation for the Preservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage

June 24, 2021

Building Bridges Across the Seas

Natali Pearson
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic state, its waters home to hundreds, if not thousands, of shipwrecks. As maritime neighbours with both a …

Decolonising Research Collaboration Practices in Indonesia: A Discussion with Elisabeth Kramer

April 15, 2021

Decolonising Research Collaboration Practices in Indonesia

Elisabeth Kramer
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

For the next five weeks, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts on research partnerships in Southeast Asia. In the context of COVID-1…

The Subject and the Partner in Malaysia: A Discussion with Fiona Lee

April 8, 2021

The Subject and the Partner in Malaysia

Fiona Lee
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

For the next five weeks, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts on research partnerships in Southeast Asia. In the context of COVID-1…

Building Relationships in Vietnam from a Distance: A Discussion with Jeffrey Neilson

April 1, 2021

Building Relationships in Vietnam from a Distance

Jeffrey Neilson
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

For the next five weeks, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts on research partnerships in Southeast Asia. In the context of COVID-1…

Delving into the Unknown in Myanmar: A Discussion with Michael Dibley

March 25, 2021

Delving into the Unknown in Myanmar

Michael Dibley
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

For the next five weeks, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts on research partnerships in Southeast Asia. In the context of COVID-1…

Working with Government in Timor-Leste: A Discussion with Jenny-Ann Toribio

March 18, 2021

Working with Government in Timor-Leste

Jenny-Ann Toribio
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

For the next five weeks, SSEAC Stories will be hosting a mini-series of podcasts on research partnerships in Southeast Asia. In the context of COVID-1…

Exploding the Archive: A Reimagining of Archival Records in Malaysia with Dr Beth Yahp

March 11, 2021

Exploding the Archive

Beth Yahp
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

What exactly is an archive? Who and what are involved in the making and naming of memory projects as archives? What kinds of stories become told throu…

Rethinking Rural Livelihoods and Food Security in Myanmar with Assistant Professor Mark Vicol

March 4, 2021

Rethinking Rural Livelihoods and Food Security in Myanmar with Assistant Professor Mark Vicol

Mark Vicol
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

After decades of economic and political isolation, Myanmar’s rural economy is rapidly shifting from a narrow reliance on low-productivity agriculture,…

Combating African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste with Associate Professor Paul Hick

February 11, 2021

Combating African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste

Paul Hick
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

Since it first arrived in Asia in 2018, African swine fever virus has caused a devastating pandemic resulting in more than a quarter of the global pig…

Reducing Poverty through Digital Finance Schemes in Myanmar: A Discussion with Dr Russell Toth

February 4, 2021

Reducing Poverty through Digital Finance Schemes in Myanmar

Russell Toth
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

Financial inclusion has been one of the most prominent issues on the international development agenda in recent years, as access to payments, remittan…

Beating Plastic Pollution in Timor-Leste with Professor Thomas Maschmeyer

December 10, 2020

Beating Plastic Pollution in Timor-Leste with Professor Thomas Maschmeyer

Thomas Maschmeyer
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

As environmental emergencies go, the explosion of plastic waste is right up there. With global plastic production exceeding 300 million tonnes each ye…

Social Media, Grassroots Activism and Disinformation in Southeast Asia: A Discussion with Dr Aim Sinpeng and Dr Ross Tapsell

November 19, 2020

Social Media, Grassroots Activism and Disinformation in Southeast Asia

Aim Sinpeng and Ross Tapsell
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

Social media has become a crucial avenue for political discourse in Southeast Asia, given its potential as a “liberation technology” in both democrati…

Lost Temples of the Jungle: A History of Mrauk-U with Dr. Bob Hudson

October 22, 2020

Lost Temples of the Jungle

Thushara Dibley
Hosted by Thushara Dibley

Deep in the jungles of Myanmar lie the remains of an ancient kingdom, the 15th-century royal city of Mrauk-U. Located in the Bay of Bengal and separat…