Sydney Southeast Asia Centre - SSEAC

🎥Join us online for the Sydney Vietnam Innovation Symposium 2025 – streaming live from Hanoi this Friday, 12 September! 🌏🇦🇺🇻🇳
This event brings together researchers, policymakers and changemakers from Vietnam, Australia, and across Southeast Asia to explore how collaborative research can drive real-world impact 🌱💡
🎤 Hear from leading experts on:
✅ Climate resilience & public health
✅ Antimicrobial resistance & vaccine innovation
✅ Community engagement & research translation
✅ Funding strategies & cross-cultural collaboration

Don’t miss out – register for the online webinar!
📅 Date & Time: Friday 12 September, 8:30am–12:30pm (ICT) | 11:30am–3:30pm (AEST)
🔗 Link to join: http://bit.ly/3I5Ru1E

🌟 We look back to our 2025 Awards Ceremony last month as we celebrated our students' outstanding academic performance in the presence of family, friends, valued donors, distinguished guests and official representatives from various countries.

🎉 We warmly congratulate all our scholarship recipients and prize winners for the 2024 academic year, and thank everyone for joining us for a special evening together. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Hl0Vt5

Our annual Politics in Action event is on the way!
🇮🇩🇲🇾🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇭🇻🇳
6 countries, 6 speakers, 1 day, so many topics to cover.

12 June in person and online.

👉https://www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-southeast-asia-centre/events/2025-events/politics-in-action-2025.html

The SSEAC Leadership Team and all of us at the University of Sydney extend our deepest sympathy to the people of Myanmar and Thailand following the catastrophic earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March. Our thoughts are with the people of Myanmar and Thailand – both at home and living abroad – as you confront the sadness, loss and ongoing uncertainty in the earthquake’s wake, particularly in Myanmar where the political turmoil continues. We stand in solidarity with families and communities in Myanmar, Thailand and the region and are ready to assist in any way possible. Reach out to us if we can be of support.

Aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake – a visual guide The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday wrought destruction across central areas of the country, including the capital

🌏🎧New Stories podcast episode is out.
Nate Zettna and Natali Person discuss "Sustainable Teamwork and Team Leadership in Southeast Asia".

Find all the episodes here: https://bit.ly/sseacstories

NLA and Creative Fellowships open!

Applications are now open for the 2026 National Library Fellowships and Creative Arts Fellowships!

This year, the amount of financial assistance is greater than it has been in previous years, with the NLA Fellowships and Creative Arts Fellowships receiving $35,000 each.

Uncover new knowledge and apply now: https://brnw.ch/21wRmVm

🇻🇳🎧 New podcast alert! The first SSEAC Stories episode for 2025. deputy director Tiho Ancev.

joins the show to disucss Agricultural and Resource Economics in Vietnam.

https://bit.ly/sseacstories

Join the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre - SSEAC for a hybrid talk on “Community Movement and Media: Assemblages in Northern Thailand” with Professor Ryo Takagi!

Mar 6. @ 12pm (AEDT)
https://tinyurl.com/yja9n8jx

📢🇰🇭🇱🇦🇻🇳 New research article, featuring SSEAC members international collaboration, is available free online. 👇
"Challenges and opportunities for AMR research in the ASEAN following the One Health approach."

https://bit.ly/AMR_ASEAN

Challenges and opportunities for AMR research in the ASEAN following the One Health approach Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a significant global challenge and Southeast Asia with rapid economic and population growth faces substa…

📆📢🖥️🇺🇸 Webinar incoming:
The US 2024 Presidential Election and Implications for Southeast Asia.

3 experts examine impact in different areas.

5 Dec, 12-1pm (AEDT), register below.

👉 https://bit.ly/SEA-US-election

The US 2024 Presidential Election and Implications for Southeast Asia The outcome of the US Election will have significant ramifications for the Southeast Asian Region. The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre has assembled a panel to experts to discuss the regional implications, including potential impacts upon trade, regional security and climate change.