Ethnography Research and Development Unit

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Ethnography Research and Development Unit

About Us

The Unit began operation in 2001, and is based at the School of Social Sciences. It is dedicated to research in the field of ethnography and development with a strong environmental emphasis focusing on Sabah and Sarawak with some interest in Indonesian Kalimantan. The emphasis on Borneo is to take advantage of the region's multi-ethnic population and rich biodiversity. As a research centre in the social sciences, the unit emphasises inter-disciplinary research drawing expertise from disciplines including Sociology and Anthropology, History, Human Geography, Politics and International Relations.

It also encourages joint research with disciplines other than the social sciences especially in the Biological Sciences- marine and terrestrial-in the area of environmental conservation. Apart from research activities, the Unit also conducts workshops and seminars as part of its attempt to disseminate knowledge and to provide linkages between the university student population and academics with the general public. Research topics to which this Unit devote itself include ethnic relations of the Sabah population and the impact of development on the social and physical environment local, especially rural communities..

The Unit is actively involved in developing research networks nationally and internationally, has an active seminar series and is embarking on a planned expansion program.

Research projects currently undertaken include:

Landuse Change, Local and Extra-Local Interest:A case Study of Customary Land in Tuaran. (Fadzilah Majid Cooke, Gaim James Lunkapis, Marja Azlima Omar and Syahruddin Awang).A-007-05-ER/U1
Customary land and Development in Pulau Banggi, Kudat
Community Participation in Wetlands Management at Salut Mengkabong. (Assoc. Prof.Dr. Fadzilah Majid Cooke and Syahruddin Awang / The Environmental Action Committee, Sabah)
In Situ Off Farm Work: Social Transformation of Small holder Oil Palm Economies of sabah and Sarawak. (Fadzilah Majid Cooke) UNESCO Participation Programme 2004-2005. 272 113 203 MAL.

Contact Info

Ethnography and Development Research Unit, Second Floor, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.