Research Themes

These research themes are specially selected each year to reflect on the most pressing issues Kachin society is facing and are also in line with the interests and capacities of KRC researchers. Some of the research themes are meant for long term studies and may feature recurrently over the years.

Research Themes 2019

Drugs and Conflicts

  • Drugs and processes of political and economic change
  • Drugs and Social change
  • Responses to Drugs
  • Drugs and Culture
  • Drugs and Health

Kachin Studies

  • Customs and tradition
  • Political Thoughts
  • History
  • Migration
  • Indigenous and non-state Education
  • Indigenous knowledge of the environment and  conservation

Borderland Studies

  • Jade and borderland economies
  • Studies of Conflict and Ethnic identities in Myanmar’s borderlands

Social Change and Development

  • Gender, Masculinities and conflict
  • Social movements

Politics

  • Democratization
  • Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Federalism and Constitutional Studies
  • Great Power Politics
  • OBOR Studies
  • SSR (Security Sector Reform)

Economic

  • Studies of Kachin state economy
  • Drugs and economy

Research Themes 2018

Drugs and Conflicts

  • Drugs eradication social movement
  • Illicit political economy
  • Economic change

Kachin Studies

  • Customs and tradition
  • Political Thoughts
  • History
  • Migration
  • Indigenous Education

Borderland Studies

Social Change and Development

  • Gender and conflict
  • Social movements
  • Development

Politics

  • Democratization
  • Federalism and Constitutional Studies
  • Great Power Politics

Research Themes 2017

  • Conflict and Peace
  • Drug eradication social movement
  • Kachin studies (customs and tradition, political thoughts, history, migration, education)
  • Social media and political movements
  • Borderlands Studies
  • Gender and Conflict
  • Development
  • Democratization