Nyi Nyi Kyaw
Nyi Nyi Kyaw is a political scientist from Myanmar. He was a fellow at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)/Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Germany, where he worked on a project entitled “Understanding Causes and Dynamics of Revolutions: The Myanmar Spring Revolution”. He was an honorary fellow at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne. After obtaining his PhD in international and political studies from the University of New South Wales, he was a postdoctoral research fellow and assistant professor (adjunct) at the National University of Singapore in 2016–18 and 2020, respectively. He was affiliated with the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore as a visiting fellow from June 2019 until December 2020. Nyi Nyi has published papers in peer-reviewed journals including Social Identities, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, and Review of Faith & International Affairs, and book chapters on citizenship, nationalism and constitutional change in Myanmar, among other topics.
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Nyi Nyi Kyaw est un politologue originaire du Myanmar. Il a été boursier du Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)/Institut d’études avancées en sciences humaines en Allemagne, où il a travaillé sur un projet intitulé « Comprendre les causes et la dynamique des révolutions : la révolution du Printemps du Myanmar. » Il a été membre honoraire du « Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness » à l’université de Melbourne. Après avoir obtenu son doctorat en études internationales et politiques à l’université de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, il a été chercheur postdoctoral et professeur assistant (auxiliaire) à l’université nationale de Singapour en 2016-18 et 2020, respectivement. Il a été affilié à l’Institut ISEAS-Yusof Ishak de Singapour en tant que chercheur invité de juin 2019 à décembre 2020. Nyi Nyi a publié des articles dans des revues à comité de lecture, notamment « Social Identities, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies et “Review of Faith & International Affairs,” ainsi que des chapitres de livres sur la citoyenneté, le nationalisme et le changement constitutionnel au Myanmar, entre autres sujets.
Conferences:
21 September 2023: Migration and Citizenship Pathways in Asia, Paper Presented: “Migration, Citizenship and Identity Documentation: Citizenship and Pseudo/Partial Citizenship of Myanmar Migrants in Thailand“
Revolutionary resistance against full autocratization. Actors and strategies of resistance after the 2021 military coup in Myanmar
Authors: Kristian Stokke, Nyi Nyi Kyaw Abstract Resistance against autocratization is an important contemporary issue that calls for increased scholarly attention. The global wave of …
Center on Gender and Forced Displacement (CGFD) at AIT organizes Seminar on Climate-Induced Displacement and Gender Equality
The Asia and Pacific region, home to the majority of the world’s population, also bears the brunt of disaster-induced displacements. Environmental catastrophes, ranging from large-scale …
Myanmar’s military reaches into migrant pockets
Written by Nyi Nyi Kyaw, Chiang Mai University Tougher times await Myanmar migrant workers in Southeast Asia. Two recent orders issued by Myanmar’s junta State …
IDRC Chair Nyi Nyi Kyaw has been elected to International Advisory Board of the Academy in Exile in Germany
We are thrilled to announce that IDRC Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia, Dr. Nyi Nyi Kyaw has achieved another remarkable milestone by being …