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May 23, 2023
Challenges Arising From Digitalising Health Records
Despite the potential benefits of digitalising patient health records, it is important to consider the possible risks associated with the introduction of a centralised database of sensitive health data and a digital layer onto the already complex healthcare system.

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May 23, 2023
Challenges Arising From Digitalising Health Records
Despite the potential benefits of digitalising patient health records, it is important to consider the possible risks associated with the introduction of a centralised database of sensitive health data and a digital layer onto the already complex healthcare system.

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May 19, 2023
Breaking Barriers: Exploring the Landscape of Youth Entrepreneurship in Malaysia
Entrepreneurship is promoted to create job-creators, not job-seekers among youth. What are the trends and challenges facing youth entrepreneurs?

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May 19, 2023
Breaking Barriers: Exploring the Landscape of Youth Entrepreneurship in Malaysia
Entrepreneurship is promoted to create job-creators, not job-seekers among youth. What are the trends and challenges facing youth entrepreneurs?

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Apr 26, 2023
Digital Governance: Justice in an Unequal World
What should the future of data and AI look like? KRI researchers submit our proposals to the UN Global Digital Compact.

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Apr 26, 2023
Digital Governance: Justice in an Unequal World
What should the future of data and AI look like? KRI researchers submit our proposals to the UN Global Digital Compact.

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Apr 6, 2023
Unlocking the Earning Potential of TVET Graduates
TVET graduates have unique skillsets. Strategies to support them in earning higher incomes are imperative to unlock their earning potential.

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Apr 6, 2023
Unlocking the Earning Potential of TVET Graduates
TVET graduates have unique skillsets. Strategies to support them in earning higher incomes are imperative to unlock their earning potential.

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Apr 3, 2023
Mengatasi Salah Tanggap dan Memahami Peluang Pekerjaan Graduan PhD
Semakin ramai graduan menyambung pengajian ke peringkat PhD. Peluang lulusan PhD adalah meluas, terutamanya dalam bidang akademik. Namun, di sebalik peluang, ada cabarannya. Dan sejauh manakah daya saing graduan PhD dalam pasaran pekerjaan?

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Apr 3, 2023
Mengatasi Salah Tanggap dan Memahami Peluang Pekerjaan Graduan PhD
Semakin ramai graduan menyambung pengajian ke peringkat PhD. Peluang lulusan PhD adalah meluas, terutamanya dalam bidang akademik. Namun, di sebalik peluang, ada cabarannya. Dan sejauh manakah daya saing graduan PhD dalam pasaran pekerjaan?
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Digital Transformation
Demography
Digital Divide
Digital & Gig Economy
AI, Automation & Work
SME Tech Adoption
Digital Infrastructure & Access
Aquaculture
Agro-industrial Crops Management
Water, Waste & Resource
Energy Transition & Just Transition
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Housing Affordability & Rental Market
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Public Transport & Connectivity
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Financialisation & Indebtedness
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Education
Health, Nutrition & Public Health
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Gender Inclusion
Social Protection
Care & Domestic Work
Wages & Gig Work
Labour Trends & Youth Employment
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Public Finance & Fiscal Reform
Regional Development
Productivity & Industrial Development
International Trade
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Eleanor Wikstrom
Dr Roza Hazli Zakaria
Stephanie Hsu
Tan Hui Hui
Kelvin Ling Shyan Seng
Khairin Ilaina Mohamed Amin
Govind Nirav Rao
C. Hari S. Shankar
Afifah Ahmad
Elisabeth Chan Wen Yi
Nurrdinan Serena Amer Sharaffudin
Nurhanina Zaharin
Dr Amirah 'Aisha Badrul Hisham
Nur Hannani Abd Ghafar
Tehleel Nazir
Yee Suet Ee
Balqis Athirah Azhar
Shukri Mohamed Khairi
Nurul Farhana Abdul Shukor
Aidil Farhan Jasrie Arman Sany
Amirah Syazwani Ahmad Junaidi
Dinie Joshry Shaqeel Prakash
Ts Dr Amirah Aisha Badrul Hisham
Professor Joseph Eugene Stiglitz
K. Kuhaneetha Bai
Nadia Malyanah Azman
Siti Maisarah Zainurin
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Malini Elango
Aqeel Khaldun
Belinda Liew Ai Ching
Muhammad Khairulamri Muhammad
Nicholas Khaw
Nur Zulaikha Atiqah Mohd Zahril
Dr Diana Abdul Wahab
Dr Umawathy Techanamurthy
Bryan Yeoh Quan Jin
Wan Manan Wan Muda
Alyssa Chua Lee-Yen
Goh Ming Jun
Mohan Mahadeva
Yap Chun Hao
Syafa Sakinah Mustaffa
Ammar Hanania Hazli Izma
Dr Yunus Yasin
Dato’ Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir
Professor Emeritus Dr Tham Siew Yean
Datuk Hisham Hamdan
Khazanah Research Institute
Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Tan Mei Yi
Emir Izat Abdul Rashid
Lim Han Hsuen
Ida Madieha Abdul Ghani Azmi
Musaddiq Adam Muhtar
Nur Adilah Hamid
Chakrin Utit
Bach Nguyen Luong
Zainab Ali Ahmad
Kusairi Mohd Noh
Rokiah Alavi
Ibrahim Kabiru Maji
Illisriyani Ismail
Intan Nadia Jalil
Abdulla Ibragimov
Siti Nooraznie Abdul Rahim
Fatimah Mohamed Arshad
Dr Mohd Yusof Saari
Pierre Sauvé
Tan Theng Theng
Charissa Lee Yi Zhen
Yap Gin Bee
Tan Kar Man
Junaidi Mansor
Alia Muhammad Radzi
Yeu-Mynn Yeung
Prof. Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda
Tan Zhai Gen
Umi Maisarah Kamis
Shukri Mohamed Khairi
Wong Ee Kin
Dr Wan Khatina Wan Nawawi
Maia Hollins-Kirk
Grace Loh Wan Chi
Keelea Shaye Linsuau Soh
Hui San Chiam
Goh Hao Yi
Daniel Filippi
Azlin Natasha Mohd Ghazali
Balqis Athirah Azhar
Dr Sarena Che Omar
Aqeel Khaldun (University of St Andrews)
Aidil Iman Aidid
Nurul Farhana Abdul Shukor
Nur Thuraya Sazali
Yugendran Rajaendran
Putera Daniel Hakeem
Siti Aiysyah Tumin
Laventhen Sivashanmugam
Nithiyananthan Muthusamy
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Dec 3, 2025
AI Companionship I: Psychological Impacts


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Dec 3, 2025
AI Companionship I: Psychological Impacts
AI, Automation & Work
Digital Transformation
Society
Dinie Joshry Shaqeel Prakash
Dec 3, 2025
Dec 3, 2025
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Nov 25, 2025
Trump’s Tariff Shock: Implications For Malaysia

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Nov 25, 2025
Trump’s Tariff Shock: Implications For Malaysia
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Yin Shao Loong
Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025
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Nov 25, 2025
ASEAN Neutrality in the Age of Naked Imperialism

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Nov 25, 2025
ASEAN Neutrality in the Age of Naked Imperialism
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Dr Christopher Choong Weng Wai
Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025
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Nov 25, 2025
Strengthening Strategic Trade Governance in the Semiconductor Age
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Nov 25, 2025
Strengthening Strategic Trade Governance in the Semiconductor Age
International Trade
Economic Growth & Structure
Ts Dr Amirah Aisha Badrul Hisham
Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Which Malaysian Exports Get Zero Tariffs under the US-Malaysia Trade Deal?


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Nov 24, 2025
Which Malaysian Exports Get Zero Tariffs under the US-Malaysia Trade Deal?
International Trade
Economic Growth & Structure
Aidonna Jan Ayub
Nov 24, 2025
Nov 24, 2025
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Nov 20, 2025
Do I Stay or Do I Go? Breaking the Stereotype of Educated Non-Participation Women in Malaysia


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Nov 20, 2025
Do I Stay or Do I Go? Breaking the Stereotype of Educated Non-Participation Women in Malaysia
Care & Domestic Work
Education
Gender Inclusion
Wages & Gig Work
Social Protection
Nur Alya Sarah Abd Hamid
Nov 20, 2025
Nov 20, 2025
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Nov 17, 2025
Malaysia’s Trump Tariff Deal Part III - Malaysia’s foreign and industrial policy


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Nov 17, 2025
Malaysia’s Trump Tariff Deal Part III - Malaysia’s foreign and industrial policy
International Trade
Economic Growth & Structure
Yin Shao Loong
Nov 17, 2025
Nov 17, 2025
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Nov 17, 2025
Malaysia’s Trump Tariff Deal Part II – Non-tariff measures and industrial policy


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Nov 17, 2025
Malaysia’s Trump Tariff Deal Part II – Non-tariff measures and industrial policy
International Trade
Economic Growth & Structure
Yin Shao Loong
Nov 17, 2025
Nov 17, 2025
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Nov 14, 2025
Malaysia’s Trump Tariff Deal Part I – Tariffs and implications for Malaysia’s industrial policy


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Nov 14, 2025
Malaysia’s Trump Tariff Deal Part I – Tariffs and implications for Malaysia’s industrial policy
International Trade
Economic Growth & Structure
Yin Shao Loong
Nov 14, 2025
Nov 14, 2025
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December 31, 2025
Greater Kuala Lumpur Mobilities Phase 1: Public Transport in Greater KL often works well enough to use, but fragile enough to be set aside
Public transport in Greater KL is often “good enough”, but easily set aside. GKLMOB Phase 1 examines the everyday frictions behind this fragility.
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