Sarawak at the Nexus
An International Forum on Southeast Asia, Resources, and Regional Futures
Track 2: Sustainability and Environmental Challenges in Southeast Asia
August 4-7, 2027 | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Welcome
Sarawak at the Nexus brings together scholars, practitioners, policymakers, artists, community leaders, and students to examine the historical foundations, contemporary challenges, and future trajectories of Southeast Asia. Held in Kuching, on the banks of the Sarawak River, the forum gives particular attention to water, including rivers, watersheds, coastal zones, extreme weather, and maritime networks, as ecological systems, cultural landscapes, and historical pathways.
This website is the home of Track 2: Sustainability and Environmental Challenges in Southeast Asia, which invites interdisciplinary work from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities on how people experience, interpret, govern, and contest environmental change across the region.
Read more about the forum | See the call for submissions
Key Dates
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Call for submissions opens | Now open |
| Submission deadline | January 15, 2027 |
| Notification of acceptance | January 2027 |
| Registration opens | Coming soon (after January 2027) |
| Pre- or post-forum workshops | Dates to be announced |
| Forum | August 4-7, 2027 |
Organized by
Northern Illinois University (Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy; Center for Burma Studies) and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sarawak.
Announcements
- Call for submissions is open. Abstracts and proposals are due January 15, 2027.
- Decisions will be sent in January 2027.
- Registration, program, and keynote speakers will be announced after abstract review.
- In person only. All sessions take place in Kuching and will not be streamed or recorded.
Questions?
Track 2 OrganizersTrude Jacobsen Gidaszewski, Ph.D.
Melissa Lenczewski, Ph.D.
CSEAS_Sarawak2027@niu.edu