Institute of Asian Research (IAR) Fellows are UBC graduate students with a deep knowledge of Asia and an interest in advancing research with relevance to policy and global affairs.
Each academic year, IAR celebrates these scholars with publication awards to acknowledge their important research that is made available via publicly accessible outlets that engage contemporary political, social, and economic issues in (and with) Asia. The IAR Publication Award provides grants to students whose works are accepted in high-visiblity and wide-impact Asian publishing outlets including The Diplomat, East Asian Forum, and Foreign Policy. Award winners are granted up to $500 per student-authored publication.
2025/26 IAR Publication Awards Winner: Hao Fu
Japan’s Costly New Business Visa Prices Out Real Entrepreneurs, Asia Times.
Past Publication Award Winners
Maha Siddiqui
Getting Out of Afghanistan’s Opium Quagmire, The Diplomat.
Scrapping the Free Movement Regime With Myanmar Has Created Challenges for India, The Diplomat.
Upandha Udalagama
Guns and Manure: Sri Lanka’s Army and Organic Agriculture, The Diplomat.
Zahrana Nadifa Ramadhanty
Unifying Green Standards through ASEAN Ecolabelling, East Asia Forum.
Maha Siddiqui
Canada can soften possible trade turbulence with U.S. by embracing India, Policy Options.
Jimmy Lo
Stories of Pang Jai (feature film)
Calvin San
Conscription will worsen Myanmar’s dire humanitarian crisis, East Asia Forum.
Viplav Subramanian
“We Have Always Been Here”: Queer Histories In India And Contemporary Public Policy, Feminism in India.
Rachel Thibeault
Mongolia: Moving Beyond Financial Incentives to Meet Energy Efficiency Goals,The Diplomat. Co-authored with Tajwar Arnab, Clarence Lau, and Tong Zhang.
Uno Kakegawa
Tokyo residents require more motivation to relocate, East Asia Forum.
Elena Gordillo Fuertes
Water Security Woe’s in Mongolia’s Capital, The Diplomat. Co-authored with Nomundari Erdene.
Jinsung Kim
Japan–South Korea forced labour ‘deal’ struggles to heal old wounds, East Asia Forum.
Sun Ryung Park
South Korea’s nuclear U-turn threatens its green energy transition, East Asia Forum. Co-authored with Charlotte Bull.
The Indo-Pacific’s green industrial policy race, East Asia Forum. Co-authored with Prof. Yves Tiberghien.
Elena Gordillo Fuertes
Land Grabs and the Cost of Mining in Mongolia, The Diplomat.
Is the Aral Sea a Lost Cause?, The Diplomat.
Toxic Winter: The ‘Slow Violence’ of Air Pollution In Mongolia, The Diplomat.
Charlotte Bull
South Korea’s nuclear U-turn threatens its green energy transition, East Asia Forum. Co-authored with Sun Ryung Park.
Bolormaa Purevjav
How to Fix Mongolia’s Mining Industry, The Diplomat.
Why Investing in Water Storage Matters in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, The Diplomat.
