CICP welcomes applications from Cambodian and international scholars wishing to spend time at the Institute in Phnom Penh. We are able to host a limited number of Research Fellows whose academic interests and research focus are in line with our vision and research agenda.
CICP invites scholars from a broad range of disciplines and topics, focusing on issues pertinent to Cambodia and the Southeast Asian region. We are particularly interested in research that places Cambodia in a regional political, social and economic context, and research that endeavors to engage scholars, government, and civil society in constructive debate. Candidates for Research Fellow should normally hold a Bachelors degree or higher, and be affiliated with an academic or research institution.
The ‘Senior Research Fellow’ position is for candidates with several publications, or academic/research experience.
Candidates should normally hold a PhD degree or be a current PhD candidate, and be affiliated with an academic or research institution.
Current Fellows
Dr. Chap Sotharith
Designation: Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest: Development Economy, Economic Integration, Trade, Transport, International Relation
Email: s.chap27@gmail.com
Tel: (855) 12 900 484
Dr. Bradley Jensen Murg
Designation: Senior Advisor and Distinguished Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest: China-ASEAN relations, Political Economy of Foreign Aid, Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion
Email: jensen.murg@gmail.com
Dr. Chheang Vannarith
Designation: Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest: Asia Pacific International Politics, regionalism, governance, tourism, development
Email: chheangcam@gmail.com
Pou Sovachana
Designation: Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest: Human security, regional integration, social cultural community and political security of Southeast Asia
Email: spou99@gmail.com
Tel: (855) 17 592 018
Dr. David Koh
Designation: Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest: Vietnamese politics and foreign policy, Vietnamese in Singapore, political and strategic developments in Indochina, and international politics in Southeast Asia
Email: segoviaiseas@gmail.com
Dr. Sorpong Peou
Designation: Distinguished Senior Fellow
Research Interest: Global governance, International law for human protection, Peace and Security in Asia-Pacific, and Democracy and Democratization in East Asia
Dr. Ear Sophal
Designation: Visiting Senior Fellow
Research Interest:
Email: sophal_ear@yahoo.com
Dr. Paul Wesley Chambers
Designation: Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest: Democracy and Authoritarianism; Civil-Military Relations/Security Sector Reform; Political Economy of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region; International Relations in Southeast Asia; Comparative Politics across East, Southeast, and South Asia; Political Part
Email: pwchambers@gmail.com; pchambers@seaigs.org, chambers@giga-hamburg.de
Tel: (855) 97 882 3525
Kevin R. Nauen
Designation: Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest: Security Sector Governance, Responsibility to Protect, Security Studies, Regional Integration
Email: k.nauen@gmail.com
Dr. Henry Chan
Designation: Visiting Senior Fellow
Research Interest: Asia Economic Development, ASEAN-China Economic Cooperation, Digital Transformation, 4th Industrial Revolution & Economic Development, Climate Change & Sustainable Development, Monetary Economics.
Email: henrychanph2000@yahoo.com
Dr. Courtney Work
Designation: Visiting Senior Fellow
Research Interest: Intersections between Religion, Politics, and Environment, Conflicts over Land and Rights to Natural Resources, Government Policy and Local Capacity Building
Email: cw432@cornell.edu.
Tel: (855) 66 799 559
Alice Beban
Designation: Visiting Senior Fellow
Research Interest: Political economy of development, Global food politics, Sustainable agriculture, Agrarian studies, Land reform, Feminist political ecology, Social movements and resistance, and Cambodian social and political life
Email: abb95@cornell.edu
Tel: (855) 95 212 648
Nuch Ramo
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Impact Assessment (regulation, environment, human rights) and State reform in Cambodia
Email: nuchramo@yahoo.com
Tel: (855) 89 735 699
Dr. Raimund Weiss
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Elections, Democratization, Peace and Conflict Studies, International Relations, Political Economy
Email: Weissmr@yahoo.com
Tel: (855) 78 656 503
Huot Sokunthea
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management and Transformation, Peace building, and Social Capital
Email: sokunthea_huot@yahoo.com
Tel: (855) 69 291 280
Serkan Bulut
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Civil-Military Relations, Regional Integration, ASEAN-EU Relations
Email: bulut@udel.edu
Tel: (855) 12 486 205
Dr. Deth Sok Udom
Designation: Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest:
Email: sdeth@paragoniu.edu.kh
Tel: (855) 92 415 977
Him Raksmey
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Cambodia’s Domestic and Foreign Affairs, Major Power Rivalry and Political Security in Southeast Asia
Email: raksmeyhim2@gmail.com
Lucrezia Canzetti
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Nationality; Ethnicity; Citizenship; Human rights; Development
Email: lucrezia.canzutti@gmail.com
Tel: (855) 10 282 350
Neth Naro
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Cambodian workers migration to and Human Trafficking; and Value chain of the agricultural product in Cambodia.
Email: nethnaro@yahoo.com
Tel: (855) 10 303 002
Say Puthy
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest:
Email: puthy_say@yahoo.com
Tel: (855)77 499 050
Vong Sovityea Thang
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest:
Email: sovityea90@gmail.com
Tel: (855) 078 599 955
Phavine Phung
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Woman Empowerment
Email: phung@gmail.com/pphung001@gold.ac.uk
Tel: (855) 011 607 072
Min Meng At
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Building the ASEAN community
Email: kongmeas009@gmail.com
Tel: (855) 093 729 913
Youyi Zhang
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Foreign Investment, Heterogeneous Multinationals, and political Influence: Strategic Implications of Chinese Outward Investment in Continental Southeast Asia
Email: yz749@cornell.edu
Tel: (1) 091 767 802 17
Vann Bunna
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: International Relations, Foreign Policy and Youth Political Engagement, Cambodia-India Relations
Email: bunna7kh@gmail.com
Chourn Visal
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Economic Development and Growth, Cambodian Foreign Policy
Email: visal.chourn@gmail.com
Chen Heang
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Cambodia and China’s Sea Power Strategy: Politics, Security, and Economy
Email: chenheang19@gmail.com
Kong Vannary
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: US – ASEAN relations, the role of RCEP in Global Trade, and Cambodia’s Cybersecurity measures within Intellectual Property Protection
Email: narivlk10@gmail.com
Soeung Bunly
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Peace-Conflict Studies
Email: bunlysoeung@sru.edu.kh
Sun Kim
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Big powers competition, Sino-US Relation
Email: kimsun@puc.edu.kh
Nop Visal
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Japan’s Foreign Aids to Cambodia
Email: bisaalnop@hotmail.com
Jack Carter
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: South China Sea
Email: jack-p-carter@outlook.co.uk
Chanchem Vichny
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: EU Studies, Multilateralism
Email: vichnychan10@gmail.com
Ek Bunly
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: South Korea’s Relations with ASEAN, Cambodia – South Korea Relations
Email: bunlyek1004@gmail.com
Ung Hakheng
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Major Power Rivalry; U.S.-China Relations; Cambodia’s Foreign Policy
Email: unghakheng999@gmail.com
Him Rotha
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Development and Environmental Issues in the Mekong, Geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific, · ASEAN Regionalism and Integration, and Cambodia’s Foreign Policy
Email: himrotha1@gmail.com
Chhuon Vanndasambath
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Cambodia’s Foreign Policy, ASEAN Affairs, ASEAN Member States-UK Relations, ASEAN-UK Relations
Email: sirsambath@gmail.com
Junior Fellows
Past Fellows
Kung Phoak
Designation: Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest: Democratization, Good Governance, Foreign Aid, Poverty Reduction, Education, and Agriculture
Email: kung.phoak@gmail.com
Tel: (855) 16 49 48 48
Amaury Thepault
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: International Relations, Regional Organizations, South East Asian History
Email: amaurythep@orange.fr
Tel: +86 132-6993-5662
Khoun Theara
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Transitional Justice, Khmer Rouge, Political Economy, Media, and Regional Security
Email: khoun.theara2010@gmail.com
Tel: (855) 92 204 409
Lak Chansok
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: International Relations, ASEAN, Security in Asia Pacific and Reconciliation Processes in Comparative Perspectives (particularly Transitional Justice in Cambodia)
Email: chansok2011@gmail.com
Tel: (855) 92 228 827
Khourn Chantevy
Designation: Research Fellow
Research Interest: Gender based violence, human rights, and social network.
Email: chantevyk@gmail.com
Tel: (855) 17 904 323