Be part of the growing network to advance human rights and peace research and education in Southeast Asia.
Commissioned research helps bridge knowledge, policy, and practice by generating timely, context-specific evidence on emerging human rights and peace issues in Southeast Asia. Beyond producing research, it creates opportunities to collaborate with policy institutions, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders, ensuring that knowledge is shared, grounded in practice, and can contribute to informed policy dialogue and meaningful social change.
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), sexual harassment, and gender discrimination remain persistent across ASEAN societies, including in universities, schools, government agencies, workplaces, public services, and civic institutions. Although many ASEAN Member States have introduced laws, policies, complaint mechanisms, child protection systems, and gender equality commitments, implementation remains difficult.
The Commissioned Thematic Research is tailored to serve a critical role contributing to the vision and aims of SHAPE-SEA through its component that is specifically targeted towards evidence-based knowledge production on critical human rights and peace issues. For each call for proposals, the programme provides research grants which cover research expenses including researcher writing fee to enable scholar-practitioners, researchers and academics in the region to conduct empirical research on specific human rights and peace themes.
Join our efforts to advance human rights and peace research across Southeast Asia.
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