Subject areas

Research about Laos, across disciplines.

We welcome rigorous work that adds insight to Laos, the Mekong region, and the communities connected to them.

Hydropower, civil infrastructure, renewable energy, ICT, mining, and materials.

Medical devices, diagnostics, health informatics, and rehabilitation engineering.

Tropical disease, microbiology, antimicrobial resistance, and pharmacology.

Public health, maternal and child health, nutrition, nursing, and health systems.

Lao language, literature, manuscripts, history, Buddhism, arts, and heritage.

Rural development, migration, ethnic diversity, governance, and education.

Rice systems, forestry, Mekong ecology, climate adaptation, and land use.

Cross-disciplinary research about Laos and the Lao diaspora.