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YEAR
2024

gender studies programme

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Gender-based violence and public policy
Gender, culture, health and sexuality
Women and Buddhism

RESEARCH KEYWORD
Rape, women’s movement, Buddhist women,
sexual fluidity, sexism, xenophobia.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Lai, S. Y., & Ali, S. (2023). Sexism and Xenophobia
towards Rohingyas’ in Online Spaces During the
dr. Pandemic. In V. Somiah & N. D. M. Ariffin (Eds.),
lai suat yan Revisiting COVID-19 In Malaysia: Plight and
Perseverance (pp. 171-198). Kuala Lumpur: Universiti
laisy@um.edu.my Malaya Press.
Pinto, J., Lai, S. Y., & Low, W. Y. (2023). Sexual
Fluidity in a Malaysian Sample: A Case for the
EDUCATION Presence of Facilitative Environments within a
PhD (Religion), (Women's Studies in Religion) Restrictive Sociocultural and Political Landscape.
Claremont Graduate University, US Journal of Homosexuality, 70(14), 3399-3420.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2094745.
MA (Politics), (Politics of Alternative Dev. Lai, S. Y. (2015) Buddhist Women as Spiritual
Strategies) Leaders, Ritual Specialists and Religious Innovators:
Institute of Social Studies, Hague, Holland
Case Studies from Thailand, Indonesia and Japan.
BComm (Hons), (Komunikasi) In Connecting ”Infrastructure” And “Superstructure”:
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Developments Towards Far-Reaching Impacts, 66-
77. Bangkok: API Regional Coordinating Institution,
Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.
UMEXPERT LINK
https://umexpert.um.edu.my/laisy.html SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

RESEARCHER ID Certificate Of Appreciation for Sharing Expertise
on Good Practices on Eliminating Gender-Based
B-3964-2009 (Web of Science) Violence Experienced by the Academic
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9108-2141 Community, Commission on Higher Education, The
Philippines, 2017.
SCOPUS ID The Nippon Foundation Fellowships for Asian Public
Intellectuals (API), funded by the Nippon
57776526200
Foundation, 2013, to Conduct Research in Japan,
Indonesia and Thailand.(International)

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