Past Research

Past Research

 

Islamic Pro-Development Funding Instruments

Project Leader: Prof Mohamed Ariff Syed MohamedIslamic funding instruments such as sukuk offer a completely different and new way of debt contracting in comparison with traditional bonds funding development activities, as they relate to specific asset-backed funding by contracting target

Currency Stability and Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Goals
Project Leader: Prof Mohamed Ariff Syed MohamedExchange rate volatility has been at the epicenter of several financial crises that led to economic declines, which usually also precipitates financial instability via currency depreciation.

Creating Sustainable Campuses

Project Leader: Jasmin Irisha Jim IlhamThis study focuses on education for sustainable development and global citizenship.

Malaysia & ASEAN SDG Dashboard

Project Leader: Andrew Fan Chiah HoweThe Jeffrey Sachs Center is developing a dashboard to report the national and ASEAN-level SDG Index, using available and nationally appropriate data that is consistent with those reported in the Global SDG Index by the Sustainable Development Solution

Deep Decarbonisation Pathways for Malaysia

Project Leader: Dr Chong Kok BoonThe project aims to helps Malaysia plays a role in preventing global temperature rise by 2 degrees Celsius via a comprehensive study to model possible pathways for deep decarbonisation.

Mitigation of Environmental and Climate Shocks: Towards Resilience and Sustainability

Project Leader: Prof Koh Hock LyeLakes, rivers, estuaries and wetlands provide essential services to ecosystems, wildlife and human. They are constantly threatened by regime shift and by other environmental and climate shocks (Koh and Lujan, 2018).

Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use and Energy (FABLE) in Malaysia

Project Leader: Jasmin Irisha Jim IlhamThe Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use and Energy (FABLE) Pathways Consortium was launched in 2017 by Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss

Project Leader: Dr Gopalasamy Reuben ClementsMalaysia hosts the oldest tropical rainforests in world, dating back 130 million years, significantly contributing to carbon sink, biodiversity, environmental services and eco-heritage.

Mangroves Vulnerability, Resilience and their Role in Climate Adaptation

Project Leader: Prof Koh Hock LyeMangroves provide critically essential services to many ecosystems, wildlife and human. However, mangroves are vulnerable to climate change impact, to anthropogenic activities and to catastrophic coastal disturbances.

Sustainable Management of Lakes and Estuarine Ecosystems to Overcome Catastrophic Regime Shifts

Project Leader: Prof Koh Hock LyeLakes, rivers and estuaries provide essential services to ecosystems, wildlife and human. The economic-ecosystem service value of a given lake or estuary is contingent on its water quality and trophic status.

Agriculture Modernisation

Project Leader: Prof Woo Wing ThyeThis ongoing research paper will propose a roadmap to lifting the income and grow Kedah’s economy through the modernisation of its existing agricultural sector.

Fiscal Decentralisation

Project Leader: Prof Woo Wing ThyeThis ongoing research project will examine the need for reforms in the allocation of state government budgets and the overall governance of state vis-a-vis the federal government.