Fauwaz Abdul Aziz

is a Projects Researcher at Penang Institute, and is currently completing his PhD dissertation in anthropology at the Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen–Nürnberg in Bayern, Germany.

6 posts

The Bel Retiro Roundtable Wonders about Penang’s Far Future

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SURVIVING THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL crises of these past years, it would be all too understandable if Penangites doubled down and dug into the trenches to just surv...

by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz

7th Dr. Wu Lien-Teh Society Annual Public Lecture and Award Ceremony: Avoiding Human Extinction

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MOTHER EARTH HAS endlessly been warning us that human conduct and activities are causing severe harm to the planet. But we are driving our world towards nothing...

by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz

Malaysia’s TVET Ecosystem in Need of All-of-Society Engagement

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TVET IN MALAYSIA originated from the colonial and early post-colonial governments’ need for trained and skilled manpower to run state agencies and projects. Ove...

by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz & Nadya Subramaniam

Resisting the Coup in Myanmar: “A Fight to the Finish”

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Notes from PI Seminar: “Myanmar: From Anti-coup Protests to a Federal Democratic Union Movement”, by Dr. Francis Loh.ON 1 FEB 2022, the military conducted a put...

by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz

An Insider’s Account of Malaysia’s Parliament 2018-2020

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BOOK REVIEW: Parliament, Unexpected: Recollections of Parliament, Politics, and Pandemic in Malaysia (Matahari Books)PARLIAMENT, UNEXPECTED: Recollections of Pa...

by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz

Beyond GE15: Political Education and Malaysia’s Democratic Future

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THE AFTERMATH OF the 15th General Election (GE15) saw former-sworn enemies shaking hands and talking of forming unity governments. This left the overwhelming ma...

by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz