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Dr Cher Hui Yun commenced her appointment as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Science, Technology and Society (STS) Research Cluster with effect from 21 November 2024.

Dr Cher received her PhD in history and economics from Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco), Paris. She is affiliated to the French CNRS international research network – ASEAN-China Norm; Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE-EHESS-CNRS) and Institute Pondok Perancis. She is working on the environmental history of the mining industry in Malaysia since the early twentieth century in comparison with strategies and techniques of European, Japanese and Chinese companies for coping with mining pollutions. At ARI, she will extend her research to regional environmental governance in this context.