Posgraduate Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (PCSSH 2012)

Theme

We are pleased to inform that the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) will be organizing Postgraduate Conference on Social Science and Humanity from 9-10 July 2012 at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). With the conference theme of “Educating and Sharing of Knowledge towards Successful Contemporary Research Development” it is a clear indication on the crucial role of educating, sharing of knowledge and networking in the effort of revolutionizing the knowledge of the ever-changing progress of research and development. These were in line with the 20th Anniversary of UNIMAS tagline of ‘Moving Forward’ where exploration of radical innovation in knowledge advancement focusing on the contemporary community would be important in the pursuit of excellence for the university.

The two days conference was specially tailored for postgraduate students covering the whole spectrum on the Social Sciences and Humanities endeavors. All participants are given an opportunity to present and share their research progress and knowledge. The participants are also encouraged to exchange ideas that are directly or indirectly related to their research while nurturing research culture in the university. Additionally, the conference is also a platform for the postgraduate students for larger scale international conferences while preparing them for the future viva voce. Certainly, the conference provides excellent opportunity for networking among the postgraduate students and research experts.

Profile

Evan Lau is currently servicing as a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and Managing Editor of International Journal of Business and Society (IJBS), an internationally refereed journal indexed in SCOPUS bibliographic database, ProQuest publisher, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Cabell’s Directories (Economics, Finance and Management) and EBSCO Host Publishing and SCImago Journal and Country Rank

Courses that he has taught include History of Economic Thoughts, Principle of Economics, Applied Econometrics, Modeling in Economics, Research Methodology for Economics and Business, Econometric, Public Finance, Malaysian Economy, Current Economics Issue and Economic Research Method at undergraduate level; Firms, Institution and Competition at graduate level. He is actively involves in research covering the areas of Applied Economics and Econometrics, International Economics and Finance and also topics in Open Economy Macroeconomics. To date, he has 31 post-graduate students under his supervision. Also, he had successfully supervised 71 undergraduate students.

As at today, his publications are not less than 65 at hand. As an active researcher, several of his paper has been cited by the International refereed journals. For example, his article published in Journal of Asian Economics been recorded as in the Top 20 of the most requested articles in 2003 while his Japan and the World Economy paper is ranked No. 4 of the hottest articles in Science Direct database in first quarter 2006. In regard to this, he had also publish is the journals with impact factors obtained by the Thomson ISI lists such as Economics Letters, Economic Modelling, Journal of Policy Modeling, The Manchester School, Japan and the World Economy, Applied Economics, South African Journal of Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Singapore Economic Review, Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, African Journal of Business Management, Actual Problems of Economics

Contemporary Economic Studies on Borneo

Call for Contributions
We plan to come up with an edited book with the proposed title of “Contemporary Economic Studies on Borneo”. This book seeks to contribute to the literature significantly by collecting economic studies that focus on the Borneo region, a less researched area in Asia. It is hoped that the appearance of this book will solicit more economic research interests on this region that will eventually be transformed into greater economic integration and more prosperity in the economies of Borneo. We welcome contributions of studies in any economic field related to the Brunei, Kalimantan (part of Indonesia), Labuan, Sabah and Sarawak (parts of Malaysia).

If you are interested to contribute, please send a softcopy of your full paper to Dr. Venus Khim-Sen Liew via email: ksliew@feb.unimas.my or Dr. Evan Lau via email: lphevan@feb.unimas.my. If you think you can contribute but your paper is not ready yet, we welcome you to let us know your intention by contacting us via the above email addresses.

Please circulate this information to academic or research members and graduate students.Thanks.

Best regards,

Venus Khim-Sen Liew & Evan Lau

Faculty of Economics and Business,

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak,

94300 Kota Samarahan,Malaysia.