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The Myanmar Research Network (MRN) was created in 2019 by a small group of researchers from the University of Melbourne, who saw a need to connect researchers and students working on and/or interested in Myanmar. MRN now includes staff across several faculties, along with post grad and undergraduate students and other academics and experts within and beyond University of Melbourne.
မြန်မာ့ရေးရာ သုတေသနကွန်ရက် (MRN) သည် မဲလ်ဘုန်းတက္ကသိုလ်ရှိ သုတေသီအဖွဲ့ငယ်လေးမှ ၂၀၁၉ နှစ်တွင် စတင်တည်ထောင်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ သုတေသီများ နှင့်အတူ ကျောင်းသားများ သာမက မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအကြောင်း စိတ်၀င်စားကြသူများ အချင်းချင်း ချိတ်ဆက်လုပ်ဆောင်ရန် လိုအပ်နေကြောင်း လေ့လာခဲ့ရသဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်းခဲ့ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။လက်ရှိ တွင် ကွန်ရက်သည် မဲလ်ဘုန်းတက္ကသိုလ်မှ ဘွဲ့လွန်နှင့် ဘွဲ့ကြို ကျောင်းသားများအပြင် အခြားသော ပြင်ပရှိ ပညာရပ်နယ်ပယ်ပေါင်းစုံမှ ပညာရှင်များ၊ ကျွမ်းကျင်သူများလည်း ပါ၀င်လျက်ရှိသည်။
Our Aims
Consolidate, catalyse and resource new and existing collaborative research projects.
Foster a research community of practice with Myanmar scholars and students.
Strengthen research impact with key stakeholders in Myanmar and Australia, including internal stakeholders across the University.
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PK Forum
The PK Forum began in 2012 as a place to discuss and debate issues of development, civil society and aid in Myanmar. The Forum is now supported and edited by the Myanmar Research Network at the University of Melbourne.
PK stands for Paung Ku which in Burmese means bridging or connection – and this Forum aims to connect academics, aid workers, local organisations, government, and students around key questions of Myanmar’s future.
This means we are interested in your ideas. Please send us your ideas for articles or blogs or for uploading new stuff to our resource section. Articles can be in English, Burmese or ethnic languages, but need to be less than 500 words. These can be emailed to Tamas Wells at the University of Melbourne (Forum Editor) at pkdiscussionforum@gmail.com.
While supported and edited by the Myanmar Research Network at the University of Melbourne, and originating from the ‘Paung Ku’ initiative, the Forum does not represent the views of the Myanmar Research Network or Myanmar NGO Paung Ku. The views expressed in this Forum are those of the individuals involved.
Get connected
If you would like to stay in touch with the Myanmar Research Network and receive updates about events, publications and projects, or
if you would like to collaborate with us or request specific information about the network, please contact MRN coordinator Tamas Wells.