Cambodian Academics: Identities and Roles
This qualitative study aims to explore how faculty members at Cambodian universities conceive their academic identities, engage in different types of scholarly roles and perceive the organisation of the academic career system. It offers the following highlights: i). Cambodian academics develop their identities in relation to three forms: disciplina...
Skills and Transformation in Cambodia‘s industry
More than two thirds of Cambodia’s manufacturing companies have experienced growth and transformation over the past five years. This increase in complexity and sophistication requires high-skilled workers and vocational skills development (VSD) programmes play important roles in the transformation of companies in Cambodia. Pre-employment VSD progra...
Correlates of STEM Major Choice: A Quantitative Look at Cambodian University Freshmen
STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education is attracting increasing public interest and policy attention and being promoted at different educational levels in Cambodia. The study seeks to identify factors associated with Cambodian university freshmen’s choice of STEM major and how significant associations differ by gender and un...
Cambodia in the Electronic and Electrical Global Value Chains
This paper maps Cambodia’s participation in Electronic and Electrical (E&E) value chains using trade statistics. It also conducts SWOT analysis based on both qualitative and quantitative data from a E&E firm survey, from which three major conclusions are drawn. This paper argues that E&E production in Cambodia has expanded rapidly with countries in...
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Cambodia: The Roles of Academic Institutions
Numerous studies have identified the importance of a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem in stimulating and sustaining innovation and entrepreneurship. Local entrepreneurial ecosystems are made up of both formal and informal institutions, which include legal, economic, institutional, political, social and cultural factors. As well as providing variou...
Gender Analysis of Survey on Cambodia’s Young and Older Generation: Family, Community, Political Knowledge and Attitudes, and Future Expectations
This study presents a gendered analysis of a nationally representative survey of 1,600 Cambodians aged 16–65, conducted across rural and urban areas. It explores how women’s perceptions and participation in socio-political life vary by age, education, residence, employment, mobility, and internet use. The analysis focuses on four themes: family, co...