With a primary mission to support and expand scholarship on the pan-Asian region, the Institute seeks to develop further collaborative research across the disciplines. To this end, the Institute can facilitate communication and collaboration between scholars on shared research interests.

Areas of current and potential research collaboration

• Difference and Constitutionalism in Asia
• Zomia
• Xinjiang
• Paleoclimate History of Papua New Guinea
• War and Peace in Asia
• Philanthropy and Civil Society in Asia
• Security Issues and the Middle East

Suggestions for collaborative research projects are welcome and interested faculty should contact the Pan Asia Institute at panasia@iu.edu with proposals in this regard.