Curriculum Vitae

DR. SADIA RAHMAN

Lecturer
  • Department of International and Strategic Studies
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • sadia.rahman
  • 0379675480

BIOGRAPHY

Sadia Rahman received his doctoral degree in International Relations from National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan in 2022. She pursued her MA from Presidency University and BA from Calcutta University, India. Before joining Universiti Malaya Rahman worked as an Assistant Professor at Atatürk University, Türkiye in 2023. Presently, she is a lecturer at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, with her research interests primarily focusing on International Relations, Global Governance, Human Rights, China Studies (China's domestic/ethnic policies and foreign policy), Cross-Strait Relations (Regional Security Issues) and South Asia. Her academic achievements include receiving prestigious scholarships such as the MOFA Taiwan fellowship and MOE doctoral scholarship from the ROC government. She obtained a grant from the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy for her project on human rights, further highlighting her dedication to impactful research. In 2021, Rahman was awarded the Outstanding Student Award by the ROC government for her exceptional academic accomplishments. In addition to her academic pursuits, Rahman serves as the Associate Editor of the Asian Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, showcasing her active involvement in the scholarly community. She has also been a participant in the XUAR workshop a European Funded (EU) project, including presenting her work in several international academic conferences.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • Doctoral Degree (PhD), (INTERNATIONAL POLITICS)
    National Chung Hsing University
  • MASTER OF ARTS(POLITICAL SCIENCE), (Political Science)
    Presidency University Kolkata
  • BA(POLITICAL SCIENCE)(SECOND CLASS HONOURS), (Political Science)
    Calcutta University, India

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Course Coordinator
    01 Aug 2024 - 30 Sep 2026 (Department)
  • Course Coordinator
    01 Aug 2024 - 30 Sep 2026 (University Malaya)
  • Course Coordinator
    01 Mar 2024 - 31 Jul 2024 (Department)
  • Project Leader
    31 Jul 2024 - 31 Jul 2024 (University Malaya)
  • Supervisor
    04 Mar 2024 - 23 Jun 2024 (Department)
  • Coordinator of the Internationalization Committee
    01 Mar 2023 - 29 Dec 2023 (International)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • EDITOR, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHINA STUDIES, EDITORIAL BOARD
    2024 to present (International)
  • DEPUTY EDITOR OF MJIR, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
    2024 to present (University)
  • ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF ASIAN JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
    2023 to present (International)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Outstanding Contribution Award
    2021, Ministry of Education, International
  • Taiwan Fellowship, MOFA
    2017, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Rahman, Sadia.(2023). Between State Capitalism and Economic Statecraft: China INC, Uluslararasi Iliskiler, 1-3
  2. Rahman, Sadia.(2023). China’s Rise and the Global Dilemma: Balancing Economic Interdependence vis-à-vis Rules-Based System?11(1), 163-168
  3. Rahman, Sadia and Wei en-Tan(2022). China’s Human Rights Diplomacy and the Uyghurs Crackdown: The Appearance of Consistency and the Reality of Contradiction, Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Science.26(1), 35-56
  4. Rahman, Sadia.(2020). China’s Hard-line Approach and Ethnic Unrest in Xinjiang: A Theoretical Understanding. 3(1), 50-61
Scopus
  1. Rahman S., Lorci E. (2024). The Challenge(s) of India s foreign policy in the shifting global power balance, Round Table. 113(2), 166-177. doi:10.1080/00358533.2024.2333197
Books
  1. Rahman, Sadia and Emet, Erkin (2023). The Chinese Communist Party’s Assertive Assimilation Policies in East Turkestan: The Case of the Uyghur Diaspora in Turkey. In dlma Tsering(ed.)Tibetan and Uyghur Refugees in the Colonial Era: Reflection on the Rise of the Chinese Colonialism, National Cheng Kung University Press.
  2. Rahman, Sadia.(2021). Does a Free-Fall of India-China Relationship Offer Opportunities to Strengthen India-Taiwan Relations? In Aravind Yelery and Mrudul Nile, Tailspin The Politics of India-China Economic Relations, Routledge
Other Publications
  1. Rahman, S. (2024, April 29). The Cable Ties to China's Digital Silk Road. The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/cable-ties-china-s-digital-silk-road - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  2. Rahman, S. (2024, October 11). Unlocking Taiwan Studies Potential. The Sun. https://thesun.my/opinion-news/unlocking-taiwan-studies-potential-EC13112170 - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  3. Rahman, Sadia. (2024). An Asymmetric Warfare Between China and Taiwan, The News Lens. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  4. Rahman, Sadia. (2024). Taiwan Studies is on the Rise: Political and Economic Achievements Provide Fertile Ground. CNA, Mass Media (Newspaper, Radio, Tv, Popular Magazine). - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  5. Rahman, Sadia. (2024). The benefits of catching up with Taiwan studies. Enanyang. Mass Media (Newspaper, Radio, Tv, Popular Magazine). - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  6. Rahman, Sadia and Aravind Yelery. (2022). "3 QUESTIONS - Multilateral Cooperation and the Example of China," Anadolu Agency. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  7. Rahman, Sadia and Donovan Smith. (2022). "Olympics Breaks own Rules Over China’s Treatment of Uyghurs," Taiwan News. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  8. Rahman, Sadia. (2022). "China’s Soft Power, Counter-Localisation, and the Role of Stateless Uyghurs in Turkey," Made in china Journal - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  9. Rahman, Sadia.(2022). "For Uyghurs, Concentration Camps at Home and Hunted Abroad," Global Order. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  10. Rahman, Sadia and Namrata Hasija. (2021). "Education Diplomacy to Improve India-Taiwan Relations, Observers Research Foundation ," Observers Research Foundation. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  11. Rahman, Sadia. (2021). "China Continues with Crackdown on Uyghurs, The Sunday Guardian," The Sunday Guardian - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2026, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Building Models for Malaysias Engagement with BRICS+: Assessing Opportunities for Economic Resilience and Financial Stability Amid Global Power Transition ( Principal Investigator(PI))
Private
  1. 2024 - 2025, Private Funding
    Leveraging Soft Power For Diplomatic Resilience: Taiwan?s Strategic Soft Power Initiative Through Cultural Diplomacy, Technological Innovation, And Educational Exchange Within The New Southbound Policy Framework. ( Principal Investigator(PI))
International
  1. 2022 - 2022, Fellow Grant
    An Assessment of Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang: How Taiwan Does and Doesn t Raise Awareness? ( Principal Investigator(PI))
University
  1. 2024 - 2025, University Grant
    The Critical Assessment of Inclusion: The Political Drivers Behind the Narratives of Economic Development in Xinjiang ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Reconceptualising of the Party-State Under Xi, INCCS, University of Sheffield (International) (18 Jul 2024 - 19 Jul 2024)
  2. Reconceptualising of the Party-State Under Xi, International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS), University of Sheffield (International) (18 Jul 2024 - 19 Jul 2024)
  3. Prospect and Challenges of Area Studies in International Relations, Research Methodology, Challenges, Prospects and Area Studies in International Relations, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (International) (12 Apr 2024 - 12 Apr 2024)
  4. Xinjiang at the Crossroad of Modernity and Identity, Frontiers, Borderlands and Trade in the Shaping of Asia, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (International) (08 Apr 2024 - 08 Apr 2024)
  5. "China s Global Development Initiative in its Peripheries Why is Central Asia Left Out?", India Forum on China, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi India (International) (04 Dec 2023 - 06 Dec 2023)
  6. China's Ethnic Dimension in a Narration of Uyghur Nation Within a State, Virtual Talk, National Chung Hsing University (International) (31 Oct 2023 - 31 Oct 2023)
  7. An Assessment of Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang: How Taiwan Does and Doesn t Raise Awareness?, Human Rights Workshop, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (International) (15 Jul 2022 - 15 Jul 2022)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. The Context of Social Harmony in Xi s China: Ideological and Systemic Interpretations , CESRAN 2023 10th Annual Conference on International Studies, CESRAN (International) (12 Sep 2023 - 15 Sep 2023)
  2. The Chinese Communist Party s Employment of Hard Power to Assertively Assimilate the Uyghur in East Turkestan: The Case of the Uyghur Diaspora in T rkiye, International workshop on Resilience, Resistance and Resettlement of Tibetan in exile, Uyghur diaspora, and Hong Konger Refugees in the Post-Cold War Era, National Cheng Kung University (National) (10 Jun 2022 - 10 Jun 2022)
  3. The Role of Ethnic Dominance in Assertive Assimilation of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, ASN World Convention 2021, Association for the Study of Nationalities in collaboration with Harriman Institute Columbia University (International) (05 May 2021 - 08 May 2021)
  4. India s Strategy for the Situation in South China Sea Under Indo-Pacific Strategy, International Symposium on the South China Sea Situation under the Current US Indo-Pacific Strategic Layout, Fo Guang University (University) (12 Mar 2021 - 12 Mar 2021)
  5. People s Republic of China s International Stance on Human Rights and its Conduct Towards the Uyghurs in Xinjiang: A Two Different Chronicle, Taiwan Political Society Association, Taiwan Political Society Association (National) (05 Dec 2020 - 06 Dec 2020)
  6. India-China Relations Amidst US-China Rivalry, International Symposium in Strategic Studies, National Defense University (International) (24 Oct 2020 - 24 Oct 2020)
  7. Ethnic Unrest: Is Xinjiang a Challenge to Chinese Authoritarian Resilience, Association of International Relations (ROC), ROC IC (National) (30 Nov 2019 - 30 Nov 2019)
  8. China s Hardline Approach and Ethnic Unrest in Xinjiang: A Theoretical Understanding, NZASIA International Conference, NZASIA 23rd Biennial International 2019 Conference, NZASIA (International) (24 Nov 2019 - 27 Nov 2019)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
  1. The Impact of Patriarchal Social Norms and Cultural Practices on Women s Rights and Gender Equality in India, Summer School Workshop-Promoting Gender Equality across the Sustainable Development Goals after COVID-19, National Chung Hsing University (International) (26 Jun 2023 - 26 Jun 2023)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2024) Internal Examiner for Candidature Defence for Tun Farah Adlina, University, (Internal Examiner)
  2. (2024) Proposal Defence Reviewer for Fadhlul Nuaim Bin Ahmad Fauzi, University, (Reviewer)
  3. (2024) Internal Examiner for Candidature Defense for Hazman Mokhtar, University, (Internal Examiner)
  4. (2024) Reviewer for Proposal Defense of Wong Wei Han, University, (Reviewer)
  5. (2024) Proposal Defense of Adryan Bin Rosli, University, (Reviewer)
Contribution to event
  1. (2024) Conference On Taiwan Studies, International, (Event Organiser)
  2. (2024) Organized a Conference, University, (Event Organiser)
  3. (2023) Co-Organizer and a Speaker, University, (Event Organiser)
Media appearance
  1. (2024) Malaysian Scholar: Taiwan's Higher Education Soft Power Model of Successful Education Diplomacy, International, (Interview)
  2. (2024) Malaysia's Role as a Brics Partner, National, (Panelist/Moderator)
  3. (2024) Taiwan Studies is in The Rise,Political and Economic Achievements Provide Fertile Ground, International, (Interview)

SUPERVISION

Under Graduate Students
  1. (2024) AIE3017 COURSE SUPERVISOR – RESEARCH PROJECT- Sem I 2024-2025
  2. (2024) AIE3017 COURSE SUPERVISOR – RESEARCH PROJECT
Postgraduate Student
  1. (2024) RESEARCH ON HEDGING STRATEGIES OF ASEAN COUNTRIES SINCE 1997, XINXIN ZHAO
  2. (2024) Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in Malaysia: A Failed Securitization, AMANDA ANAK DARIUS
  3. (2024) Saudi-Iran Rapprochement and the Role of China, MUSTAFA ALJAMAL
  4. (2024) UNDERSTANDING CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE (BRI) AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT ON INDONESIA, Nursyafiqah Adlina Binti Mohd Arshad
  5. (2024) The Comparison of Military Readiness and Strategies between China’s String of Pearls and India’s Necklace of Diamond, KAMILAH ABANG ABDUL HALIL
  6. (2024) The Role of Private Defence Firms in Türkiye-Malaysia Relations under the Asia Anew Initiative, MUHAMMAD SYAMEER LUTHFY BIN HAMZAH
  7. (2024) The Role of China in Dedollarization, NABILA NATASHA OSMAN
  8. (2023) THE USE OF FORTIFICATIONS BY CHINA IN GRADUAL TERRITORIAL EXPANSION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA, KOAY LE YANG

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal/ External Course
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. SPECTRUM: ALTERNATIVE VIEWS SETUP GUIDE TO YOUR COURSE NAVIGATION, Teams (19 Jan 2024 - 19 Jan 2024)
  2. ORGANISING YOUR LEARNING MATERIALS USING SPECTRUM, Online (23 Jan 2024 - 23 Jan 2024)
  3. EFFECTIVE CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT: OUTCOME-BASED APPROACH, Kampus Universiti Malaya (22 Jan 2024 - 22 Jan 2024)
  4. EMERALD TEACHING AND LEARNING 1/2024, Universiti Malaya (19 Feb 2024 - 23 Feb 2024)
  5. EMERALD REASEARCH AND SUPERVISION 1/2024, Bangunan Hir, UM (27 Feb 2024 - 29 Feb 2024)
CONFERENCE
  1. FRONTIERS, BORDERLANDS AND TRADE IN THE SHAPING OF ASIA, India International Centre, New Delhi (07 Apr 2024 - 09 Apr 2024)
  2. SEMINAR ON AREA STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Jnu) (11 Apr 2024 - 13 Apr 2024)
  3. THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR CRITICAL CHINA STUDIES, The University of Sheffield, UK (16 Jul 2024 - 21 Jul 2024)