The Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) is a research intensive Department that prides itself on policy driven research focused on Asia. The Department’s faculty are engaged in research addressing education policy and the provision of educational services, health policy and social services, urban and housing policy, ageing and social policy, as well as regulation, energy sector, governance, and broader research issues focused on the political economy of Asian development and foreign and international policy in Asia.
The Department’s faculty is widely published in distinguished international journals and with leading publishing houses.
The Department holds regular research seminars as well as hosting a variety of research seminars provided by local and international visiting scholars.