Important update on CHSS activities in Cambodia 

The Cultivating the Humanities and Social Sciences and Supporting Underrepresented Scholars of Asia (CHSS) project would like to share an important update regarding its activities in Cambodia. 

Following a decision by the Swedish funding authorities, CHSS is no longer able to transfer project funds directly to Cambodian national institutions. As a result, the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), which has served as the CHSS Hub in Cambodia during Phase I of the project, will not continue in this role during the next phase of implementation. 

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to RUPP and its faculty, staff, and scholars for their invaluable contributions to CHSS. Through its engagement with the project, RUPP played a key role in supporting early-career researchers and strengthening humanities and social science scholarship in Cambodia. Despite the unexpected change in funding arrangements, RUPP successfully delivered a capacity-building workshop for PhD candidates in Svay Rieng Province, extending research training opportunities to scholars in one of Cambodia’s underserved regions. 

Importantly, CHSS remains fully committed to supporting Cambodian scholars. While institutional funding arrangements have changed, individual scholars from Cambodia will continue to be eligible for CHSS opportunities through direct support mechanisms. Cambodian researchers will remain able to participate in CHSS workshops, research grants, travel grants, fellowships, and regional academic networks alongside colleagues from across South and Southeast Asia. 

CHSS is deeply grateful for the partnership with RUPP and looks forward to continuing its engagement with Cambodia’s scholarly community in the years ahead. 

Information about some of out previous collaborations with RUPP can be found below.