Bridging Asia-Europe Relations: Shared Challenges and Opportunities

Dr. Sameer Kumar, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), Universiti Malaya (University of Malaya), a top public university in Malaysia. AEI has established itself as Southeast Asia’s premier institution in Asia-Europe relations. He has been working at AEI for the last 10 years where he has been involved in teaching, research, supervision, and outreach activities. Dr. Kumar’s teaching and research interests include the history of Europe and European integration, the history of Southeast Asia, digital economy and business in Southeast Asia, sociocultural cooperation in the EU, international relations, social informatics, and networks analysis. He has successfully supervised several Ph.D. and postgraduate students, many of whom have established themselves in academia and industry. Since 2016 he has been Program Coordinator of the Master in ASEAN studies program. Dr. Kumar has managed several funded projects as Principal Investigator including High Impact Research (HIR) of the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE).