(Image caption: UBD Botanical Research Centre (BRC) is now a member of the Botanic Garden Conservation International (BGCI). Under the BGCI, BRC has been awarded a research grant from the National Geographic Society, for a two-year project entitled “Securing the future of threatened tree giants in Borneo”, which aims to secure the future of Borneo’s...Read More

[Photo: AP David J Marshall and climate change biology research students, 2018] The editors of the prestigious journal Ecology Letters recently sent congratulations to a team of biologists, including UBD’s Associate Professor Dr David John Marshall, for achieving among the most-downloaded (top 20) papers from the journal’s website in the past two years. This journal is ranked...Read More

“Ground and Surface Water Investigation for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Brunei Darussalam”, a project led by Dr. Stefan Herwig Gödeke (left), a Senior Assistant Professor from the Geological Sciences programme in the Faculty of Science (FOS), pictured here with Geosciences students, in preparation for fieldwork.” The project “Ground and Surface Water Investigation for Environmental...Read More

The Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS) currently has three main research thrusts which aim to consolidate and integrate the various research projects conducted by the members of the faculty under the ambit of the respective research areas.  The research clusters which were first conceptualized in the second half of 2017 are: Global Muslim...Read More

Dr. Mohammad Mansoob Khan, a Senior Assistant Professor from the Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science (FOS), has been awarded the Publons Peer Review Award for 2018 for his contribution towards scholarly peer review and international editorial pursuits. Dr. Khan has been recognised as one of the top 1 per cent of peer reviewers...Read More

Dr Romeo Pacudan, Associate Professor in Energy Policy and Management, Institute of Policy Studies published a paper on “Residential Solar PV Policies: Options for Brunei Darussalam.” This study is one of the components of the research project ‘Deployment of Low-Carbon Energy and Transport Technologies: Policy Options and Implications for Brunei Darussalam’ funded by the internal...Read More

A study led by Senior Assistant Professor Aristides Moustakas, a researcher from the Institute for Applied Data Analytics, provides insight into understanding the spread of bovine Tuberculosis using data analytics for disease control strategies. Can rare, extreme (abrupt) events synchronize geographically distinct populations? Abrupt or extreme events are generally hard to study as by definition...Read More