IMAN Research (IMAN)

ABOUT
IMAN

Based in Kuala Lumpur, IMAN Research is a think tank which focuses on the domains of protective security, peacebuilding and sustainable development. Research is spearheaded by experts with extensive local and international experience in the areas of prevention/counter violent extremism, ethnic-religious issues, social policy and community resilience and engagement such as participatory approach in urban policy and research and psycho-social intervention with communities in or from conflict zones.

WHAT
WE DO

IMAN seeks to understand a country and a society on a national, regional and global scale, by understanding what makes society tick from the following perspectives of faith, history, social science, psychology, to name a few.

AREAS WE COVER/

SECURITY

IMAN’s foray into security has materialized in publications such as Believing In Extremism: What Drives Our Youths, which investigates how normative beliefs towards violent extremism (NBVE) are triggered within Malaysian youth. Today, IMAN continues to observe developments in Malaysia and the larger Southeast Asian region to explore the implications of good governance on security challenges and extremism.

ECONOMY

In many of IMAN’s projects and research, the need to understand the demographic’s socio-economic landscape influences the political and ethnic environment.

SOCIO-POLITICAL

A nation needs to be understood from the lens of sociology and culture. What is the language and cultural make-up of a people, and how does a country’s politics influence a nation?

OUR PUBLICATIONS

Over the Edge: Countering Violent Extremism Among Vulnerable Refugee Communities in Malaysia

Over the Edge: Countering Violent Extremism Among Vulnerable Refugee Communities is a landscape review that investigates the vulnerability of the Rohingya community in Malaysia

Plight of the Rohingya Community – a timeline

IMAN Research’s upcoming report, Over the Edge: Countering Violent Extremism Among Vulnerable Refugee Communities in Malaysia explores the current situation of the Rohingya community and

advisory – May 2020, Issue 3

As this advisory goes ‘to print’ so to speak, Malaysians are asking about whether the CMCO will be extended beyond June 9. It is close

THE PANJIALAM MONOGRAPHS

Mahathir’s Second Coming

Politics is an old man’s game, and in Malaysia, it appears to be exclusively so. Most top leaders in Malaysian politics are well over the

Deklarasi Kuala Lumpur dan “Hak Kepada Bandar”

Pada 7 ke 13 Februari yang lalu, Kuala Lumpur dengan gayanya telah menjadi tuan rumah kepada World Urban Forum (WUF) ke-9. Forum yang diadakan oleh

Beri Suara, Ikut Serta

“Menjengkelkan” – itu mungkin perkataan yang terbayang di dalam kepala apabila anda mendengar perkataan politik. Rasa mual yang terkait pula semakin dirasakan dengan aksi-aksi mencapub

ONLINE PRESENCE

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to provide on the ground realities through rigorous academic and informal research, working with academics, journalists, activists and policy makers. The data is then provided to governments, development actors and specialists working in policy.

OUR VISION

We aim to be a regional think tank focusing on society, beliefs and perception, and have regional reach. ASEAN is our playground, while Malaysia is home.