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Prof. Dr. Shakila Yacob
- Visiting fellow at the CRC 138
(February to August 2023)
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Vita
2018 - 2021
Executive director of the International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA), University of Malaya
2016 - 2018
Director of the Center for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya
2014 - 2015
Head of Department, Department of History
2011 - 2012 and 2006 - 2009
Deputy Director, The International Institute of Public Policy & Management (INPUMA)Current research projects
Security dynamics of German firms in post-colonial Southeast Asia, with a particular emphasis on Malaysia
The State and Social Development in the oil palm sector in Malaysia
Multinationals and climate change in the oil palm industry
The History of Islamic Banking and Finance: the original objectivesTeaching
Course on Decolonisation and the Dynamics of Security in Southeast Asia, Institute of Economics and Social History, Philipps Universität Marburg (Summer Semester 2023)
Publications (selected)
2021
PETRONAS, Oil Money, and Malaysia’s National Sovereignty, Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 94 (1), 2021:119-144.
2019
Entrepreneurship, State–business ties and Business Groups in Bangladesh. Journal of South Asian Development, 14(3), 2019: 367–390.
Economic Opportunity and Strategic Dilemma in Colonial Development: Britain, Japan and Malaya’s Iron Ore, 1920s to 1950s. The International History Review, 42 (2), 2019: 424- 446.
2018
Rising of the Phoenix: Mitigating Political Risk through Knowledge Management - Behn, Meyer & Co., 1840-1959. Enterprise & Society, 19 (4), 2018: 946-78.
Government, Business and Lobbyists: The Politics of Palm Oil in US-Malaysia Relations. International History Review, Vol. 44 (4), 2018:909-30.
2012
Trans-Generational Renewal as Managerial Succession: The Behn Meyer Story (1840-2000). Business History, Vol. 57 (7), 2012:1166-85.
Adapt or Divest: The New Economic Policy and foreign businesses in Malaysia (1970-2000). Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. Vol. 40 (3), 2012: 459-482.
2010
The "unfinished business" of Malaysia’s decolonisation: the origins of the Guthrie Dawn Raid. Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 44 (5), 2010:919-60.