UBC Myanmar Initiative
Previous Training Programs
From 2017 to 2019, the Institute of Asian Research at UBC ran capacity development programmes at Yangon University of Economics and the University of Yangon.
2017—2019
Capacity Building in Myanmar
The original summer programmes delivered three intensive one-week courses in Yangon with a strong emphasis on hands-on application of policy research methods.
Other components involved visiting faculty opportunities, a one-semester graduate exchange and research mentorship. More than 100 participants completed courses during 2017–2019, and around two-thirds of the participants were women.
Core Areas of Study
Policy Research Methods
An introduction to concepts, evidence and research design in policy-focused academic work.
Learn more →Quantitative Methods and Econometrics
Research-methods skills that featured in the 2017–2019 summer programmes.
Learn more →Survey Methods and Design
Questionnaire design, sampling and applications to policy research.
Learn more →Research Mentorship
Mentorship and academic exchange in the UBC–Yangon collaborations.
Learn more →2017 Training Program
The earliest annual round of research-capacity training in Yangon.
Learn more →2018 Training Program
Training and academic collaboration during the second year of the initiative.
Learn more →2019 Training Program
Academic research-methods training and policy research collaboration in the 2019 programme.
Learn more →Impact
UBC Myanmar Initiative
Learning across institutions
Workshop reflections described improvements in research design, evidence interpretation, data analysis and policy-writing skills. The programme also supported sustained collaboration between researchers in Myanmar and Canada.
