INSTITUTE BORNEO STUDIES (IBS)

This research institute focuses on the culture, society and nature in Borneo, emphasizing Sabah, which has a myriad of traditions and customs, history, and changing environmental issues. The social and natural environment of Borneo is a living lab for scientists and students to embark on pertinent research, and to generate and apply knowledge through the findings of these research for society and industries at large. As an essential research platform, IBS will provide research facilities and services for researchers to conduct their work on Borneo. The fields of research may include culture and society, language, sustainability, biodiversity and conservation. Collaboration and joint-research at both national and international levels will enhance the depths and scopes of future findings. IBS plans to provide research training and post-graduate program by research, and also to be the field station for in-bound researchers from other states and countries.

VISION

IBS is the centre for inspiring research programmes on Borneo that contribute and serve the ultimate benefits to the society.

MISSION

As a green university, IBS aims to achieve sustainability and conservation by using “green concepts” and approaches in generating knowledge base on research programmes.

OUR RESEARCH FOCUS

1.    Ethnography of Indigenous Communities in Sabah

2.    Biodiversity for Conservation

3.    Visual Arts & Culture

4.    Green Economy & Entrepreneurship

THE DIRECTOR OF IBS
Prof. Dr. Junaenah Sulehan Director of IBS
  • Director (2015 – current)
  • E-mail: june@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511 179
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile:+60193375614

Prof. Dr. Junaenah Sulehan

  • Research Officer
  • E-mail: jamalgabir@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511 212
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile: +60194905431

Jamal Bin Gabir

  • Phone no: 088 511 212
  • Fax : 088 511 100

Ronald Roger

  • Graphic/Audio-visual Officer IBS/Corporate Communication Department (CCD)
  • E-mail: Amirmursyidmursidi@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511 212
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile: +60128290298

Amir Mursyid Bin Mursidi

Siti Nor Rafidah Binti Samiun

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

Prof. Abdul Halim Ali

Prof. Abd Halim Ali

Prof. Datuk Dr. Abdul Rashid Abdullah

Prof. Datuk Dr. Abdul Rashid Abdullah

Prof Dr. Mustapha Abdul Rahman

Prof Dr. Mustapha Abdul Rahman

RESEARCH FELLOW
    • Research Fellow
    • Phone no: 088 511 212
    • Fax : 088 511 100
    • August 2021 – July 2022 (1 year)

Dr. Sergio Guerrero-Sanchez

ASSOCIATE RESEARCHERS
  • Lecturer Faculty of Natural Science & Sustainability (FNSS)/Researcher
  • E-mail: ishamazhar
  • Phone no: 088 511 166
  • Fax : 088 511 100

Isham Azhar

  • Lecturer Faculty of Development & Multicultural Studies (FDMS)
  • E-mail: khairulanwaredinin@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511 166
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile: +60128395758

Khairulanwar Edinin

  • Lecturer Faculty of Development & Multicultural Studies (FDMS)
  • E-mail: gusniar@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511 187
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile: +601111812544

Gusniar Nurdin

  • Lecturer Faculty of Development & Multicultural Studies (FDMS)
  • E-mail: jennifery@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511 190
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile: +60138762490

Jennifer Yukin

  • Lecturer, Faculty of Management & Entrepreneurship (FME)
  • E-mail: jain@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile: +60128192970

Jain Yassin

  • Lecturer, Faculty of Arts & Creative Media (FACM)
  • E-mail: andrychinyungtat@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile: +60105867842

Andry Chin Yung Tat

  • Lecturer, Faculty of Arts & Creative Media (FACM)
  • E-mail: mohdfaritazimuddinmusa@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile: +60105867842

Mohd Farit Azimuddin Musa 

  • Executive Officer /Research Officer IBS/ Consultancy Unit
  • E-mail: nfazlina@ucsf.edu.my
  • Phone no: 088 511 212
  • Fax : 088 511 100
  • Mobile:+60145619564

Nurrul Fazlina Binti Osman

VISITING RESEARCHERS

Mr. Paul Hulburt

University of Passau Germany,
Masters candidate
2018 – 2020

Mr. Paul Hulburt

Prof. Dr. Akamine Jun

Prof. Dr. Akamine Jun

 

Ms. Nao Kaneko

Lecturer

Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies

Ms. Nao Kaneko

 

Liliana Bastian

PhD Candidate, University of Exeter
2019 – 2020

Liliana Bastian

Julika Sophie Winterstein

Masters Candidate,
University of Copenhagen
October – December 2023

Julika Sophie Winterstein

Mr. Yano Truyers

PhD Candidate,
Research Institute for Nature & Forest,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
July – December 2024

Mr. Yano Truyers

 

Natsuki Ariyoshi

Undergraduate Candidate,
Nagasaki, Japan
December 2024

Natsuki Ariyoshi

VISITING SCHOLAR

Prof. Dr. Kristina Grossmann

Prof. Dr. Kristina Grossmann

 

TRAINEE/SL1M OFFICER

Melton Louis Jibi
Kolej Yayasan Sabah
Trainee
Diploma
Date: April 2015 – September 2015

Joeivan Darrence Kahanas
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
SL1M Officer – Khazanah Nasional
Date: April 2016 – August 2016

Muhammad Izzat Djorkaeff
(Politeknik Kota Kinabalu)
Industrial Training
Diploma
Date: March 2022 – July 2022

Diandra Eleanor Bruno
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Industrial Training
Degree
Date: August 2021 – October 2021

Nur Hiadayah Binti Haris
(Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM Cawangan Sabah)
Practical Training
Degree
Date: January 2024 – April 2024

UCSF Green Carnival

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UCSF Green Carnival 2018-2019
“Save Our Turtle” 

TURTLE RUN REPLICA

On 18th August 2018, Institute Borneo Studies (IBS), UCSF organised The ‘UCSF Turtle Run 2018’.


World Environment Day :
“Protect Our Pangolin”

On 5th June 2016, in conjunction with the World Environment Day celebrated annually, Yayasan Sime Darby & UCSF hosted a World Environment Day : “Protect Our Pangolin”.

On 5th June 2016, Yayasan Sime Darby & UCSF hosted a World Environment Day : “Protect Our Pangolin”.


UCSF Green Carnival 2016
“Save Our Sharks”

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On 16th January 2016, University College Sabah Foundation organised UCSF Green Carnival 2016 : “Save our Sharks”.


Environmental Awareness Activities
1st March 2023 - CARBON: THE NEW RESOURCE OF SABAH

1st March 2023 – Green Talk Series – CARBON: THE NEW RESOURCE OF SABAH by Datuk Sam Mannan @ Sham Mannan, Deputy Director of the Yayasan Sabah Group (YSG).


26th March 2022 - PROGRAM PELANCONGAN PENDIDIKAN

Program Pelancongan Pendidikan anjuran University College Sabah Foundation (UCSF) dengan kerjasama Taman Hidupan Liar Lok Kawi (THL) diadakan pada 26hb Mac 2022


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On 21st April 2019, UCSF participated in plogging activities organised by Department of Environment Sabah at Taman Awan Teluk Likas 1, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah


coastal clean up

The International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD 2018) was organised by Reef Check Malaysia collaboration with UCSF and Trash Hero Borneo.


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The war on dengue programme was organised by DBKK & State Health Department held at Kampung Sembulan Kota Kinabalu.


Conferences, Seminar & Workshop
Trainer Ms. Mary Jim (MJ) explains and demonstrates how to process the herbs, ensuring the
product quality and packaging procedures

22nd March 2022 – Closing Ceremony of The Capacity Building Workshop On “Community Herbs Garden: Social Business For Rural Women Enterpreneurs”


13 August 2021 - Webinar Human Rights and Minority Groups in Malaysia

13th August 2021 – Webinar : Human Rights and Minority Groups in Malaysia


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23rd September 2020 – Pre-forum Workshop – Infrastructure Development for a sustainable future


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27th February 2019 – Green Talk Series 2019 : Sea Turtles In Troubled Water by Dr. Juanita Joseph


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24th January 2018 – UCSF Green Talk Series: “Journey on Green Entrepreneurship” by Dr. Alan Lim


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Green Talk Series, Seminar & Brown Bag sessions: “Marine Conservation in Malaysia & TN50 Dialogue”


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Employability and Academic Achievement: The Balance between Critical Thinking and Practical Skills: UCSF


Research
The TRCA scientific Exploration convoy’s Flag-off by YB Dato' Sri Haji Gulamhaidar @ Yusof Bin Khan Bahadar, Director of Sabah Foundation on 7th June 2022.

7th -16th June 2022 – Taliwas River Conservation Area Exploration, Yayasan Sabah


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5th -8th April 2021 – Implication of The Pan Borneo Highway on Gender Interest and Equitable Infrastructure : Case Study in Kampung Rampayan Laut, Kota Belud


Mr. Amran (project Manager) – First batch of the Hydroponic farming in Sinua (Mukim Lanas), Pensiangan.

November 2020 -April 2021 – Localising Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at P.182 Pensiangan, Sabah


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22nd February 2019 – Rural Livelihood and Sustainability Among Highland Communities at Kg. Mesilou, Kundasang.


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Ethnographic research: Socio economic surveys and eco-tourism potential attractions in Mantailang, Tenom


POSTER KUDAT 3-01

Sustaining Change The Pala uh Community in Taman Tun Mustapha Marine Park (TMMP) Kudat


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Population Cencus on Pala’uh Communities at Nusa Tiga Island, Kg. Halo and Kg. Bangau-Bangau Semporna


CONFERENCE/SEMINAR/WORKSHOP

CONSULTATION SERVICE

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY & COLLABORATION

PUBLICATIONS

Academic Journal Publications

Title

Date

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Jamal Gabir & Carlervin Sukim (2023). Perikanan Akuakultur dan Pembangunan Komuniti Nelayan Mampan Kampung Kuala Papar: Cabaran dan Peluang. In Zoel Ng, Economic, Environmental & Social Wellbeing, Building Inclusive Communities Proceedings, MySDG Conference Vol. 13.p.162-178.

2023

Kamarulnizam Abdullah, Evi Fitriani, Junaenah Sulehan & Rahim Anuar 2022 (Editors). Malaysia – Indonesia: Perbezaan Identiti Dalam Hubungan Sebangsa. (Malaysia-Indonesia: Identity differences in interracial relationships) UUM Press, Malaysia

2022

Paramjeet Mithoo-Singh, B. Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto, Junaenah Sulehan and Ejria Saleh (2022). A Glimpse into Survival in the Banggi Region: Of Coastal Communities, Live Reef Fish Cages and Crocodile Lore. Journal of Marine and Island Cultures 11(1). DOI:10.21463/jmic.2022.11.1.12

2022

Ibrahem G. Wasti, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, Henry Bernard, Noor Haliza Hassan, Tom Fayle & Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan (2021). Fungal communities in bat guano, speleothem surfaces, and cavern water in Madai cave, Northern Borneo (Malaysia), Mycology, 12:3, 188-202, DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2021.1877204

25 January 2021

Lawrence Alan Bansa & Et. al (2021). Bane or Blessing? Reviewing Cultural Values of Bats Across the Asia Pacific Region. Journal of Ethnobiology. Special Issue: Ethnobiology of Bats. Edited by Ricardo Rocha, Adrià López-Baucells, and Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares. Vol. 41 · No. 1

2021

Junaenah Sulehan & Jamal Gabir. (2021). Conservation Tourism on Mantanani Island, Sabah: Impact on the Indigenous Community 2021. In A. Mahadi & N. Zhafri (Eds.), Sustainable Development: Making SDGs Matter, Leaving no one behind. Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. ISIS-KAS Book Publication ‘Making SDGs Matter: Leaving No One Behind, Chapter 1, 27-51.

2021

Jain Yassin, Nurrul Fazlina Osman, Jamal Gabir, & Suhailie Bakrin (2021). Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis Impact on Smallholder Women Farmer in Pensiangan, Sabah. Kaizentrenovation Sdn Bhd (1167478-D). E-Book: Emerging Issues In Education And Management: Behaviours And Society

2021

Nurrul Fazlina Osman, Jain Yassin, Jamal Gabir, Suhailie Bakrin (2021). Impact of The Climate Change to The Small-Scale Fisheries and Their Adaptation in Kota Belud, Sabah. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. Vol. 11, No. 6, 2021, E-ISSN: 2222-6990

2021

Jain Yassin, Junaenah Sulehan and Jamal Gabir (2021). Enduring the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Farmers’ Sustainable Livelihood in Pensiangan, Sabah. In Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic (Special Issue, pp. 8-30). Malaysian Social Science Association c/o Institute of Malaysian & International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.

2021

Junaenah Sulehan et., al (2020) Literacy Advocacy Programme for Development of Indigenous Community in Malaysia 2020. In Empowerment & Improvement of the Well- Being of Orang Asli in Malaysia. Edited by Anniza

2020

Juliana Senawi, Azniza Mahyudin, Ummu Safiyah Daud, Amirrah Amat, Simon Lagundi, Eric Gondilang, Erwan Sutail, Saiful Narimin, and Isham Azhar (2020). Bat Diversity in Imbak Canyon Conservation Area: Note on their Echolocation Calls and Ectoparasites. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation, 17, 217–232.

2020

Mohammad Hafiz Syukri Kassim, Ibrahem G. Wasti, Ily Azzedine Alaia, M. H. Subari, Tivya A. Ganesan, C. C. Chong, Nalina Subramaniam & Seelan Sathiya Seelan (2020). Macrofungi of Sungai Kangkawat Research Station, Imbak Canyon Conservation Area (ICCA), Sabah (Northen Borneo). Malayan Nature Journal. September 2020. v. 72, no. 3, p. 371-388.

September 2020

Ibrahem G. Wasti & Et. al (2020). Fungi from Dead Arthropods and Bats of Gomantong Cave, Northern Borneo, Sabah (Malaysia). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 2020, v. 82, no. 4, p. 261-275. The National Speleological Society.

December 2020

Frederica Mojilis (2019). Sustainability Awareness of Students from A Green University in Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Environment Management. Volume 4, Issues: 13, (March 2019), pp 24-33.

11 March 2019

Ibrahem G. Wasti and Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan (2019), The Fungal Diversity of Madai Cave, Sabah, Malaysia. Langkawi International Multidisciplinary Academic Conference.

21 December 2019

Frederica Mojilis (2019). Examining Students’ Sustainability Awareness, Sustainability Knowledge, Behavioural Attitude and Sustainability Information Sources. Accounting Centre Accounting Research Series (e-ISSN: 2682-8707)

2019

Ibrahem G. Wasti and Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan (2018), Microfungal Diversity of Balambangan Cave in Taman Tun Mustapha, Sabah (Northern Borneo). GLIMPSES OF BORNEAN BIODIVERSITY (Chapter 16)

2018

Cheristina Punga Salor and Isham Azhar (2018), Checklist of Bats at Ulu Senagang, Keningau, Sabah. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 15: 163–171, 2018

2018

Amy Faizah Nain (2017). The Relationship between Female Labour Force Participation and Fertility Rate: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Business and Economics (MJBE).

2017

Mohamed Irshana Rasmy, Sivapalan Selvadurai, Junaenah Sulehan (2017). Social environmental determinants of student dropout in the plantation settlement. GEOGRAFIA OnlineTM Malaysian Journal of Society and Space 13 issue 2 (54-64) © 2017, ISSN 2180-2491

2017

Junaenah Sulehan and Gusniar Nurdin (2017). Rituals, magic and sacred places of the Palau’h Lepa communities. Perspectives on Bajau/Sama’ Diaspora Edited by Mohd Anis Md Nor
(p. 219-228): Sabah Museum

2017

Nasrudin Subhi, Mohd Suhaimi Mohamad, Junaenah Sulehan, Manisah Ali, Noor Rahamah Abu Bakar (2016). Kepentingan Motivasi Pendidikan Dalam Pemerkasaan Komuniti Pribumi (The Importance Of Motivation In Education In Empowering Indigenous Community). Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia 30 (2) (2016):153-161 ISSN-2289-8174

2016

Mohd Yusof Abdullah, Suhana Saad, Junaenah Sulehan, Noor Rahamah Abu Bakar, Abd Hair Awang, Ong Puay Liu (2016). Understanding Social Cohesion at The Border Through Communication Lens. Jurnal Komunikasi-Malaysian Journal Of Communication. Volume: 32.1(455-467).

2016

Nasrudin Subhi, Mohd Suhaimi Mohamad, Junaenah Sulehan and Noor Rahamah (2016). Transformasi pendidikan komuniti marginal melalui advokasi literasi. Border Communities of Borneo and the Empowerment of Indigenous community.

2016

Monograph

Media

VIDEO MEDIA
Sea Gypsies
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
NEWS ON BORNEO

Peranan universiti dan konsep bi-partisan APPGM-SDG penting – Utusan Borneo

3 October 2022

SOCIO-CULTURE

Congratulations Institute Borneo Studies (IBS) University College Sabah Foundation (UCSF) for the SDG Icon Leadership Awards 2023

Congratulation Puan Azmah Nordin for the prestigious Second State Literature Award 2021.

Congratulations Razsyarizzand Rindu. Awarded as the Best Presenter of Heroes Journey Malaysia 2021.

LATEST EVENT/NEWS

Contact Us

For more information, kindly contact:

Tel : 088 – 511 148, 511 212
Fax : 088 – 511 100
Email : ibs@ucsf.edu.my

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