Associate Professor Sandie Suchet-Pearson has just got back from a fascinating trip to Sabah, Malaysia, working with PACOS Trust to extend existing research relationships for our third year geography students. She recounts the journey here:

From 15 years in the Malaysian military to bee-keeping and organic rice farming – what a fabulous story for me to hear on the banks of the Kadamian River, in the village of Tambatuon in Sabah, on the island of Borneo in Malaysia.

I was in Sabah for a 5 day trip with PACE International. As convenor of our third year capstone PACE unit GEOP380: Human Geography in Action, we were discussing research projects for our students to conduct with Indigenous communities. Our students come to Sabah for 4 weeks in September-October and are hosted by PACOS Trust, an amazing NGO which aims to enhance the ability of Indigenous organisations to act collectively on their own.