Background

Asmali Haji Sulaiman is a lecturer of Sociology in the Sociology-Anthropology Programme, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD).

He obtained his PhD in 2020 from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester. He also has a BA and an M.Sc. from UBD and The London School of Economics respectively.

In his third undergraduate year at UBD, Asmali was chosen to represent Brunei at the Third ASEF Summer School in Lund, Sweden. He graduated from UBD with a first-class honours degree and was also recipient of the book prize award for History. At LSE Asmali focused his studies in Sociology on the areas of development and crime and deviance, working under Leslie Sklair, Stanley Cohen, and David Downes. Prior to his graduation, Asmali wrote a M.Sc. thesis “The Rentier State: A Review” under Leslie Sklair’s supervision.

Teaching

• Making Sense of Society
• Society, Culture and Economy
• Social Psychology
• Sociology of Development
• Urban society
• Popular culture

Research Interests

• Science, technology, and society
• Trust and distrust
• Informality
• Friendship and socialisation
• Youth society and culture
• Crime and deviance
• Popular culture

Publications

2000. The Silversmithing in Brunei—A Question of Survival. Undergraduate  fieldwork exercise, UBD. ii + 35pp., illustrated.

China and Taiwan: Historical and Recent problems with Reunification 1945-2000. Academic Exercise, Department of History, UBD. x + 105pp.

2003. The Rentier State: A Review. M.Sc. essay, The London School of Economics. iii + 49pp.

2005. The Education Trend in ASEAN: Emphasis on Secondary Education. Seventh AUN Educational Forum, De La Salle University, Manila. 10 pp.

2006. (with Diana Cheong and Hj Roslee Haji Baha), A Survey of the Public’s Evaluation of Gerakan Ibu Bapa Belia (GIBB) in Brunei Darussalam. Sponsored by the Narcotic Control; Bureau, Prime Minister’s Office. 40 pp.

Thesis

2020. Inventing apps: The case of the incubatees at iCentre Brunei [Doctoral thesis, University of Leicester, UK]. (Link)

Miscellaneous

• Sociology-Anthropology Programme Coordinator (ended 2020)
• Global Discovery Programme Coordinator
• FASS Admission Committee officer
• FASS Faculty Board member
• FASS SeDIA and Bench Marking focal person
• Brunei-Malaysia Forum 2021 (BMF) working committee
• MoE Strategic Foresight team 2020-2021
• Supervisor for KP 5118 – Research Methodology for Military Command And Staff Course, Cohort 10 (CSC 10) February – September 2000 and Cohort 11 (CSC 11) February – September 2021