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Academic Qualifications
- BA Hons. (UBD) (Major: Geography, Minor: History)
- Masters of Science (MSc.) in Global Transformations (Loughborough University, UK)
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Background
Izni Azrein Noor Azalie is a human geographer who graduated with an MSc in Global Transformations from Loughborough University UK, and is currently in the final stages of his PhD at University College London, researching halal industrial governing and its effects on Brunei agri-food producers. His specialisation covers industrial networks of production, urban economic growth, and industrial development, specifically under the general theme of Urban and Cultural Economy.He has provided professional consultancies involving environmental and communal advisories relating to oil and gas explorations, environmental monitoring, and impact assessments on urban development projects and the socio-economic costs of industrial development for communities in Brunei Darussalam. He has also participated in poverty and poverty alleviation studies in the former city centre of the Bruneian Sultanate, Kampong Ayer, which concluded in 2022.
His current research is on understanding the dynamics between a place's genus loci (cultural and economic attributes/ networks) and urban plan construction for one of the earliest places to be urbanised in Brunei, the Menglait Gadong area. Between 2021 and now, he has also been involved in research on Brunei’s rising coffee and tea sector.
He teaches modules under the Geography, Environment and Development (GED) Programme, mainly on urban/ cultural economy, industrial governing and development, people, places and cultures.
Teaching
- AW-1203 Emerging Geographical Realities
- AW-3302 Place, Culture and Identity
- AW-3305 Urban Economy and Culture
- AW-3307 Experiential Learning Through Sustainability Research
- AW-4201 Final Year Project
- AW-4308 World Regional Geography
- CU-0303 Arts and Social Sciences for University Study
- KP-5118 Research Methodology (Institute of Policy Studies)
Graduate Supervision
- Masters in Environmental Studies
- Graduate Diploma in Defence Studies (Institute of Policy Studies & Royal Brunei Armed Forces Defence Academy)
Nu’urul Zirwatul Amal binti Haji Awang Borhanuddin (2012). Issues with waste tyre management in Brunei Darussalam [Unpublished Dissertation]. Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Major Mohd Kamil bin Abdul Manaf (2023). Geospatial Intelligence Application: Optimizing support to Malaysia’s Land Border Security.
Research Interests
- Environmental monitoring and assessment
- Globalisation
- Sustainable development
- Creative cities and urban planning
- Issues and politics of development
- Geopolitics
Research (Funded and Unfunded)
- Understanding Poverty in Kampong Ayer (2020-2022) (Co-researcher) – FIC, UBD
- Exploratory Study on the Coffee and Tea Sector in Brunei: a study on value chains and Network (2021 – ongoing)
- Halal certification and halal industrial governing: its processes and effects towards business communities (Ongoing PhD research)
- Creative and cultural economic development as part of heritage conservation (2021 – ongoing)
- Bandar Seri Begawan and its urban development: spatial-historical tracing of its dynamism in relation to its economic transformation
Publications
Journal Articles
Noor Hasharina Hassan, Rigg, J., Yong, G. Y. V., Izni Azrein Noor Azalie, Nurul Hazirah Haji Zainuddin, & Mohammad Addy Shahril Muhammad Shamsul (Forthcoming). Administering and encountering the poor: Poverty from above and below in Brunei Darussalam. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.
Izni Azrein Noor Azalie, & Norzurianie Kamarulzaman. (2022). Development linkages of Brunei Darussalam’s coffee and tea sector: Global and regional value chain perspectives. Journal of Business and Economic Analysis, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2737566822500074
Izni Azrein Noor Azalie, & Nurfajriyah Haji Samad. (2022). Brunei as a global halal food hub: Production network and strategic relations in halal food production. Journal of Contemporary Islamic Studies, 8, 1-22.
Izni Azrein Noor Azalie, & Yong, G. Y. V. (2022). Heritage industry as conservation strategy for Kampong Ayer (Brunei Darussalam). The Brunei Museums Journal, 26-50.
Noor Hasharina Hassan, Rigg, J., Izni Azrein Noor Azalie, Yong, G. Y. V., Nurul Hazirah Haji Zainuddin, & Mohammad Addy Shahril Muhammad Shamsul. (2022). Making do and staying poor: The poverty context of Urban Brunei. Geoforum, 136, 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.09.012
Noor Hasharina Hassan, Yong, G. Y. V., Izni Azrein Noor Azalie, & Norzurianie Kamarulzaman. (2022). Urban tapestry: A place-sensitive approach to sustainable urban design. International Journal of Environment, Architecture and Societies 2(2), 109-121.
Izni Azrein Noor Azalie. (2021). Perkembangan sektor multimedia dan perfileman Brunei Darussalam: Suatu tinjauan awal. Jurnal Rampak Serantau, 27, 203-219.
Izni Azrein Noor Azalie. (2016). Exploration on the effects of Brunei halal standard and its implementation on agri-food business development in Brunei Darussalam in the context of Islamic governance. International Journal of Business, Economics and Law, 10(5), 79-90.
Book Chapters
Izni Azrein Noor Azalie (2023). Constructing an integrated sustainable halal policy (ISHP) in Brunei Darussalam: Refiguring the domains of conventional policy multiverses. In M. Hamdan, M. Anshari, E. Ali, & N. Ahmad (Eds.), Public policy’s role in achieving sustainable development goals (pp. 167–189). IGI-Global.
Conference Papers
Badriyah Yusof, & Izni Azrein Noor Azalie (2023). Envisioning translation practice as an industry in Brunei Darussalam. The 19th International Conference on Translation Proceedings (pp. 416–438).
Izni Azrein Noor Azalie (2011 Nov). Renegotiating identities: Malay Islamic Monarchy in the context of globalisation. Proceedings on International Conference on Islamic Civilization and Malay identity 2011, Melaka, Malaysia.
Noor Hasharina Hassan, Izni Azrein Noor Azalie, Khairunnisa Ibrahim, Yong, G. Y. V., & Hairuni Ali Maricar. (2011). Cultural consideration in vertical living in Brunei Darussalam. The 44th EAROPH Conference 'Managing Urban Growth: Challenges for Small Cities, Bandar Seri Begawan (pp. 1-36).
Thesis / Dissertation
Izni Azrein Noor Azalie. (2010). Renegotiating Identities: Malay Islamic Monarchy in the context of Globalisation. MSc dissertation, University of Loughborough.
Conferences
- International Conference on Islamic Civilization and Malay Identity 2011 (ICICMI 2011) - Presenter
- Sixth ASEAN Law Forum, Brunei Darussalam (2011) - Participant
- Kuala Lumpur International Islamic Studies and Civilisations Conference (KLIISC2 – 2016) - Presenter
- Brunei-Malaysia Forum 2021 (BMF 2021) – Presenter
- UBD-Tianjin Workshop Kampong Ayer and Heritage Conservation (2021)
- UBD-Tianjin Workshop on Cultural and Creative Industry as Conservation Strategy (2021)
- UBD-ASEAN’s e-Global Discovery Programme (18th November 2021) - Presenter
- International Conference on Arts, Culture and Heritage 2021 (ICACH 2021) – Presenter
- 5th International Halal Conference 2022 (5th INHAC 2022) – Presenter
- Brunei Darussalam’s Mid-Year Conference and Exhibition (MYCE 2022) – Exhibition Team
- International Conference on Fluvial Phenomena: Re-engaging Rivers in the Anthropocene (February 2023) – Participant
- The 19th International Conference on Translations (PPA-19) 2023 – Participant
- European Union (EU)- Brunei Darussalam Climate Change Seminar: Building Regional Capacity for Climate Change and Mitigation 2023, The Radisson Hotel, Bandar Seri Begawan (06th July 2023)- Participant
- The Asian Undergraduate Symposium 2023, NUS College, NUS, Singapore (9th- 23rd July 2023) – Presenter (Expert Panel)
- Brunei-Forum 2024: Brunei Today and the Next Thirty Years (24-26th February 2024) – Presenter
- China’s Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD), Haikou Island, People’s Republic of China: The 3rd Training Seminar on Blue Economy Development capacity-building under the Framework of RCEP (2024) - Trainee
Consultancies and Other University Services
- UBD Global Discovery Programme (GDP) for Tokyo University of Agricultural Technology (TUAT): Agriculture and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities in a Climate Crisis, 3rd to 18th September 2023 - Facilitator
- UN-Habitat ASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Strategies (ASUS 2023) Workshop – panel and workshop framing committee team as well as participant (19th-20th June 2023)
- ASEAN-Norway National Consultation Workshop (Brunei Darussalam) - towards the development of a science-based decision-making support system for the coastal and marine environment in the ASEAN region (2022) – Documenter
- Impact Assessment of Oil Drilling Activities in Block A & N (2014) – Chemsain Consultants
- Temburong Bridge Construction’s Social Impact Assessment and Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Report (2013) – MWH Consultants
- Rapporteur for 34TH General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) (2013)
- Environmental Baseline Study (EBS) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Offshore Exploration at Block CA1 (2011) – Total-AECOM-Jurusy Perunding
- Borneo Research Council Conference Organisational Committee (2011)
- Committee for Environment and Sustainable Development Research Cluster’s Dialogue (2011)
- Committee for Science, Technology and Research Workshop (2011)
- Socio-economic Impact Assessment for Pulau Muara Besar Project (2009) – DHI Consultancy
- Organisational committee for Majlis Pelancaran Buku Adat Istiadat Diraja Brunei, Pameran dan Seminar (2008)
- Rapporteur for Land Department, Ministry of Development- RICS- ASEAN Valuer Association (AVA) Land Conference on Property as engine of economic growth (2008)
Administrative Duties
- 26th September 2013 [Borneo Studies Network Committee]
- 17th–23rd September 2013 [Rapporteur for 34TH General Assembly of ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)]
- 17th February 2013–Present [Program Academic Advisor]
- 18th May 2013–Present [Member of Faculty Graduate Studies Committee]
- 21st September 2013–Present [Member of Faculty Religious Committee]
- 30th June 2012 [Coordinator for UBD-UM Student Exchange 2012]
- 22nd October 2011 [Borneo Research Council Conference Organisational Committee on Transport and Accommodation]
- 13th–14th April 2011 [Participant in 6th ASEAN Law Forum, Brunei]
- 1st April 2011 [Organising Committee for Environment and Sustainable Development Research Cluster’s Dialogue]
- 26th March 2011 – Present [FASS Admission Committee]
- 23rd March 2011 [Accommodation and Ticketing Committee for Science, Technology and Research Workshop]
- 21st March 2011 [Science, Technology and Research Cluster Member]
- January 2011 [Faculty Representatives for Discovery Year SAP/ SEP]
- 31st March 2009 [Organisational committee for Majlis Pelancaran Buku Adat Istiadat Diraja Brunei, Pameran dan Seminar]
- August 2008 – Present [Marshalls for annual UBD Convocation]
- 5th July 2008 [Rapporteur for Land Department, Ministry of Development- RICS- ASEAN Valuer Association (AVA) Land Conference on Property as Engine of Economic Growth]