Dr Scott Edwards

Scott Edwards is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Malaya’s Department of International and Strategic Studies, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Yokosuka Council on Asia Pacific Studies (YCAPS). Scott’s research interests centre on the regional politics of Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on collective efforts combatting novel security issues. This has primarily been applied to Southeast Asia’s maritime security governance, but has since broadened out to consider the wider Indo-Pacific.

Scott has published on topics such as ASEAN’s regional maritime security governance, the interlinkages between sustainability and maritime security in Southeast Asia, and inter-agency maritime security coordination within Southeast Asian states. Scott has previously held postdoctoral positions at the Universities of Bristol and Leeds, and teaching positions at the Universities of Birmingham, Reading, and Bath. Scott is proactive in policy engagement, and is continually exploring how his work can inform policy debates.