Andika Wahab
Biographic Data
| ID | 6147834 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andika Wahab |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andika |
| FAMILY NAME | Wahab |
| SIGNATURE | WAHAB A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9902-4111 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Integration in the margins: Everyday functioning of refugee integration during the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia
Despite the proliferation of refugee integration research globally, there remains a significant gap in the literature concerning the Global South, particularly in nations that are non-signatories to the Refugee Convention and its Protocol. In these countries, refugees are typically expected to stay temporarily with very little protection accorded to them, leading to various degrees of integration experiences. Malaysia, which currently hosts one o…
Invisible and exploited: Migrant children and the risks of child labor in oil palm smallholder farming in Sabah, Malaysia
From irregular migration to illicit networks: Operational emulation and cross-border crime in Sabah, Malaysia
Life experiences and cultural adaptation among migrant workers in Malaysia
This study examines the state of migrants’ cultural adaptation in Malaysia, and how such an adaptation can help build our understanding of migrants’ life and employment experiences in the country. In doing so, this study has adopted a quantitative approach, with a completed survey towards 410 migrant respondents, living and working temporarily in Selangor, Malaysia. A multiple regression analysis finds that the three most significant predictors c…
Measuring Child Labor in Oil Palm Production in Sabah, Malaysia
Can we measure child labor? It may sound simple and a classic question to ask, but scholarly discourse continues to raise doubts about how best to measure it accurately, at what level of measurement, and how to differentiate between child labor and a range of almost similar terms such as children assisting parents and working children. In this article, as part of our long-term research project in oil palm production in Sabah (Malaysia), we attemp…
Malaysia-Vietnam Joint Development Agreement
1. Debate on joint development (JD) was triggered by the increasing of oil and gas exploitation activities since the 1960s in the marine areas where boundaries pass through or where claims overlap. The joint development zones (JDZs) concept also has increasingly been recognized by the international community as a peaceful and pragmatic alternative to resolve the economic and emotional battles of competing sovereign claims, to the extent that JDZs…
Covid-19 and the precarity of Indonesian workers in the oil palm production in Sabah, East Malaysia
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only exposed but exacerbated migrant workers’ precariousness. While governmental lockdown measures were meant to curb the pandemic, some small- and medium-sized oil palm employers in Sabah, East Malaysia, took advantage of such measures by normalizing and justifying mobility restrictions and enhanced surveillance, prolonging irregularity and suppressing workers’ voice. As a result, migrant workers were rendered depen…
Virtual Learning during Covid-19: Exploring Challenges and Identifying Highly Vulnerable Groups Based on Location
Amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2020, educational platforms have been forced to change and adapt from conventional physical learning to virtual learning. Nearly all higher learning institutions worldwide are forced to follow the new educational setting through virtual platforms. Sabah is one of the poorest states in Malaysia with the poorest infrastructure, with the technology and communication facilities in the state remai…
Covid-19 pandemic and the changing views of mobility: The case of Nepal–Malaysia migration corridor
For decades, Malaysia has been heavily dependent on unskilled and temporarily contracted migrant workers to fulfil labour gaps in the country. While Malaysia's economy continues to rely on migrant workers, the COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated their precarious working and living conditions. In-depth interviews with Nepali migrant workers and community leaders in Malaysia and Nepal in 2021 revealed the incidence of labour rights violations,…
Child labor and unfree labor: Evidence from the palm oil sector in Sabah (East Malaysia)
By focusing on child labor in oil palm production in Sabah (East Malaysia), this study contributes to the ongoing debate about unfree labor from three perspectives. First, the study highlights the importance of measuring the incidence of child labor from an individual basis and subsequently advances discourse on what is acceptable and unacceptable in the context of children’s involvement in oil palm production. Second, it advances children’s voic…
The outbreak of Covid-19 in Malaysia: Pushing migrant workers at the margin
Experiences in other countries such as Singapore and the Gulf countries have taught us that precarious living conditions and poor access to health care have contributed significantly to rapid transmission of COVID-19. National policy and measures to flatten the curve of the pandemic require significant consideration of issues facing migrant workers, including fulfilling their basic needs, guaranteeing their welfare and upholding labour standards.…
The state of human rights disclosure among sustainably certified palm oil companies in Malaysia
There is a growing number of multinational companies disclosing their formal commitment to respect human rights. This derives partly from the escalation of various intergovernmental-led and market-based initiatives that urge companies and their suppliers to disclose human rights commitment and performance. Malaysia is the world's second-largest palm oil producer supplying to many global brands around the world. As such, palm oil companies in Mala…
Business and Human Rights in Asean: Lessons from the Palm Oil Sector in Malaysia
The release of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in 2011 aims to address gaps in human rights governance by setting a standard and corporate culture of respecting human rights. As part of the state responsibility to implement these guiding principles, some member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have already embarked preliminary steps towards establishing their respective National Actio…
Moving Onward: Transnationalism and Factors Influencing Rohingyas’ Migration From Bangladesh to Malaysia
Continuous human rights persecutions have forced nearly one million Rohingyas to flee from Myanmar and seek refuge in Bangladesh. While their forced migration to the first asylum country of Bangladesh is inevitable, some have been compelled to move onward to other transit countries. Existing studies indicate various factors influencing cross-border activities among different segments of immigrants. They also suggest that the degree of transnation…
Rethinking Refugees as Economically Isolated: The Rohingyas Participation in Informal Economy in Klang Valley, Malaysia
Unlike economic migrants, the refugee population is often portrayed as a burden to hosting governments. They are seen to be economically passive and highly dependent on the hosting government’s generosity and international organizations and donors’ humanitarian assistances. In Malaysia, refugee population including the Rohingyas are no longer living in sprawling tents, isolated villages or any refugee settlement in remote areas. They make their w…
Life experiences and cultural adaptation among migrant workers in Malaysia
This study examines the state of migrants’ cultural adaptation in Malaysia, and how such an adaptation can help build our understanding of migrants’ life and employment experiences in the country. In doing so, this study has adopted a quantitative approach, with a completed survey towards 410 migrant respondents, living and working temporarily in Selangor, Malaysia. A multiple regression analysis finds that the three most significant predictors c…
Covid-19 pandemic and the changing views of mobility: The case of Nepal–Malaysia migration corridor
For decades, Malaysia has been heavily dependent on unskilled and temporarily contracted migrant workers to fulfil labour gaps in the country. While Malaysia's economy continues to rely on migrant workers, the COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated their precarious working and living conditions. In-depth interviews with Nepali migrant workers and community leaders in Malaysia and Nepal in 2021 revealed the incidence of labour rights violations,…
Child labor and unfree labor: Evidence from the palm oil sector in Sabah (East Malaysia)
By focusing on child labor in oil palm production in Sabah (East Malaysia), this study contributes to the ongoing debate about unfree labor from three perspectives. First, the study highlights the importance of measuring the incidence of child labor from an individual basis and subsequently advances discourse on what is acceptable and unacceptable in the context of children’s involvement in oil palm production. Second, it advances children’s voic…
Rethinking Refugees as Economically Isolated: The Rohingyas Participation in Informal Economy in Klang Valley, Malaysia
Unlike economic migrants, the refugee population is often portrayed as a burden to hosting governments. They are seen to be economically passive and highly dependent on the hosting government’s generosity and international organizations and donors’ humanitarian assistances. In Malaysia, refugee population including the Rohingyas are no longer living in sprawling tents, isolated villages or any refugee settlement in remote areas. They make their w…
Business and Human Rights in Asean: Lessons from the Palm Oil Sector in Malaysia
The release of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in 2011 aims to address gaps in human rights governance by setting a standard and corporate culture of respecting human rights. As part of the state responsibility to implement these guiding principles, some member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have already embarked preliminary steps towards establishing their respective National Actio…
Moving Onward: Transnationalism and Factors Influencing Rohingyas’ Migration From Bangladesh to Malaysia
Continuous human rights persecutions have forced nearly one million Rohingyas to flee from Myanmar and seek refuge in Bangladesh. While their forced migration to the first asylum country of Bangladesh is inevitable, some have been compelled to move onward to other transit countries. Existing studies indicate various factors influencing cross-border activities among different segments of immigrants. They also suggest that the degree of transnation…
The outbreak of Covid-19 in Malaysia: Pushing migrant workers at the margin
Experiences in other countries such as Singapore and the Gulf countries have taught us that precarious living conditions and poor access to health care have contributed significantly to rapid transmission of COVID-19. National policy and measures to flatten the curve of the pandemic require significant consideration of issues facing migrant workers, including fulfilling their basic needs, guaranteeing their welfare and upholding labour standards.…
The state of human rights disclosure among sustainably certified palm oil companies in Malaysia
There is a growing number of multinational companies disclosing their formal commitment to respect human rights. This derives partly from the escalation of various intergovernmental-led and market-based initiatives that urge companies and their suppliers to disclose human rights commitment and performance. Malaysia is the world's second-largest palm oil producer supplying to many global brands around the world. As such, palm oil companies in Mala…
Virtual Learning during Covid-19: Exploring Challenges and Identifying Highly Vulnerable Groups Based on Location
Amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2020, educational platforms have been forced to change and adapt from conventional physical learning to virtual learning. Nearly all higher learning institutions worldwide are forced to follow the new educational setting through virtual platforms. Sabah is one of the poorest states in Malaysia with the poorest infrastructure, with the technology and communication facilities in the state remai…
Covid-19 pandemic and the changing views of mobility: The case of Nepal–Malaysia migration corridor
For decades, Malaysia has been heavily dependent on unskilled and temporarily contracted migrant workers to fulfil labour gaps in the country. While Malaysia's economy continues to rely on migrant workers, the COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated their precarious working and living conditions. In-depth interviews with Nepali migrant workers and community leaders in Malaysia and Nepal in 2021 revealed the incidence of labour rights violations,…
Child labor and unfree labor: Evidence from the palm oil sector in Sabah (East Malaysia)
By focusing on child labor in oil palm production in Sabah (East Malaysia), this study contributes to the ongoing debate about unfree labor from three perspectives. First, the study highlights the importance of measuring the incidence of child labor from an individual basis and subsequently advances discourse on what is acceptable and unacceptable in the context of children’s involvement in oil palm production. Second, it advances children’s voic…
Measuring Child Labor in Oil Palm Production in Sabah, Malaysia
Can we measure child labor? It may sound simple and a classic question to ask, but scholarly discourse continues to raise doubts about how best to measure it accurately, at what level of measurement, and how to differentiate between child labor and a range of almost similar terms such as children assisting parents and working children. In this article, as part of our long-term research project in oil palm production in Sabah (Malaysia), we attemp…
Malaysia-Vietnam Joint Development Agreement
1. Debate on joint development (JD) was triggered by the increasing of oil and gas exploitation activities since the 1960s in the marine areas where boundaries pass through or where claims overlap. The joint development zones (JDZs) concept also has increasingly been recognized by the international community as a peaceful and pragmatic alternative to resolve the economic and emotional battles of competing sovereign claims, to the extent that JDZs…
Covid-19 and the precarity of Indonesian workers in the oil palm production in Sabah, East Malaysia
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only exposed but exacerbated migrant workers’ precariousness. While governmental lockdown measures were meant to curb the pandemic, some small- and medium-sized oil palm employers in Sabah, East Malaysia, took advantage of such measures by normalizing and justifying mobility restrictions and enhanced surveillance, prolonging irregularity and suppressing workers’ voice. As a result, migrant workers were rendered depen…
Life experiences and cultural adaptation among migrant workers in Malaysia
This study examines the state of migrants’ cultural adaptation in Malaysia, and how such an adaptation can help build our understanding of migrants’ life and employment experiences in the country. In doing so, this study has adopted a quantitative approach, with a completed survey towards 410 migrant respondents, living and working temporarily in Selangor, Malaysia. A multiple regression analysis finds that the three most significant predictors c…
Integration in the margins: Everyday functioning of refugee integration during the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia
Despite the proliferation of refugee integration research globally, there remains a significant gap in the literature concerning the Global South, particularly in nations that are non-signatories to the Refugee Convention and its Protocol. In these countries, refugees are typically expected to stay temporarily with very little protection accorded to them, leading to various degrees of integration experiences. Malaysia, which currently hosts one o…
Invisible and exploited: Migrant children and the risks of child labor in oil palm smallholder farming in Sabah, Malaysia
From irregular migration to illicit networks: Operational emulation and cross-border crime in Sabah, Malaysia
Business (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Economics (9 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Migrant workers (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Palm oil (5 works) · Pandemic (5 works)