Raymond Hyma

PhD Candidate

Profile

Raymond Hyma is a Joint PhD Candidate (Monash-Warwick Alliance) at Warwick’s Politics and International Studies Department and Monash’s Global Peace and Security Centre. With a 20-year background in peacebuilding and development across academic, policy, and civil society sectors, his work strives to bridge academic knowledge to practical application for change.

His PhD research focuses on participatory and action-oriented methodologies in conflict contexts and the potential for shifting power in research, transformative changes in perceptions towards ‘the other’ or ‘enemies’, and the inclusion of knowledge generated by those who are directly impacted by the topic of inquiry. He is conducting a case study using a participatory method he co-developed with participant-researchers from Cambodia and Thailand to better understand and act upon growing online hate speech between youth from both countries.

Research Interests

Peace and conflict studies, conflict transformation, inclusive peacebuilding, community-led research, participatory action research, statelessness, Southeast Asia

Awards 

Western Sydney University, Institute for Culture and Society Visiting Fellowship (Australia)

Monash Graduate Scholarship/Monash International Tuition Scholarship (Australia)

Salzburg Global Seminar Fellowship, Asia Peace Innovators (Austria)

University of Hawai’i, Matsunaga Institute for Peace Affiliate Scholarship (Hawai’i)

Rei Foundation Doctoral Scholarship (New Zealand)

East-West Center Asia Pacific Leadership Fellowship (Hawai’i)

Rotary Peace Fellowship - Graduate Certificate (Thailand)

Rotary World Peace Fellowship - master’s degree (Argentina)

Recent Publications

Hyma, R., Jones, B., Kry, S., Sen, L., Loek, S., Tath, N., & Kuy, T. (2025) The power in re-telling research: A Cambodian community-based approach generating knowledge by subjects of study. Development in Practice, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2025.2463913Link opens in a new window

Hyma, R. (2024). Participatising statelessness research: Towards more inclusive scholarship. The Statelessness & Citizenship Review, 6(1), 130-136. https://doi.org/10.35715/SCR6001.117Link opens in a new window

Hyma, R. (2024). Conducting community-led research on women facing violence as one herself: An interview with Suyheang Kry of Women Peace Makers. Peace Review, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2024.2387367

Hyma, R., & Kry, S. (2023). Listening through community research: Start a dialogue by understanding first. In S. B. Martin (Ed.), Peacebuilding practice: A textbook for practitioners (pp. 106–112). Phnom Penh: Women Peace Makers.

Sen, L., & Hyma, R. (2023). The Diverse Cambodian Woman: An exploration of minority women outside the mainstream. Phnom Penh: Women Peace Makers.

Kuy, T., Chhun, C., & Hyma, R. (2023). LGBTIQ voices: Exploring gender diversity and same-sex relationships in Cambodia. Phnom Penh: Women Peace Makers.

Hyma, R., & Sen, L. (2022). Inquiry as Practice: Building relationships through listening in participatory action peace research. Peace Review, 34(3), 343–351. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2022.2092396

Hyma, R., Simbulan, K., Kry, S., Huynh, B. N. H. H., Martin, S. B., & Thanasin, P. (2022). Who’s Listening? Understanding ‘Us’ to know ‘Them’: Transcending borders to explore identity and connection. Phnom Penh: Women Peace Makers.

Sen, L., Kry, S., & Hyma, R. (2022). Making the Space: Voices from the girls of Cambodian minority communities. Phnom Penh: Women Peace Makers.

Herbert, C., Kry, S., Hyma, R., Park, D., & Pérez, M. A. (2020). Navigating the nexus of art and peace: A reflective guide for peacebuilding practitioners and artists working together to transform conflict and inspire creativity. Phnom Penh: Women Peace Makers.

Kry, S., & Hyma, R. (2019). Who’s listening? From centre to periphery: Confronting far off perceptions head-on. Understanding narratives on interethnic sentiment at the Cambodian border through facilitative listening design. Phnom Penh: Women Peace Makers.

Kry, S., & Hyma, R. (2017). Who’s listening? Tackling hard issues with empathy. Using facilitative listening design to understand and respond to anti-Vietnamese sentiment in Cambodian communities. Phnom Penh: Women Peace Makers.