Dr. Hamzah Muzaini's primary research generally centers on how the Second World War is currently (and historically) commemorated in Singapore and Malaysia, conceptualised around postcolonial theory, the role of time, scale and materiality in memory making, and the politics of landscape.

His recently completed doctoral thesis, in particular, empirically explores and examines in depth sites and embodied practices (and associated politics) of remembering (as well as forgetting) the war in Perak, Malaysia, over a number of scales, through state efforts, grassroots heritage movements, foreign-led commemorations and the everyday activities of its locals.

To date, he has published widely on war memorialisation in Singapore, as well as on backpacking tourism, peace museums, and Singapore's transborder histories and geographies.

Currently, he is planning for the dissemination of work emerging out of his doctorate, in addition to pursuing new research pertaining to how the Second World War as it took place in Singapore and Malaysia are memorialised on cyberspace.