Social sciences Economics

Galvin is a multidisciplinary academic, educator, and entrepreneur with a proven track record of excellence in business, education, and innovation.

Felix Christian Haas is a development consultant, advisor and researcher with interest in the interface of business and politics/policy in Southeast Asia (specifically Myanmar) and Europe. He is open to any collaboration, joint publications or to providing commentary on economic development related issues in Asia (e.g. trade, investment), on geopolitical and international relations as well as on issues related to Myanmar.

Priyanka Jayawardena is a Research Economist at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS). Priyanka has over 20 years of experience in conducting economic policy related research on health, education, labour and fiscal distribution analysis. She is experienced in quantitative data analysis with applying econometric evaluation techniques -- distributional analysis, quasi-experimental methods, wealth index, equity in opportunity indices. She has conducted numerous research studies relating to the human resource development in Sri Lanka for a variety of development partners including World Bank, ADB and UNICEF and member of the Southern Voice network. Many of her recent research has been published in peer reviewed national and international journals and book chapters.

A dynamic force in social creative catalyst, navigates the global landscape with a unique perspective, work across disciplines in sustainability, creativity, human factors, entrepreneurship and innovation.

Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Economics, Chaing Mai University with prior experience in public policy and research, especially in Myanmar's economic development.

Sunimalee Madurawala is a Research Economist at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) with over 15 years of research experience. Her expertise lies in the areas of gender, health economics, and population studies.

Dr. Irshad CV holds a PhD in Economics with specialisation in Health Economics from IIT Madras, under the supervision of Prof Umakant Dash and Prof VR Muraludharan. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Economics from the University of Calicut. His research focuses on health economics, population health, and gerontology. His doctoral thesis, Healthy Ageing in India: A Mixed Methods Approach, is among the early works on the subject in India and introduced the country’s first multi-dimensional Healthy Ageing Index (HAI). Two key studies from his thesis were published in the Journal of Population Ageing (Springer). He also presented his extended thesis-related research at an Asian Development Bank (ADB) conference supported by the Government of Japan. In 2021, he received a research grant from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and IIPS Mumbai to examine social frailty among older adults. He co-edited the “Ageing and Care” section in Handbook of Ageing, Health and Public Policy (Springer).

Angel Investor and a Vision-driven entrepreneur/executive with career-long record of business growth and innovation.

DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI, INDIA

Dr. Niranjan Devkota is a distinguished researcher in climate change, agriculture, and poverty. He actively contributes to policy dialogues and has extensive experience in governmental and non-governmental sectors, demonstrating his commitment to driving positive change.

A researcher/program director at ALARM - for land & environmental justice and climate & environmental integration in development planning of Myanmar & a graduate of YAU (Myanmar), AIT (Thailand) & ANU (Australia).

Dr. Irina's research focuses on sustainability, including an analysis of environmental management, the urban environment, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and education for sustainable development, or ESD, and its application in real-world contexts.

Professor Stephen Y. L. Cheung is the President and Chair Professor of Public Policy at The Education University of Hong Kong

I am a Health Economist/Researcher, working with UN agencies in the development of policy documents for developing countries including Nepal, Ethiopia and Pakistan.

David Lee is currently a professor of the finance programme at The School of Business ;Singapore University of Social Science.

I am specialized in international sustainable development cooperation. I am member of European Platform of Women Scientists and Women Scientist from Developing Countries. My research focuses on promoting sustainable development cooperation between government, universities and enterprises on new media platform, with my researches presented on World Cities Day organized by UN-HABITAT, and at Culture Technology Integration Summit organized by Qinghua University.

Professor Leonard K Cheng became President of Lingnan University of Hong Kong in September 2013. Prior to joining Lingnan University, he served as Dean of the School of Business and Management of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST Business School) from 2009 to 2013.

Prof. Peng Ling is an Associate Professor at the Department of Marketing and International Business of Lingnan University.

Ismene Gizelis is professor at the Department of Government in the University of Essex. Her main research interests are in conflict dynamics, peacekeeping, gender equality and post-conflict reconstruction, and communicable diseases. For the most up to date details, please see my personal webpage: http://tigizelis.com.

Semra Ozdemir is an Assistant Professor at Lien Centre for Palliative Care and the Signature Programme in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS. Her main research areas are medical decision making and health economics

Prasanna Lakmal is a lecturer at the Department for Commerce & Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Dr Chin Chin Sia is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Business & Law, Taylor's University, Malaysia.

Nisha Arunatilake has been a Research Fellow at IPS since 2000 and was appointed as the Director of Research in January 2018. She has extensive post-doctoral experience in conducting policy related economic research in labour market analysis, education, public finance and health.

For the past twenty years, I have led a research team at Tufts University that conducts randomized controlled field experiments on various interventions designed to improve conditions of work in global supply chains, particularly in industries such as apparel dominated by women. Our ranges from social compliance to health interventions.

I have nearly two decades of professional experience studying the changing trends in the world of work. This includes a specialized focus on how trends like technology, urbanization, restructuring of trade into global value chains, migration and climate change affect women’s work, and the opportunities and challenges that women face to equal and productive participation in labour markets.

Shoirakhon Nurdinova is an Associate Professor at Kimyo International University in Tashkent. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Anadolu University (Türkiye).

He is currently the Dean of the School of Business and Administration at Wawasan Open University, Malaysia, and also instrumental in developing the MBA programme at the institution.

Maggie Hu is currently an Assistant Professor of Real Estate and Finance at Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York. She was previously an Assistant Professor of Real Estate and Finance at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Zaw Oo is Executive Director of the Centre for Economic and Social Development, an independent think-tank dedicated to inclusive development in Myanmar. Previously, he was the Presidential Economic Advisor from 2012-2016, serving as a principal advisor on finance, industry, commerce and labour issues.