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(Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head at the Communications and New Media Department, Principal Investigator at the Centre for Trusted Internet and Community, and University Librarian at NUS Libraries.)
Natalie Pang completed her BCom at the University of Melbourne, where she began studying the Internet and information systems in the late 1990s. She continued her study of the Internet, its impacts on society and vulnerable populations through her MSc in information studies at Nanyang Technological University, before completing her Doctorate of Philosophy at Monash University, Australia in 2009. Her doctoral work on cultural institutions and participatory technologies in rural communities won her two awards at Monash University.
After completing her doctoral work, she worked at The Gallup Organization on well-being projects in Asia, providing research consultancy to think tanks and public agencies. During this time, she continued to contribute actively to academia through an adjunct teaching appointment at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. In 2011, she took up a full-time academic position at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University and in 2017, she joined the National University of Singapore. Presently, she is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head at the Communications and New Media Department, Principal Investigator at the Centre for Trusted Internet and Community, and University Librarian at NUS Libraries.
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Belinda Lawton is a PhD candidate who joined RegNet in 2018 to study collaborative governance in the health sector in Timor-Leste.
Belinda is a communications specialist who has worked with several health-related NGOs. Her specific interest in hospitals developed while she was Director of Corporate Affairs for the Hospital of Hope Timor-Leste. She has worked in Thailand and Bangladesh with The Alliance for Safe Children and was the National Communications Manager for the Royal Life Saving Society Australia.
Belinda holds a BA with 1st Class Honours and a Master of Arts from Deakin University. She holds an Australian Postgraduate Award.
She currently serves on the Boards of Royal Life Saving Society - NT and Royal Life Saving Society - Australia.
Research Interests: Health, non-government organisations, Timor-Leste, collaboration, service provision.
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Hi, I am Sejal Luthra and I am from India. I have done my bachelor's in Economics and am currently undertaking a Master's programme in Public Policy from Michigan State University. Along with my programme at MSU, I am a Research fellow at Institute of Public Policy and Social Research.
My academic interests pertain to social policy and poverty alleviation whereby i want to work for developing innovative mechanisms for reducing poverty and inequality in the developing world.
During my graduation i have interned with various independent research organizations and non profits working for sustainable development and policies and schemes of government of India.
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Social and public policy researcher interested in issues relating to social mobility, inequality, social stratification, and intergenerational transmission of (dis)advantage. Former journalist and editor at Singapore's national newspaper covering politics, social and economic policies, and other areas.
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Philippe Cullet is a senior visiting fellow at CPR and professor of international and environmental law at the School of Oriental and African Studies – University of London (SOAS). Professor Cullet has published widely in the fields of environmental law, natural resources, human rights, and the socio-economic aspects of intellectual property. His current research includes work on water law and governance with a particular focus on groundwater, drinking water, sanitation, and institutional reforms; equity in environmental law; biodiversity, including benefit sharing and biosafety; and justice, with a particular focus on environmental and water rights.
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Abhijit is Senior Fellow with ORF’s Economy and Growth Programme. His main areas of research include macroeconomics and public policy, with core research areas in monetary economics and the political economy of finance. Abhijit has extensive experience in economic and policy research, academia, business school teaching, and academic administration. He has a keen interest in micro and macro business environment, sectoral industry case studies, and issues related to public finance, agriculture and development economics. Abhijit is widely published in various academic journals, periodicals, and online platforms.
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Priya is a Public Health Professional, with first-hand experience of working on policies at various levels. Currently, focused on implementing Sustainable Development in health (goal 3) towards ensuring effective Policy-making, planning and implementing Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) under Universal Health Coverage.
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Vidyadhar Prabhudesai is the Executive Director and Board Member of International Foundation for Sustainable, Peace and Development, a per-eminent international institution based in Europe. He is an entrepreneur and the co-founder of LeadCap Ventures with presence in 40 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. He received the World Bank's Prize on Youth Employability for impacting more than 10 million youth. He was awarded "Thane Gaurav" second highest civilian status by Thane Municipal Corporation, Indira Gandhi Prize and received fellowships from UN, Commonwealth World Economic Forum
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Senior Program Officer of The Asia Foundation focusing on policy reforms related to social development issues including policies related to people with disabilities.
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Technology consultant and product management professional delivering solutions and apps powered by A.I., Cloud and Intelligent Automation. Project Manager at Presight.ai