Faculty

Weng Tat Hui

Position: Dean
Education Background: Ph.D. in Economics, Australian National University (Australia)
Research Areas: Globalisation on labour markets impact, economic issues of migration, education, ageing and retirement

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Riccardo Pelizzo

Position: Professor & Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Education Background: Ph.D. in Political Science, Johns Hopkins University (USA)
Research Areas: Political development, political parties, good governance, parliamentary strengthening, and anti-corruption

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Dina Sharipova

Position: Associate Professor & Vice Dean for Research
Education Background: Ph.D. in Political Science, Indiana University (USA)
Research Areas: Nation and state-building, security issues, formal and informal institutions, civil society, social capital, and well-being in Central Asia

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Noore Alam Siddiquee

Position: Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Public Administration, University of Manchester (UK)
Research Areas: Public management reform, digital government, public-private partnerships, corruption and anti-corruption, NGOs and development, governance and policy in South & Southeast Asia

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Omer F. Baris

Position: Associate Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Economics, Georgia State University (USA)
Research Areas: Micro economic theory, game theory and bargaining, public economics, behavioral economics, behavioral public policy, social choice and welfare economics, and public choice

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Aziz Burkhanov

Position: Associate Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University (USA)
Research Areas: Nationalism and identity theories, and national identity politics, policies, and practices, with a special focus on identity issues and their perceptions in the public narratives in the former Soviet area

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Peter Howie

Position: Associate Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Mineral Economics, Colorado School of Mines (USA)
Research Areas: Climate and energy policy and economics; development issues in oil-dependent developing and transition economies; and public policy evaluation

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Murodbek Laldjebaev

Position: Associate Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Natural Resources, Cornell University (USA)
Research Areas: Sustainable energy, natural resources management, environmental governance, indigenous knowledge, Central Asia

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Dayashankar Maurya

Position: Associate Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Public Policy, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Research Areas: Public management reforms, inter-organizational relationships (contracting, public-private partnerships, collaboration), policy design & policy implementation, health policy & health financing

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Serik Orazgaliyev

Position: Associate Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Development Studies, University of Cambridge (UK)
Research Areas: Governments and multinational enterprises (MNEs), institutions and development policies, political economy of state, democracy and social media

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Zhanibek Arynov

Position: Assistant Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in International Relations, University of St Andrews (UK)
Research Areas: Central Asian geopolitics; EU-Central Asia relations; international identity, image and perception studies; legitimacy and (de)legitimation of international organizations

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Clifford Wentworth Frasier

Position: Assistant Professor
Educational Background: Ph.D. in Public Administration, New York University (USA)
Research Areas: Collective action in the voluntary sector, voluntary associations, interest group politics

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Hyesong Ha

Position: Assistant Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Public Affairs, Indiana University (USA)
Research Areas: Quantitative analysis, organizational theory & behavior, organizational performance, public sector innovation, human resource management, employee empowerment & performance management, corruption & ethical behavior

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Artan Karini

Position: Assistant Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester (UK)
Research Areas: Public policy theory and practice, public sector human resource development and management, good governance

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Lisa Lim

Position: Assistant Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Education, University of Rochester (USA)
Research Areas: Policy communication and education for development

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Simeon Nanovsky

Position: Assistant Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Kentucky (USA)
Research Areas: International economics; and macroeconomics

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Alisher Tleubayev

Position: Postdoctoral Scholar
Education Background: Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
Research Areas: Agricultural economics, technical efficiency, corporate governance in agri-food enterprises, gender economics

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Colin Knox

Position: Adjunct Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Public Policy, Queen’s University Belfast (UK)
Research Areas: Public sector reform in developed and developing countries; local government; and public policy evaluation and the politics of divided societies

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Stefanos Xenarios

Position: Adjunct Associate Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Environmental Economics, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Greece)
Research Areas: Natural resources management, environmental policy and economics, decision aiding systems, hydro-economic modelling, water-energy-food nexus, agricultural policy and rural development, stakeholder analysis

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Kuanysh A. Yergaliyev

Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor
Education Background: DrPH concentration in Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (USA)
Research Areas: Public policy in a field of health systems, higher education and science in the Kazakhstani and Central Asian setting, health systems strengthening in middle income countries

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Eduardo Araral

Position: Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Education Background: Ph.D. in Public Policy, Indiana University-Bloomington (USA)
Research Areas: Climate change, decentralisation and federalism, regulatory policy, sustainable development, water management, governance and policy

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Donald Low

Position: Visiting Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Education Background: Master in International Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University (USA)
Research Areas: Economics and behavioural economics, decision-making and risk analysis, inequality and social policy, complexity in public policy, organisational behaviour, and the politics and governance

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Kai Hong Phua

Position: Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Education Background: Ph.D. in Social Administration - Health Economics, London School of Economics (UK)
Research Areas: Comparative health systems and policies, health sector reform, public health management, social policy evaluation

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