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AEI Insights, Vol 7, Issue 1, 2021

Contributor Biographies

Biographies in the order as authors’ articles appear in the issue

Alexander G. Savelyev is the Dr. of Political Science, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International
Relations, Moscow, Russian Federation.
M.Miandy Munusamy is an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer of the Public Service Department,
Malaysia. He joined the Policy Coordination and International Division, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia
(MOHE) in April 2009 as a desk officer for multilateral cooperation. He has been seconded to the ASEM
Education Secretariat Jakarta from 2015 to 2016 and attached to ASEM Education Secretariat Belgium in 2018
and 2019. In September 2017, he started his Doctorate study at Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya. His
research is on Advancing the Internationalisation of Higher Education in Malaysia through the support of the
ASEM Education Process.
Azirah Hashim is Professor of Linguistics at the Universiti Malaya and until recently Executive Director of the
Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya. Her research interests include Academic and Professional Discourse,
Language Contact in Southeast Asia and Higher Education in ASEAN. Her publications include a co-authored
book, English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN: Transformation of Language Habitats, Routledge (2020); co-edited
volumes, Communicating with Asia: the Future of English as a Global Language, Cambridge University Press
(2016) and Malaysian Perspectives on ASEAN Regionalism, Univesity of Malaya (2019) and articles in journals
such as English Today, Discourse Studies and Multilingua.

Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada has a Ph.D. in economics from University of Malaya, and his main research fields
are policy modelling, econographicology, international trade, and development economics. His research, which
has been published extensively in journals such as Journal of Policy Modelling, Disasters, Quality & Quantity,
Singapore Economic Review, Futures, and Contemporary Economics, revolves around policy-oriented topics
relevant for Asia’s long-term development, including the policy modelling, natural disasters evaluation, and food
security.

Anis H. Bajrektarević is chairperson and professor in international law and global political studies, Vienna,
Austria. He has authored seven books (for American and European publishers) and numerous articles on, mainly,
geopolitics energy and technology. Prof. Anis is the editor of the NY-based GHIR (Geopolitics, History and Intl.
Relations) journal, and editorial board member of several similar specialized magazines on three continents. His
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8 book, ‘Caspian: Status, Challenges, Prospects’ is scheduled for winter 2020-21.

Li Jingyi is a Ph.D. Candidate at Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya. Her research interests include
COVID-19 and tourism studies.

Beatrice Lim is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia
Sabah. Her research interests include labour economics and gender studies.

Khairul Hanim Pazim is a lecturer at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy，Universiti
Malaysia Sabah. Her research interests include labour economics and aging studies.

Fumitaka Furuoka is an Associate Professor at Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya. His research
interests include labor economics and international economics.

Wah Yun Low is a Professor of Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. She is currently the Deputy Executive Director (Research and Internationalisation), Asia-Europe
Institute and Director, Centre for ASEAN Regionalism, at the university.

Aliyyah Nuha Faiqah Azman Firdaus is a former project officer at the Asia-Europe Institute and Centre for
ASEAN Regionalism Universiti Malaya who specialises in applied linguistics and environmental discourse.

Bouasavanh Keovilay is a retired professor who used to be Dean of the Faculty of Letters, National University
of Laos and on the Governing Board of SEAMEO QITEP (Quality Improvement for Teacher Education
Personnel) in Language.
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