People

Directorship

Professor Sefa Awaworyi Churchill

Professor Awaworyi Churchill is an applied economist.

Professor Bob Baulch | CID Vietnam-Node, Director

Bob is a professor of economics in the School of Business and Management at RMIT Vietnam's South Saigon Campus.

Professor Simon Feeny

Professor Feeny has over 20 years’ experience in international development, with more than 100 academic publications. He has been awarded and led large research projects valued at almost $3 million for governments, international organisations and NGOs.

Members

Associate Professor Bilgehan Karabay

Bilgehan Karabay is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT.

Dr Ankita Mishra

Ankita Mishra is a lecturer with the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing with research interests in development economics and applied Macroeconomic Time Series Analysis.

Dr Anna Zhu

Dr Zhu is a Senior Lecturer of economics at RMIT University and the lead investigator on two Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grants. Her research aims to understand how social and economic policies impact the lives of individuals.

Professor Janet Roitman

Janet Roitman is a Professor at RMIT University. She is the founder-director of The Platform Economies Research Network (PERN), an Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-making and Society (ADM+S), and Co-Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) at RMIT.

Dr Daniel Borer

Dr. Daniel is a Swiss economics and business graduate from Basel University, Switzerland, and the LSE. He is an active researcher in economic market inefficiencies with practical relevance, recording several publications He has worked in the banking sector as well as for a social and economic development NGO in South America. He teaches economics and business at RMIT University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam while serving as Program Manager of Global Business in RMIT Melbourne.

Huan Wang

Huan's research fields are development economics, health economics and behavioural economics. He completed a PhD degree in economics from the University of Melbourne. I apply micro-econometric tools to understand individuals' decision-making in low- and middle-income countries.

Richard Ramsawak

Richard is currently a Lecturer in Economics at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). He is the former Head of the Center of Strategy and Competitiveness at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, University of the West Indies, and the Director at Competitive Insights and Data Analytics Services Limited (CIDA). CIDA is a new start-up focused on providing technical insight and support for competitiveness initiatives, as well as building capacity in data and analytics for strategic decision-making.

Dr Preety Srivastava

Preety Srivastava is a Senior lecturer in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing. Her research expertise and interests lie in applied microeconomics and econometrics. In particular, she works with developed and developing country data in areas of recreational drug consumption and health, also looking at links with other social and economic outcomes such as housing and education. 

Longfeng Ye

Dr Longfeng Ye is an economist specializing in economic growth and development, and labour economics. Her research seeks to understand why some countries remain poor or less developed by examining growth dynamics of current middle-income countries to shed light on the “middle income trap”; constructing the growth trajectories of European countries in pre-industrial era to shed light on the debate on “The Great Divergence”; modelling the structural change from an agriculture to non-agriculture dominated economy.

Devmali Perera

Dr Devmali Perera is a Lecturer in Finance at RMIT University Vietnam. She received her PhD degree from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Prior to joining RMIT Vietnam, she has worked as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Her research interests include agricultural commodity markets, investments, international finance, financial technology and meta-analysis.

Dao Le Trang Anh

Dr. Dao Le Trang Anh is a lecturer in Finance at The Business School, RMIT University, Hanoi, Vietnam and a visiting lecturer at Lincoln University, New Zealand. She earned her MSc. Financial Forecasting and Investment at the University of Glasgow, the UK, and her PhD in Accounting and Finance (with Dean’s List) at Lincoln University, New Zealand.

Dr Shahadat Khan

Shahadat Khan is an academic and researcher at RMIT University, Australia. He has a PhD from Monash University, Australia, which focused on the procurement process of Executing Agencies against foreign aid in developing countries.

Nhung Vu

Dr. Nhung Vu is a lecturer in Economics at RMIT, Saigon South, Vietnam, with over 20 years of experience in academia. She holds a Master's in Finance, a Research Master's in International Economics, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Chung Thanh Phan

Dr. Chung received both master's and PhD in Economics from James Cook University, Australia. Prior to joining RMIT Vietnam, Dr. Chung worked as a lecturer/research assistant at James Cook University, Australia for more than 3 years. He also has more than 15 years of experience working as a senior lecturer in Economics in Vietnam.

Deepak Behera

Dr. Deepak Kumar Behera is a Lecturer in Economics and Finance at RMIT Vietnam. He specializes in health economics and public policy and holds a PhD from IIT Madras. His research covers health financing, health policy, global health, and macro-fiscal policies. Dr. Behera has been published in esteemed journals such as BMJ Open, The Lancet Global Health, and the Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Economics.

Vicki Little

Vicki Little is a senior lecturer in The Business School, RMIT Vietnam; and a member of RMIT’s Sustainable Development & Consumption research cluster. As a macromarketer her work focuses on the intersection of business and society, and the grand challenges of climate change and social inequality.

Dr. Ha Thi Cam Van

Van Ha holds a Ph.D. in Economics from The University of Waikato, New Zealand. She is a lecturer in Economics at RMIT Vietnam and she has over 15 years of experience as a lecturer. Driven by her passion for development economics, her research interests span diverse areas including foreign direct investment, firm performance, productivity, institutions, and sustainable development.

Adeel Ahmed

Adeel is a Lecturer in Economics within the Department of Economics and Finance at RMIT Vietnam, based at the Saigon South Campus. Originally from Pakistan, he brings over a decade of academic experience. Before joining RMIT Vietnam, he served as an Associate Professor and Program Head of the EMBA program at the Business School of the National University of Science and Technology.

Tung Bui

Dr. Tung Bui is a Lecturer at the Department of Economics & Finance, School of Business & Management, RMIT Vietnam. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France, an MSc in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Toulouse, and an MSc in Financial Risk Management from the University of Rouen.

Trinh Nguyen Chau

Trinh obtained his Ph.D in Economics in New Zealand in 2021. Before joining RMIT, he was working as a senior quantitative analyst for Standard of Proof in Wellington, New Zealand. His job involved quantitative assessments of development programs carried out by the New Zealand government.

Tra Pham

Associate Professor Tra Pham is the Head of Department of Economics and Finance, The Business School, RMIT Vietnam. Her role entails providing academic leadership to the Department in teaching, research and engagement. She also focuses on embracing technology and SDGs to enhance the high quality of the various programs and majors offered within the Department.

Shahadat Khan

Shahadat Khan is an academic and researcher at RMIT University, Australia. He has a PhD from Monash University, Australia, which focused on the procurement process of Executing Agencies against foreign aid in developing countries. Shahadat was the Director of B. Bus (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) degree and Higher Degree by Research Coordinator (HDR Coordinator) at RMIT University.

Seng Kiong Kok

Seng is currently Head of Undergraduate Business Programs and Senior Lecturer in Finance at RMIT University Vietnam. His teaching is focused on core financial topics such as corporate and international finance, financial risk management and derivatives, and financial markets. His research interests include examining corporate governance mechanisms within alternative financial systems, market microstructure, and blockchain use-cases and governance.

Bhagya Gunawardena

Dr Bhagya Gunawardena is a Lecturer in Economics at RMIT University who completed her PhD from the University of Queensland. She is an applied economist with primary research interests in the economics of education, gender economics, labour economics, and experimental and behavioural economics.

  • Chung Phan
  • Devmali Perera
  • Nhung Vu Thi Hong
  • Richard Ramasawak
  • Seng Kiong
  • Kok Trung
  • Nguyen Tung
  • Bui Duy
  • Rashmi Arora (external)
  • Dr Samuel Zhang (external)

  • Pham, Thi Thu Tra, RMIT International, Vietnam
  • Le, Thai-Ha, RMIT International, Vietnam

  • Mehwish Ghulam Ali, "Gender Preference at Birth (GPB): The Importance of Timing of Discrimination"
  • Mihaela Balan, "Systems Thinking in Foreign Aid: A New Paradigm?"
  • Ravindra Deyshappriya, "Multidimensional Poverty in Sri Lanka"
  • Giang Pham, "The Adoption and Impact of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Vietnam"
  • Rizal Adi Prima, "Social Protection, Dishonesty and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia"
  • Ryan Sanjaya, "Conflict and Spiteful Behaviour in Indonesia"
  • Khuram Sharzad, "Exploring Performance Determinants and Evaluation Framework of Industrial Cluster-based Common Facility Centers (CFCs) in Pakistan"
  • Ngan Thanh Tran, "The Interaction between Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy to Achieve Price Stability in Emerging Market Economies"
  • Jeenat Jabbar, "Essays on Migration and Development"
  • Carlos Andres Diaz Valdivia
  • Sonam Tobgye, "Essays on Gender Inequality and Health in Bhutan"

  • Nicholas Bodanac (MSc) Drug eradication Policies, Poverty and Displacement: The Case of Colombia
  • Liliya Gatina (PhD) The Financial Behaviour of Migrants to Australia
  • Lachlan McDonald (PhD) The Vulnerability and Resilience of Households in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands to Global Macroeconomic Shocks
  • Jigme Nidup (PhD) Essays on the Bhutanese Economy
  • Christine Tran (MSc) Determinants of Economic Growth and Genuine Progress in South Korea
  • Trinh Trong Anh (PhD) Household Well-Being In Vietnam: Impacts Of Climate Change, Climatic Shocks and Variability
  • Samuel Zhang, "Financial Development and Development Outcomes: China and the Rest of the World"

 

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.