<strong>ADVISORY BOARD</strong>

The Advisory Board provides advice and recommendations on the vision, mission and services offered by the Centre. Members of the Board from time to time also engage in delivering training and expert advice in their respective areas of competence. The Board comprises individuals of international repute who are specialists in their respective fields and who have wide experience in the tertiary education sector (in both pedagogy and andragogy), in international organizations and in the civil society sector. Members are accomplished in Asia-Pacific affairs and have considerable professional and personal experience in the region.

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<strong>Robin Ramcharan, Chairman Of the Board</strong>

Dr. Ramcharan is Professor of International Relations in Geneva Switzerland. His professional experience spans academia, international organizations and the private sector. He has worked for the development sector for many years in an international organization, implementing capacity building programmes and undertaking training of human resources for the benefit of developing countries. He has taught and researched on international security, human security, human rights and democracy and intellectual property rights. He has lived in Europe, North America, South Asia and Southeast Asia. He has lectured in Canada, India, Singapore, Switzerland and Thailand. He holds a Ph.D and and M.A. (<em>DES</em>) in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He also holds an MA from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an LLM and an LLB from the University of London, and a B.A. Honours from Queen’s University in Canada. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies of McGill University and the University of Montreal.

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<strong>Dr. Karin Dean, Member</strong>

Dr. Dean is Senior Researcher at The Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University and a leader in Asian Studies in the Baltic region. She specializes in political geography, on State, territory, sovereignty, borders and spaces, on state- and nation-building; on ethnic minorities; and stateless nations in ‘Southeast,’ ‘South,’ ‘Central’ and ‘East’ Asia. She has taught and conducted research in Vietnam, at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, at Family Health International in North Thailand, and at the Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. She holds a doctorate in Geography from the National University of Singapore, a M.Sc. in Geography from the University of Idaho and a B.Sc. in Geography from the University of Tartu.

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<strong>Dr. Nobuo Hayashi - Member</strong>

Dr. Hayashi is presently Senior Advisor, International Law and Policy Institute. He specializes in the law of armed conflict, particularly the fundamental principles, conduct of hostilities and protection of victims; international criminal law, especially war crimes and modes of liability including command/superior responsibility; and public international law, in particular recourse to force and state responsibility. He has more than twelve years of experience performing advanced research, advising international prosecutors, authoring court submissions, teaching at universities and publishing scholarly articles in the aforementioned areas as well as other related fields. He is also a Visiting Professor at the International University of Japan (2005-present) and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Turin Law Faculty/UN Interregional Criminal Justice Research Institute (2007-present). He was Researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo (2008-12); Legal Advisor, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (2006-8); Legal Officer, Prosecutions Division, Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (2004-6); and Associate Legal Officer, ICTY OTP Legal Advisory Section (2000-3). He holds a B.Sc. Foreign Service in international relations, law and organisation from Georgetown University (1995); Diplôme d’études supérieures in international law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (1998); and an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge (1999). Additionally, he attended the post-graduate School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (1995-6), The Hague Academy of International Law (1999) and the doctoral programme at the Graduate Institute (1998-2004). His working language is English. He also speaks Japanese (native) and French (intermediate).

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<strong>Dr. Sorpong Peou - Member</strong>

Dr. Sorpong Peou is Professor in, and Chair of, the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University, and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies. Dr Peou’s research and teaching interests are generally in the fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics, with specialization in Security and Democracy Studies, and a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. He was previously Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Winnipeg (2010 to 2013).  Prior to his appointment in Winnipeg, he was Professor of International Security at Sophia University (Tokyo, Japan) and Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore).  In addition to a PhD in International Relations and Comparative Politics from York University (Canada), Dr. Peou holds a MA in Political Science from York University (Canada), and a BA - Hon in Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Waterloo (Canada).<a name="_Toc385345637"></a>

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<strong>Dr. Ross Worthington – Member</strong>

Dr. Worthington is an international governance expert with over 25 years of experience, including over 12 years of residential experience in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East and work experience in 28 countries worldwide. Dr. Worthington also has extensive experience with the Australian Government and with the World Bank, working in fragile and post-conflict environments. Prior to his work in international development he was a Deputy Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretary in the Australia Government in social security, health, education and indigenous affairs.