Editorial team

The Editors for Policy & Society are:

  • M. Ramesh, Chair Professor of Governance and Public Policy, Hong Kong Institute of Education

    PhD (Political Science), University of British Columbia

    Ramesh is a leading expert on social policies in East and Southeast Asia. He is the author or co-author of Social Policies in East and Southeast Asia, Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia, Studying Public Policy, and Canadian Political Economy. He has also published widely in senior refereed journals and is the Editor of the journal Policy and Society. His current research is on comparative political economy of People’s Republic of China, Republic of India and Korea.

    Ramesh has held teaching or visiting appointments in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Norway, and USA. He currently teaches business and government, globalisation and public policy and social policy. In addition, he has been involved in establishing professional associations in Political Science (APISA) and Public Policy (NAPSIPAG) in Asia. Ramesh is the Co-President of the Asian Political and International Studies Association for the 2005-2007 period.

    Email him at mramesh@nus.edu.sg

  • Darryl S.L. Jarvis, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore

    PhD (International Relations), University of British Columbia

    Darryl Jarvis specialises in risk analysis and the study of political and economic risk in Asia, including investment, regulatory and institutional risk analysis.

    He is author and or editor of several books and has contributed articles to leading international journals. He has been a consultant to various government bodies and business organisations, and for two years was a member of the investigating team and then chief researcher on the Building Institutional Capacity in Asia (BICA) project commissioned by the Ministry of Finance, Japan. His current research is a large cross-national study of risk causality in four of Asia’s most dynamic industry sectors. He teaches courses on risk analysis, markets and international governance, and international political economy.

    Email him at darryl.jarvis@nus.edu.sg

  • Michael Howlett, Burnaby Mountain Professor, Simon Fraser University

    (Professor) BSocSci.(Hon)(Ott), MA(Br Col), PhD (Queen’s)

    Michael Howlett is a Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. He specializes in public policy analysis, political economy, and resource and environmental policy. He is the author of twelve books and editor of fifteen others. His articles have been published in numerous professional journals in Canada, the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia and New Zealand.

    Email him at howlett@sfu.ca

  • Giliberto Capano

    Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Giliberto Capano is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Bologna, and Dean of the II Faculty of Political Science “Roberto Ruffilli” of the same University, located in the Forlì campus.

    Email him at giliberto.capano@unibo.it

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