Myanmar Research Network Steering Committee comprises academics and students at the University of Melbourne. The Steering Committee members provide overall strategic guidance to the Myanmar Research Network, as well as managing day-to-day activities of the network such as collaborative research endeavours, engagement, events, and so on.

MEMBERS

Dr. Michael G Breen
Michael’s research focuses on federalism in Asia, and the management of ethnic diversity. He is the author of ‘The Road to Federalism in Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka: Finding the Middle Ground’ (2018, Routledge) and has contributed to Nepal’s constitution-making process that established it as a federal democratic republic. Michael’s research also explores the role of deliberative democracy and the …
Dr. Vanessa Lamb
Dr. Vanessa Lamb is a Geographer at the University of Melbourne. As a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, she focuses research and teaching on human-environment geographies and political ecology of Southeast Asia, including Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, and Thailand. Dr. Lamb completed her dissertation, Ecologies of Rule and Resistance, focused on the politics of ecological knowledge and development of the …
Dr. Anne Décobert
Anne Décobert is a development studies scholar and anthropologist whose research focuses broadly on the intersections between conflict, development, aid systems, processes of state formation, and the rights of and struggles for self-determination of Indigenous and marginalised peoples. Strongly committed to ethically engaged research, Anne is particularly interested in approaches to addressing inequities and injustices faced by Indigenous and marginalised …
Dr. Tamas Wells
Tamas Wells is a Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences. His research focuses on meanings of democracy, governance and accountability in Southeast Asia and the role of international aid agencies and “civil society. His doctoral dissertation examined the Burmese opposition movement in the lead up to the historic 2015 elections in Myanmar and diverging narratives of …
Aung Kyaw Kyaw
Aung Kyaw Kyaw started his career as a development worker in 2003. He has more than 17 years’ experience in working with donor agencies, UN organisation, and international non-governmental organization within the area of humanitarian and development. Previously, he worked for Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), a multi-donor Livelihoods and Food Security (LIFT) fund, Department of Foreign Affairs …
Kyi Min Tun
Kyi Min Tun began his undergraduate study at University of Melbourne in 2018. He was part of different student organizations throughout his study career. Throughout his high school years, he was a member of Model United Nations and Student Council. The recent one was a member of Unimelb Myanmar Student Association focusing mainly on design and photography. He has been …