Fiona Yap
Honorary Professor, Crawford School
Qualifications
BSc (Houston), MA (Rochester), PhD (Rochester)
SELECTED POLICY ENGAGEMENT
Expert-Interviews, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC TV Weekend Breakfast (Canberra, Ausralia), Busan Broadcasting Corporation, Morning Wave in Busan, PrimeTime with Henry Shinn, TBS-Seoul, ChannelNews Asia (Singapore, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Network)
2017-2018: Lead consultant, East Asia, World Bank, Social Protection Systems in Asia and the Pacific
2015 – Scholar-participant, Indonesia-Australia SESPARLU program for Indonesian diplomats
2015 – Expert-advisor for Institute for Policy Research Advocacy (Elsam), part of Knowledge Sector Initiative (Australia-Indonesia)
2015 – Expert-advisor for National Secretariat of the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (Seknas Fitra), part of Knowledge Sector Initiative (Australia-Indonesia)
- 2014 – Expert-panelist on roundtable with Delegation of ASEAN parliamentarians, organized by the Parliament of Australia, November 262014 – Expert-panelist on roundtable with international senior journalists from ASEAN countries, organized by Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 40th Anniversary of ASEAN-Australia relations, with keynote speech by ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh, March 18
2012 – Invited speaker at the Australian Federal Police to discuss citizens’ responses to corruption
2009 – Invited speaker at conference held by the University of Kansas-Fort Leavenworth, for policymakers and academics to discuss culture and countries in East Asia prior to officer-deployments to Asia. Fort Leavenworth is referred to as the “Intellectual Center of the Army” by the US Army Combined Arms Center
2008-2009 – Invited by the government’s representatives at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (Kansas City) to organize a symposium for policymakers and academicians to discuss the election results in Taiwan and the US
2007 – Guest of the government of Republic of China (Taiwan) as part of the Delegation of American Young Scholars and Experts, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan
2005-2009 – Series of presentations between 2005 and 2009 for military and intelligence officers at Fort Leavenworth concerning citizens, political development, and social stability in Southeast Asia
2004 – Invited speaker, “Viewpoint Japan: East Asian Economic (R)evolution,” Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and University of Kansas School of Business
2000 – “East Asia: From Crisis to Opportunity,” Invited participant, Asian Development Forum, co-sponsored by the World Bank and the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore).
2000 – “Understanding Contemporary China,” University of Kansas Continuing Education
2000 – “China & The World Trade Organization,” Johnson Community Center College, Missouri, 2000
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