Cross-Faculty, Multi-Disciplinary Expertise of RUCTA Team
- Dr Penny Graham , Director of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (MAI ), specialist on Southeast Asia; fieldwork in Indonesia; research for aid agencies
- Professor David Kinley, Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights (Law Faculty), specialist in human rights law, especially in Burma
- Professor Zenon J Pudlowski , Director, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education, Engineering Faculty, head of an international network of Engineering Centres in Asia, Russia, north America and Europe
- Dr Wendy Smith , Director of the Malaysian Studies Centre (MAI) specialises in Japanese and Malaysian management; Islam
- Professor On Kit Tam , Director of the China Research Centre (MAI) authority on corporate governance; reports for Chinese government
- Associate Professor Alison Tokita , Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies (MAI ) specialises in Japanese language, literature, the internet; track record of sourcing funds in Japan
- Professor Mark Wahlqvist , Director, Asia Pacific Health & Nutrition Centre (MAI) and President of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Professor Robin Pollard, Faculty of Information Technology and Foundation Director of the Business Faculty, Monash University Malaysia, will provide the unit with access to IT Faculty
- Professor Marika Vicziany, specialist on mass poverty in South Asia and China; track record of fund raising from Asian Development Bank, government and private sectors.
Other Team Members Include:
- Dr Chris Baker , National Centre for Australian Studies
- Associate Professor Jim Breen , Faculty of Information Technology
- Mr James Garza , PhD student, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts
- Dr Lijian Hong , School of Asian Languages and Studies, Faculty of Arts
- Dr Helen Johnson , School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts
- Professor David Kinley , Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Law Faculty
- Dr Pushkar Maitra , Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics
- Dr Bruce Missingham , Rural and Regional Australia Project & Research Associate of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Monash Asia Institute
- Dr David Mitchell , Research Associate Faculty of Medicine & Research Associate of Anthropology, School of Political and Social Inquiry
- Mr Andrew Olszewski , Programme Director, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering Associate
- Dr Russell Smyth , Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics
- Professor Nigel Tapper , Head, School of Geography, Faculty of Arts, Deputy Director Monash Environment Institute, Joint Coordinator Monash Atmospheric Science Program
- Professor Mark Wahlqvist , Director, Asia Pacific Health & Nutrition Centre, Monash Asia Institute and President of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences
Language competence in the team include Japanese, Indonesian, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese.