Soksamphoas Im, PhD, is Associate Director of the Asian Studies Centre at Michigan State University and an Affiliated Scholar at the University of Michigan’s Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, specialising in authoritarian governance, social policy, and comparative politics in Southeast Asia.
Sophal Ear is a tenured Associate Professor and former Senior Associate Dean in the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. He is also the President of the International Public Management Network (IPMN) and Interim Chair of the Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Program.
Sophie Wushuang Yi, PhD is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University. She has served with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in China, contributing to policy-relevant research and strategic planning.
Souliya Mounnarath is Head of the International Cooperation Division, International Relations Office, National University of Laos. She previously served as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Laos.
Stephen Olson is a Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute and a Non-Resident Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at the Yeutter Institute of International Trade.