Academic
My background
I began as a researcher and writer on the Political Economy of Southeast Asia. In 2004 I went to Singapore to gather data for my undergraduate dissertation and have since completed an MA by research on Vietnamese development and a PhD thesis looking at tourism as a development tool in Malaysia.
My method was very a much 'soft' approach to political economy and focused on the motivations of both governments and citizens. By examining the sociological and psychological factors at play I sought out the stories that lay behind the numbers. When combined with the 'hard' statistics of more traditional approaches to the subject, my work contributed to the field by contextualising and expanding existing knowledge.
My method was very a much 'soft' approach to political economy and focused on the motivations of both governments and citizens. By examining the sociological and psychological factors at play I sought out the stories that lay behind the numbers. When combined with the 'hard' statistics of more traditional approaches to the subject, my work contributed to the field by contextualising and expanding existing knowledge.
My conference
Today I am an academic without an institution. I love my non-academic work but found myself itching to spend time with a room of experts interested in debating the topics close to my heart. I decided to create an annual conference to do exactly that. I was delighted with the enthusiasm for the project and after the success of the first conference am eagerly planning the second which will take place in April 2016.
On 25th February 2015 at the launch conference for the One Bank Research Agenda, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England said, ‘The Bank recognises that we need to do more to reach out to the wider research community. Policymaking can benefit tremendously from advances in all fields of economics and finance; from psychology to epidemiology; from computer science to law.’ My hope is that Gloucester Conference can grow into a valued resource for organisations such as the Bank of England.
On 25th February 2015 at the launch conference for the One Bank Research Agenda, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England said, ‘The Bank recognises that we need to do more to reach out to the wider research community. Policymaking can benefit tremendously from advances in all fields of economics and finance; from psychology to epidemiology; from computer science to law.’ My hope is that Gloucester Conference can grow into a valued resource for organisations such as the Bank of England.
2015: Confidence and Risk
As we approached a general election, our minds turned to imagining what different outcomes could have for our businesses. The first Gloucester Conference examined confidence and risk by bringing together experts from both academia and business. With topics as diverse as HR and cyber liability, personal development and Bitcoin. The conference offered a unique opportunity to gather information vital to business growth in uncertain times.
My research
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My PhD saw me spend a year living in Kuala Lumpur whilst researching the economic development of Malaysia. I fell in love with the country that became home.
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I went to Vietnam to explore a job opportunity and ended up drafting my MA thesis. I returned 13 months later to complete my research.
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I chose Singapore as the subject for the dissertation for my BA because it sounded so utterly exotic but it began a story with the region.
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