Centre Governance

The Steering Committee evaluates SEARC’s longer-term aims, directions and planning, likely budgetary resources, and projected outcomes. Its current members are listed below.

• Chairman: Professor Martin Painter (Acting Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Convenor: Professor William Case (Director, SEARC)
• Dr Vivienne Wee (Associate Director, SEARC)
• Professor Joseph Cheng (Chair Professor, Department of Public and Social Administration)
• Professor Graeme Lang (Head, Department of Asian and International Studies)

Management Committee
Selected from its core membership, SEARC’s Management Committee is responsible for everyday operations, including the management and allocation of resources for Centre members and projects. Its current members are:

• Professor William Case (Director, SEARC)
• Dr Vivienne Wee (Associate Director, SEARC)
• Dr Catherine Chiu (Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Head and Associate Professor, Department of Asian and International Studies)
• Dr Bill Taylor (Associate Professor, Department of Public and Social Administration)
• Dr Nicholas Thomas (Associate Professor, Department of Asian and International Studies)

International Advisory Committee
SEARC's International Advisory Committee seeks to recruit outstanding scholars on Southeast Asia. The Committee provides SEARC with general advice about research developments in the region. Its current members include:

• Professor Wang Gungwu (Director, East Asia Institute, Singapore)
• Professor Richard Higgott (Director, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, The University of Warwick, UK)
• Professor Pasuk Phongpaichit (Professor of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
• Professor Zhuang Guoto (Director, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University, China)
• Professor Richard Robison (Professor of Political Economy, The Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands)
• Professor H.H. Michael Hsiao (Director, Asia-Pacific Research Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei)
• Professor Garry Rodan (Director, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Australia)
• Professor V.T. King (Professor of Southeast Asian Studies and Director, Graduate School, University of Hull, UK)
• Professor Kevin Hewison (Director, Carolina Asia Centre, University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill, USA)