Stephanie Fahey

Dr Stephanie Fahey became Director of RIAP in October 1998. Prior to this she held the Chair in Asian Studies at Victoria University of Technology in Melbourne. Dr Fahey has over 25 years experience in research, consultancy and teaching in 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region. Her major research interests focus on Vietnam and Papua New Guinea in various aspects of socio-economic change particularly labour relations, human resource development, poverty alleviation and gender issues.

For the past 10 years she has concentrated on the management of international research, consulting and teaching programs although she continues to publish and supervise postgraduate students. She has been appointed to the Foreign Affairs Council and is a Board Member of The Australia Korea Foundation and Community Health and Tuberculosis Association.

Stephanie graduated with a BA (Honours) from the University of Sydney and a PhD from the Australian National University. She speaks Vietnamese and Melanesian Pidgin.

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