Faizal Yahya

Dr Faizal Bin Yahya is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). Prior to joining IPS in 2010, he was an Assistant Professor in the South Asian Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. Concurrently, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining academia, he was in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Faizal completed his Ph.D. at the University of Sydney, Australia, in 1999 and he was an Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholar from 1994 to 1998. His area of research interests includes human capital development and flows, business transformation, digitalization, connectivity, foreign trade and business linkages among other things.