Manager, Research

Lau Zheng Zhou is Research Manager in Economics and Business at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS). His research interests include financial development, global value chains, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Prior to this, Lau was Senior Director at ASLI’s Centre for Public Policy Studies where he headed the research and consulting team. He was also appointed as Special Officer to the Minister of Transport Malaysia and Perdana Fellow to the Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia.

Lau obtained a First Class Honours in Business Economics from the University of Nottingham and a Master’s degree in Political Science and Political Economy from the London School of Economics.

Coordinator, Economic and Business Unit

Adli Amirullah is a researcher under the economics and business unit at IDEAS Research and Publications Division. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He was a Royal Education Award recipient for 33rd IIUM Convocation who has shown outstanding performance in academic and co-curricular activities. Adli whose name means ‘a person who belongs to justice’ strongly believes in the principles of justice, fairness and equity

Executive, External Relations

Hadaina is an Executive under the External Relations Division at IDEAS. She holds a first class honour in Bachelor of Philosophy, Law & Business from Universiti Utara Malaysia.

Project Coordinator, Research

Vaisnavi received her BSc in Psychology with Neuroscience from the University of Reading UK. Her research interests lie in the field of social policy, specifically in healthcare policies. Her interest in policy research stems from the desire to improve the mental healthcare system in Malaysia and other low and middle income countries. She is currently also a research consultant for Sangath, a mental health research NGO in India.