Prof. Dr. Evelyn Devadason

Prof. Dr. Evelyn Devadason is Professor at the Faculty of Business & Economics, University Malaya, and Vice President of the Malaysian Economic Association. She received her Ph.D. (Economics) from the University of Malaya in 2006 and M.Soc.Sci. (Economics) from the National University of Singapore in 1992. Her research focuses on international trade and regional integration. In 2023, she received two prestigious appointments at the international level – Member to the Board of Directors, East Asian Economic Association (EAEA); and Malaysian Representative to the Pacific Trade and Development (PAFTAD) International Steering Committee. She currently serves as Associate Editor to the International Journal of Social Economics and Asian Economic Journal. She has been engaged in a number of international collaborative research projects, including the ICFTU-APRO ADBI, ADB, World Bank, ERIA-UNCTAD, Food Industry Asia, UNEP-DTU and the European Union H2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme.