Invited Plenary Speakers

Lee Chin is an associate professor in international economics at School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of financial economics, international economics, energy economics and developmental economics. She has taught more than 20 different courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and supervised more than 100 undergraduate and postgraduate students. To date, she has published 84 journal articles, 4 books and 15 chapters in books. Her articles were published in impact factor journals such as Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Applied Financial Economics Letters, Singapore Economic Review, Engineering Economics, Energy, Energies, Chemosphere, Ecological Indicators, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, and Quality & Quantity.

Mieke Meurs is a Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the College of Arts and Sciences of American University. Prof. Meurs has recently taught Heterodox Microeconomics, Political Economy, and a Complex Problems course called What's It Worth? Her research and publications are mainly in the area of feminist economics, care work, and gender bargaining power. She is an author of dosens of books, book chapters, monographs and peer-reviewed journal articles. Her cecent publications and research examine national models of child and elder care and their labor market implications for individuals, and measurement and implications of gender bargaining power in the Global South and the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Her research articles were published in top international journals, such as World Development, Feminist Economics and Journal of Comparative Economics.