Dr An Nguyen founded this program in March 2024. In late 2024, Dr Dan Tong and Dr Phu Nguyen joined the program as supervisors and provided expertise in their fields. 

Dr. AN NGUYEN

Dr. An Nguyen, has lived with a physical disability since childhood, is a dedicated academic and educator with over 17 years of experience in research and university teaching. She has been a passionate advocate for disability inclusion in Vietnam through both scholarship and practice. She currently works as a Research Assistant at Monash University. Formerly serving as a casual Research Officer for Global Dementia Project at Monash University, a full time researcher and lecturer at Binh Duong University (Vietnam), and a senior researcher at SETESU (Vietnam). Dr. Nguyen holds a PhD in Anthropology (Monash University) and dual Master’s degrees in Health Sciences and Sociology. Her interdisciplinary expertise spans anthropology, health, gender, and disability studies. She has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses, designed inclusive curricula, coordinated tutorials, and mentored diverse student cohorts. Through her Academic Tutoring Services, she continues teaching and mentoring younger scholars worldwide. Dr. Nguyen’s research skills are proficient in qualitative and quantitative, which are evident in her impactful publications, including articles in Disability and Society and Sexuality and Disability. Her research interests encompass disability, women’s health, sexual and reproductive health, aging, and dementia. During her work, she possesses excellent experience in collaborations with multiple stakeholders, such as health providers, NGOs, government agencies. More details can be found at this site:https://sites.google.com/view/dr-an-nguyen/home

Dr PHU NGUYEN

Dr. Phu got his Ph.D, from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geo-scienses, under the supervision of Prof. Lambertus Johannes Sluys. His PhD was about multi scale failure modelling of quasi-brittle materials like concrete using advanced discontinuous computational homogenization methods. After his PhD he had been to a couple of different places (Johns Hopkins University, Cardiff University and The University of Adelaide) before joining Monash University as a lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering in 2016. His research area is numerical methods for solving partial differential equations (isogeometric analysis, extended finite element method, material point method) and damage/fracture models (phase-field fracture/damage models, cohesive zone models) for fracture mechanics and large deformation mechanics problems. More details can be found on his website at http://nvinhphu.wixsite.com/mysite.

Dr DAN TONG

I am an experienced lecturer with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. I have been teaching various economics subjects at La Trobe University and overseas. My current research (and also my on-going projects) focuses on the impact of the technological innovations (online platforms, AI…) and how it sheds lights on a number of areas, such as future of work, labour migration, gender disparities, food security and pollution issue. There are 2 factors which shape my expertise and explain my current work span: (1) I possess a theoretical base in Economics with a Master in Development and Resource Economics and a PhD in Economics and conducted series of research on those areas, and (2) 3 recent years which I have been deeply engaged in digital business and economics of innovation amazingly causes me to look at those same issues through a completely new lens. 

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8580-1426/