International Advisory Board

In light of the expanded research program undertaken by LIRNEasia, an international advisory board was established in 2005, in addition to the Board of Directors.

William H. Melody, Ph.D. (Managing Director, LIRNE.NET, Denmark; Chair)

Johannes M. Bauer, Ph.D. (Professor, Michigan State University/Co-Director, Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law, Michigan State University)

Hernan Galperin, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, University of Southern California, USA; Visiting Professor, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina; Steering Committee member, DIRSI)

Alison Gillwald, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Research Director, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; RIA!)

Sherille Ismail, J.D. (Federal Communications Commission (FCC), USA) (Sherille serves in his personal capacity and not as a representative of the FCC)

Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras (Chennai), India)

Tim Kelly, Ph.D. (Lead Policy Specialist, infoDev, World Bank, Washington DC, USA)

KF Lai, Ph.D. (Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, BuzzCity, Singapore)

Robin Mansell, Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)

Partha Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D. (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, India)

Sam Paltridge, Ph.D. (Directorate, Science Technology and Industry, OECD, France)

Visoot Phongsathorn (Deputy Director, Thai-German Programme for Enterprise Competitiveness’s Business and Financial Services Component, GTZ Partnership, Thailand)

Randy Spence, Ph.D. (Director, Economic and Social Development Affiliates (Esda), Canada)