Dr Helena Varkkey is an Associate Professor of Political Ecology at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, Universiti Malaya. Her areas of expertise include transboundary haze governance in Southeast Asia and global palm oil politics. Her monograph on “The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia: Palm Oil and Politics” was published by Routledge in 2016. Her latest book is a collection of essays on the politics of haze and the environment in Southeast Asia called “The Forests for the Palms” published by ISEAS Singapore in 2021. Dr Helena has almost two decades of experience in qualitative research, including conducting fieldwork, interviews, and focus groups among various government and non-government stakeholders, and has built up extensive research networks in countries across ASEAN. She has edited and produced reports for the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, UNICEF, and the ASEAN Secretariat.

Dr. Pauline Yeoh is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. She earned her Doctoral Degree through the Fast Track PhD program, Graduate On Time with Distinction for Thesis. Registered as a Graduate Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia, Dr. Yeoh is passionate about advancing digital health and strives to bridge the gap between engineering and medicine through innovative research in computational intelligence for healthcare applications. Her research involvement spans national, industrial, and international collaborations, including participation in the China–Malaysia ‘AI+’ New Materials Joint Laboratory between Universiti Malaya and Peking University. During her PhD, she was selected as one of only 30 participants for the Association of Commonwealth Universities Summer School 2022 and served as a visiting PhD student at Xuzhou Medical University, China. She actively fosters global academic engagement and multidisciplinary research dialogues.

Azlina Abdul Jalil is currently attached to the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, University Malaya as a Senior Lecturer. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Finance (Hons) from London School of Economics. She obtained her Master of Accountancy from University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and a PhD in Accounting from Deakin University, Australia. Azlina teaches Corporate Accounting and Foundation in Financial Accounting and Reporting at the Undergraduate level and Accounting Research Methodology at the Postgraduate level.She also has experience teaching other accounting undergraduate courses such as Intermediate Financial Accounting and Reporting and Accounting Theory and Practice. Her research interests are in the area of financial reporting and disclosure, sustainability reporting and corporate governance.