Dr. Saw Chaw Yeh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Universiti Malaya. With a background in archaeology, art history, and anthropology, her research focuses on anthropological archaeology, particularly rock art studies. She has led surveys and documentation of rock art sites across Peninsular Malaysia, exploring their cultural significance and historical connections to local communities and the wider Southeast Asian region.

Dr Sabri Sulaiman is a Senior Lecturer of Applied Sociology and Evidence-Based Intervention at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. Trained entirely at the University of Malaya (UM), where he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Social Administration and Justice (with a minor in Anthropology and Sociology), a Master’s in Social Intervention, and a PhD in Social Services, all from UM. His Master’s thesis examined Social Deprivation and the Social Well-being of Malaysian Children.  His doctoral research contributed to the development of a Community-Based Social Care Model to protect the rights and improve the social well-being of street-connected children.  His applied research and advisory roles extend to civil society and international organisations, reflecting his commitment to linking research with advocacy and policy reform. He has established an internationally recognised research profile, grounded in comparative, applied, and globally engaged sociology, spanning the Global South and the Global North.  He is a sociologist and evidence-based intervention scholar specializing in applied and comparative sociology, focusing on life-course inequalities, well-being, and vulnerability among marginalized and vulnerable populations. His research centres on designing, evaluating, and translating rights-based, evidence-informed social and behavioural interventions for children and youth, families, young adults, and persons with disabilities across the Global South and North. Much of his work examines how social and economic stratification shapes individual life chances, health, and well-being, and explores the processes that produce unequal health and social outcomes. He also analyses how political economy, policy, legal identify welfare regimes, and health and social care systems structure these dynamics, with particular attention to the influence of family background and early-life adversity on child development, educational trajectories, adult health, and life expectancy. Employing applied sociology and comparative approaches, he investigates how governance systems, public policies, and legal frameworks affect human development, well-being and social behaviour across the life course. His works also addresses the social determinants of health and well-being, neighbourhood environments, and intersecting inequalities related to class, gender, ethnicity, age, disability, and migration, highlighting how institutional arrangements can reproduce or mitigate social harm and rights violations. Using mixed quantitative and qualitative methods, his research produces policy-relevant evidence that strengthens social protection, promotes sustainability, and advances social justice and economic dignity.  Dr Sabri is actively engaged in national and international research, consultancy, and postgraduate supervision across these domains: Sociology of Children, Families, Ageing and the Life Course: Examines Explores how childhood, family life, caregiving, ageing, and disability are shaped by social structures across the life course, with a focus on adverse childhood experiences, intergenerational inequality, gendered care, and protection systems, including comparative studies of care regimes and vulnerable populations in the Global North and South. Global and Comparative Sociology: Analyses how global forces such as capitalism, migration, displacement, climate change, housing regimes, and governance shape social structures, inequalities, poverty, homelessness, and well-being across societies. Uses comparative perspectives to examine welfare systems, labour markets, family structures, and social protection across regions. Sociology of Population Health, Human Development, and Well-Being: Explores how inequality, family, labour, housing, digital inclusion, and policy environments shape health, mental well-being, and human development across the life course. Focuses on systemic gaps in healthcare and social care, particularly among populations who are legally and socially excluded. Sociology of Governance, Law, Human Rights: Examines how governance systems, legal frameworks, welfare regimes, and rights-based policies shape inequality, institutional engagement, and social behaviour. Focuses on children, families, workers, persons with disabilities, ageing populations, and legally marginalised groups. Sociology of Violence, Vulnerability, and Protection: Focuses on interpersonal, structural, and institutional violence, including violence against children, gender-based violence, labour exploitation, and elder abuse. Emphasises rights-based protection systems, programme evaluation, and evidence-informed social interventions. Sociology of Work and Labour: Focuses on interpersonal, structural, and institutional violence, including violence against children, gender-based violence, labour exploitation, criminalisation of homelessness, and elder abuse. Emphasises rights-based protection systems, programme evaluation, and evidence-informed social interventions. Applied Sociology, Measurement, and Evidence-Based Interventions: Applies sociological theory and methods to policy and programme evaluation, indicator development, and intervention design. Focuses on improving protection systems and behavioural, health, and well-being outcomes among vulnerable populations. Sociology of Sustainability and Development: Examines how social structures, inequality, poverty, homelessness, and human behaviour interact with environmental limits and development goals. Focuses on social justice, quality of life, and equitable pathways to sustainable futures. Applied Statistical, Quantitative, and Qualitative Methods in Sociology: Develops and applies advanced quantitative and qualitative methods, including statistical modelling, surveys, quasi-experiments, ethnography, and participatory research. Used to analyse inequality, behaviour, and institutional processes, and to evaluate interventions. Digital Sociology: Analyses how digital technologies, data, and AI shape social relations, inequality, behaviour, and human development. Treats digital systems as embedded within everyday social, family, and institutional life. Dr Sabri has collaborated with and consulted for ministries, government agencies, and international partners. Apart from research and teaching, he's also now a consultant for the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN).  He is currently leading several major research initiatives, including "A Study on Risk Behaviours in At-Risk Adolescents in Malaysia," "Creating Inclusive Digital Education for Students with Disabilities in Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia," He is also the author of forthcoming books, namely the Community-Based Social Care Model in Protecting Street-Connected Children in Malaysia. He has also published a book titled "Deprivasi Sosial Kanak-kanak Malaysia", which examines the status of social deprivation and the social well-being of Malaysian children from their own perspectives, as well as intervention and policy strategies to reduce social deprivation and enhance their overall well-being. Dr Sabri’s work is internationally recognised. He is a member of the British Sociology Association, the Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK), the Social Policy Association, the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), the Malaysian Association of Social Workers (MASW), and the International Sociological Association (ISA). He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, contributed to edited volumes, and presented at numerous international conferences. Dr Sabri welcomes collaborative opportunities with scholars, practitioners, and institutions committed to advancing justice, equity, and social care systems that leave no one behind.  

Lik-Voon Kiew obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biopolymer Technology and Therapeutics from the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. His research interests and expertise are in the development of nano-sized complexes and particles for anticancer and organ-selective drug delivery and therapy. He also evaluates synthetic and bioactive compounds/materials for toxicity, physiology impact and disease treatment efficacy. He also assesses the acute and chronic impacts of intravenous administration of nano-drug-carriers and nanotherapeutics to the cardiovascular physiology of rats using radio-telemetry techniques. He has 22 years of research experience in nanomedicine and pharmacology, and has published over 65 research manuscripts and graduated 10 PhD students and 6 MSc students. He has also been appointed previously as the visiting Associate Professor to the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (2020) and visiting scientist to the Principe Felipe Research Centre, Valencia, Spain (2014). Kiew is currently a Professor and the Head of the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia. He is also a Jointly-Appointed Professor of the College of Engneering Bioscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan. He has 15 years of experience as a pharmacologist and pharmacology educator, and has been appointed previously as the external examiner (Pharmacology) for the (i)  Second Professional Bachelor of Dental Surgery Examination 2021/2022, International Medical University, Malaysia, (ii) Second Professional Examination 2020/2021, Bachelor of Dentistry, National University of Malaysia (UKM), (iii) Second Professional Examination 2019/2020, Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Penang International Dental College-MASHA University, Malaysia, (iv) Pre-Clinical Professional Examination, Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program, Quest International University Perak, Malaysia (2019); the internal examiner for the Bachelor of Dental Surgery program and the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS/UMMP) program, University of Malaya, Malaysia; a PhD thesis examiner for the National University of Singapore (2021) and the University of Nottingham Malaysia (2019), and an independent assessor for the Academic Promotion Exercise of Monash University Malaysia (2021-2022). He is also the Deputy head (Asia Pacific Region), Internationalization Unit, Faculty of Medicine; and the Protem Head, Centre of Excellence for Innovative Medical Devices, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. In the research community, Kiew serves as an International Committee of the Controlled Release Society (CRS, 2019 - 2022), a committee member for the (i) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 229 / Work Group 3 (ISO/TC 229/WG 03) "Health, Safety and Environmental Aspects of Nanotechnologies", and (ii) Technical Committee TC15 - Nanotechnologies (Work Group 3 - Safety and Health), Department of Standards Malaysia, Ministry of International Trade and Industry Malaysia (2019 – present), a member of The Ministry of Education Malaysia Research Fund Evaluation Committee (2019-2020), a committee member of the Malaysian Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (MyCRS), and a scholarship panellist for the Human Life Advancement Foundation (2016-2017, 2019-2020). He s also an editor for the Journal of Health and Translational Medicine (2017- present), a guest editor for the Journal of Drug Delivery and Translational Research (2018), and a manuscript reviewer for Theranostics, Nanomedicine NBM, the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, RSC Advances, International Journal of Nanomedicine, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology A: Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry B and BMC Nephrology.