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ixTHE CONTRIBUTORS(in alphabetical order according to names as they are spelt, updated information of 2009.)A snapshot of the contributors in their own words is provided here.AHMAD HEZRI ADNAN is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Environment & Development (LESTARI)of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His area of specialization is environmental policy analysis focusing on thetheoretical and practical aspects of sustainable development. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the AustralianNational University.AKIKO MORISHITA is a postdoctoral research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. She completed her doctoraldegree in area studies at Kyoto University. She has been researching the issue of politics and natural resources(especially forest and mineral resources) in Indonesia and Malaysia.ALWIN C. AGUIRRE teaches Popular Culture and Gender, Sexuality and Literature at the University ofthe Philippines in Diliman. His current interests are science fiction studies and cultural studies of science andtechnology. He is primarily a fictionist. His short stories have been published in various anthologies and recognizedby major literary awards in the country.AYAME SUZUKI is a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. She is currently doingher postdoctoral research at the Graduate Research Institute of Policy Science in Tokyo. She earned her Ph.D.(International Relations) from the University of Tokyo, and has written on issues such as political regimes, sovereignstate systems, and Malaysian politics.CHAIWAT THIRAPANTU is President of the Civicnet Institute in Thailand. He is a long-time advocate of civilsociety, working and collaborating with various sectors including academia, government, business and NGOs. Hepursues the idea of creating a fair and liberal society.DJORINA VELASCO is a sociologist by training and an activist at heart. A former researcher at the Institutefor Popular Democracy and lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the Ateneo deManila University, she has written on Philippine politics and social movements, as well as democratization anddevelopment issues in Southeast Asia. Her current interests lie in critiques of neo-institutionalism and neo-liberalgovernmentality.GLECY C. ATIENZA is a full professor at the University of the Philippines-Diliman where she teaches creativewriting, Philippine theater and Philippine Literature. She is currently working with her community and schoolbased theater network in developing new plays and popularizing theater research and documentation.HERU SUSETYO is a permanent faculty member and researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia,Depok, West Java, Indonesia, and also a human rights attorney at the Indonesian Center for Legal and HumanRights Advocacy (PAHAM). He graduated from the University of Indonesia, Depok Indonesia (Bachelor of Lawand Master of Social Work) and from Northwestern Law School, Chicago, USA (Master of International HumanRights Law). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University,Nakorn Pathom, Thailand. He has carried out numerous researches and published numerous articles on humanrights, social legislation, and Islamic Law.HOZUE HATAE is a researcher/campaigner for Friends of the Earth Japan. She is mainly based in the Philippines,and has been working on the issue of environmental and social problems caused by Japanese-funded projectsabroad, together with local peoples’ organizations.Asian Transformations in ActionThe Work of the 2006/2007 API Fellows