What is MAAPPS?
The MAAPPS program at the University of British Columbia offers training focused on the Asia Pacific to prepare graduates for policy-related professional careers. Courses in policy analysis methodologies are combined with academic and applied seminars.
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Your Conference Committee
Kate Howard is a MAAPPS graduate student from Canberra, Australia. Her regional specialization is South-East Asia, and her sectoral research focuses on urbanisation, informal settlements and development-induced displacement and resettlement.
Her personal prediction for the Asia Pacific region: "Reactions to the tangible effects of environmental degradation will have an increasing influence on politics and public policy-making in the region."
Her personal prediction for the Asia Pacific region: "Reactions to the tangible effects of environmental degradation will have an increasing influence on politics and public policy-making in the region."
Melanie Schweiger is a MAAPPS graduate student from Munich, Germany. Her regional specialization is South Asia/India, and her sectoral research focuses on cyber security and terrorist movements in the Internet.
Her personal prediction for the Asia Pacific region: "Convergence in economic terms, but tense relations when it comes to cyber and regional security."
Her personal prediction for the Asia Pacific region: "Convergence in economic terms, but tense relations when it comes to cyber and regional security."
Jon Brasnett is a MAAPPS graduate student from Montréal, Canada. His regional specialization is China and Taiwan, and his sectoral research focuses on the peaceful resolution to the Taiwan issue.
His personal prediction for the Asia Pacific region: "The Asia-Pacific is a region increasingly influential in international affairs with an increasingly important role in international institutions. "
His personal prediction for the Asia Pacific region: "The Asia-Pacific is a region increasingly influential in international affairs with an increasingly important role in international institutions. "
Cecilia Ye is a MAAPPS graduate student from Ma'anshan, Anhui, China. Her regional specialization is East Asia/China, and her sectoral research focuses on identity and ethnicity, especially the influence of media and education on the young generation.
Her personal prediction for the Asia Pacific region: "Young generation, the creatures of social media and pop culture from both
the east and the west, will change the Asia Pacific region as well as the world. "
Her personal prediction for the Asia Pacific region: "Young generation, the creatures of social media and pop culture from both
the east and the west, will change the Asia Pacific region as well as the world. "