Yvette Selim

Yvette Selim is a Senior Research Associate and Lecturer at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance. She has a background in law, conflict resolution, bioethics and medical science.

She has worked for various organisations including the International Development Law Organization (Sri Lanka), the Australian Human Rights Centre (Australia), the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (US), Baker and McKenzie (Australia and Thailand), The Asia Foundation (Philippines) and the Centre for International Cooperation and Security (UK). She was also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford and the Australian National University.

Yvette has a proven track-record of carrying out research which is practice- and policy-oriented. She has expertise in qualitative research methods and data analysis. She has strong ability to establish relationships with practitioners, researchers and personnel from national, regional and international organisations. In addition to her extensive field work in Nepal, she has also conducted research on the worst forms of child labour, children's rights, economic livelihoods, gender-based violence and the peace negotiations in the Philippines, Sudan and Sri Lanka.

Yvette completed her doctoral studies at the University of New South Wales where she lectured in a range of subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including development studies, international relations, social science and qualitative research methods. She has a range of publications and she is a reviewer for a number of high ranking international journals.