ABOUT ME
Dr. Sivapalan Selvadurai is an Associate Professor with the Development Science Programme, School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. His research interest entails local development issues relating to community development and enterpreneurial development. He has published articles in reviewed journals including more than 20 articles in SCOPUS journals, more than 10 articles in ERA indexed journals and numerous indexed journals. He has also published numerous chapters in book and a co-authored an edited book. He is also in the IYRES Think Tank Steering Coimmittee under the Malaysian Institute for Research in
Youth Development. He also sits in the Steering Committee of the Tun Fatimah Women Leadership Centre in UKM, Bangi. He is currently the head of of the research cluster on Governance and Accountability.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
local economic development
2003
The University of Sheffield
PhD Economic Geography
entrepreneurial development
commmunity development
gender and development
1985
Ohio State University (Columbus)
Masters in City & Regional Planning
1983
University of Lousiana (Lafayette)
BA (City & Regional Planning)
1983
University of Technology Malaysia (KL)
Diploma (Urban & Regional Planning)