Jacqueline Aquino SIAPNO

Jacqueline Aquino Siapno (Joy) teaches Philosophy and Political Economy in the Universidade Nacional Timor Leste (UNTL) and also co-founded the School of Democratic Economics, Faculty of Economics (UNTL), with Hendro Sangkoyo. She has also previously taught at the Universidade Dili and Universidade da Paz in Timor Leste. Once a year, she teaches in Universitat Jaume I in Castellon, Spain, in the Graduate Program in International Conflict, Peace and Development. She has held a tenured position in the University of Melbourne and research fellowships at ANU, University of California Irvine and Riverside. She lives in Dili where she is raising her family, and conducts extensive research in rural districts in Timor Leste, and comparative research with the Philippines, Indonesia, and other Asian countries. She has written several articles and books on Timor Leste, Aceh, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Southeast Asian history, culture and politics.

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