Priya Dershini Parmalingam

Short presentation

I am broadly interested in international dispute settlement, comparative politics (with a focus on Southeast Asia), relations between the State and business actors, as well as foreign policy. My current research examines the link between domestic politics and the use of the WTO dispute settlement system.

CV

2013-2015: Master in Political Science (expected, end-2015), Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

2014: Completed a Master-class on WTO Dispute Settlement at the World Trade Institute in Bern (taught by WTO Appellate Body member Prof/Dr. Peter Van den Bossche) 

2012-2013: Developed policies and drafted national legislation relating to healthcare, particularly in the regulation of care homes for the elderly. 

2011: Conducted policy-focused empirical research on community addictions at the former Ministry for Community and Youth Services, Singapore. Appointed as Teaching Assistant in a graduate course on Statistical Analysis at the LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.  

2010-2012: Master in Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

2010: Exchange student (completed courses on various aspects of international law), University of Copenhagen

2009: Completed a semester-long intensive graduate course organized by NYU & NUS on INTERPOL and the law of international police enforcement cooperation (taught by Prof. Ronald Noble, former INTERPOL Sec-Gen) 

2007-2011: Bachelor of Laws (with Honours), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Knowledge of languages

English (native), Tamil (fluent), Danish (basic), Mandarin Chinese (elementary/conversational)

Teaching

2015: I will be teaching a course on International Courts and Tribunals and the Politics of Dispute Settlement to graduate students at the Political Science department, in the Autumn/Fall semester 2015

2011: Teaching Assistant for a semester-long course for graduate students on Statistical Analysis ('Empirical Analysis for Public Policy') at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore