John-Harmen Valk
Pan Asia Networking, IDRC
Canada
John-Harmen Valk has worked as a summer intern with the Pan Asia Networking (PAN) program initiative of Canada’s International Development Research Centre as well as with the Acacia program initiative, PAN’s sister program in Africa. He holds an M.A. in political science from Carleton University. While his academic interests concern international relations and the politics of international development broadly, his recent research has focused on the areas of international relations theory, ethics in international relations, and international peacebuilding.
Ahmed T. Rashid
Pan Asia Networking, IDRC
Canada
Ahmed T. Rashid is currently working as the Research Officer of PAN Asia Networking Program Initiative of IDRC. His interests include social, economic and political dimensions of development. He has written on issues around political democracy and decentralization, the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and business in development, the use of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D). His last degree was a MA in Sociology from McMaster University in 2007.
Laurent Elder
Pan Asia Networking, IDRC
Canada
Laurent Elder leads IDRC’s Pan Asia Networking (PAN) program, which studies the positive and negative impacts of the information society on Asian countries in order to help communities make the best use of information and communication technologies. From 1999 to 2004, Elder was in Senegal at IDRC’s office for West and Central Africa, where he worked with the Acacia initiative, PAN’s sister program in Africa. Elder has also worked at Canada’s Department of Finance and began his career in France, researching issues related to French history and international relations. Elder holds an international master’s in business administration and a master’s in history, both from the University of Ottawa.
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