Norma Mansor

Director
, SWC
Profile / Bio: 

Norma Mansor is the Director of SWRC, a position she holds since 2013.  She is a professor at the Department of Administrative Studies and Politics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya where she served as the Dean from April 2004 to June 2009. She was appointed as Secretary of the National Economic Advisory Council in Prime Minister’s Department from July 2009 to May 2011. She was a Ragnar Nurkse Visiting Professor at Talinn University of Technology, Estonia in 2015.  Prior to these appointments, she has served as advisor and consultant to various government bodies and private organizations which include The National Institute Of Public Administration (INTAN), Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC), Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA), The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank, International Labor Organization (ILO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU).

Her research interest includes public policy, governance and social protection.  She has written extensively in books and scholarly journals. She sits as Editor in Chief of Institutions and Economies Journal, Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Public Management and Money and guest editor to several academic journals.