Admin Team

Victor V. Ramraj |
Director
Dr Victor V. Ramraj was appointed as CAPI Director in September 2017 and has been a Professor in the Faculty of Law and Chair in Asia-Pacific Legal Relations since 2014.
He draws upon his many years of research on the Asia-Pacific region, and his international leadership experience, including five years as Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs at the National University of Singapore Law School and a one-year secondment as Co-Director of the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) in London, England. His current research focuses on comparative constitutional law and transnational regulation, both with an emphasis on Asia. More

Helen Lansdowne |
Associate Director
Helen Lansdowne has a BA and an MA in Pacific and Asian Studies from UVic and has been with CAPI since late 1998. She brings expertise in rural China state-society relations. Her most recent area of study includes mainland Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on development and gender.
Her work at CAPI includes assisting with the Centre's ongoing project work and is in charge of overall administration of CAPI's programs. Helen Lansdowne also teaches courses on Southeast Asia and Developmental Theory in the Department of Pacific and Asian Studies at UVic and in the Department of Social Sciences at Camosun College.