Kevin
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
School: De La Salle University (Philippines)
Area of Study: Educational Studies
Research Focus: Mental health care for those in vulnerable situations, especially refugees of various faith backgrounds.
Laise Sindra
Country: Brazil
School: Payap University (Thailand)
Area of Study: Peacebuilding
Research Focus: How Christian NGOs can combat human trafficking, especially of children, in Southeast Asia’s violent contexts.
Kiran Sharma
Country: Nepal
School: Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (UK)
Area of Study: Practical Theology
Research Focus: Christian financial stewardship in Nepal.
David Lian
Country: Myanmar
School: Asbury Theological Seminary (USA)
Area of Study: Biblical Studies
Research Focus: How suffering forms community identity in the book of Philippians.
Evangeline
Country: China
School: Talbot School of Theology
Area of Study: Educational Studies
Research Focus: Secularization and postmodernism in China.
Saralen Tran
Country: Vietnam
School: Asia Graduate School of Theology (Philippines)
Area of Study: Transformational Learning
Research Focus: Factors that limit the success of students from ethnic minorities at theological schools in Vietnam.
Yan
Country: China
School: China Graduate School of Theology (China)
Area of Study: Church History
Research Focus: Investigating the history of China’s independent church movement.
Patrick
Country: China
School: University of Aberdeen (UK)
Area of Study: New Testament
Research Focus: Pauline understandings of sin, salvation, and moral responsibility in shame-based cultures.
Michelle Mingyue Kang
Country: China
School: Fuller Theological Seminary (USA)
Area of Study: Intercultural Studies
Research Focus: The historical roots of Sinicization, with particular emphasis on the legacy and thought of public theologian Bishop Ding Guan Xun (known as K.H. Ting in the West).