James Gomez

Note: James Gomez is a former member of staff.

Job Title: Programme Officer

Joined International IDEA in 2006.

Nationality: Singapore

Programme: Design of Democratic Institutions and Processes (Political Parties)

Office: Stockholm (HQ)

Experience:

James has over 12 years of field experience in Asia working as a policy analyst and communications expert. Throughout this time, he has been affiliated to a variety of universities, NGOs and international organizations and has developed wide ranging networks in the Asian region and with international democracy assistance institutions.

Between 1998 and 2006, James Gomez worked with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation East and Southeast Asian Regional Office, first in Singapore and later in 2001 in Thailand as its Regional Research and Communications Manager. His work took him to Burma, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. Work in these countries focused on democracy, political party development, human rights and media freedoms.

James has an extensive publications list. His articles, reviews and commentaries have been published in international and regional academic journals, newspapers, and magazines both on and offline. He is on the editorial board of Asia Rights , an online journal of human rights issues edited out of The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University.

For his work with new communications technology, James was identified separately at various times in 2001 as one of "Asia's 50 most powerful communicators" by Asiaweek, "An Asian Trailblazer" by Newsweek and an "Asian Making a Difference" by the Far Eastern Economic Review.

James Gomez has several years of involvement in Singapore politics through the Worker’s Party where he served as its 2nd Assistant Secretary-General. He also has wide ranging contacts with political party representatives from the Southeast and East Asian region.

Education:
James holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Hons), National University of Singapore and a Master of Arts in Politics, University of Essex, United Kingdom. He is currently pursuing a PhD.

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