Building bridges: A dialogue with Sean Turnell and the UK Myanmar community

This event aims to facilitate an engaging dialogue between Sean Turnell and the UK Myanmar community.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from Sean, share their perspectives, and discuss pressing issues facing the Myanmar community both in the UK and abroad. Through this gathering, we hope to foster connections, exchange insights, and explore avenues for collaboration and support within the community. Join us for an informative and collaborative session that seeks to strengthen ties and promote positive change.

About the speaker

Sean Turnell has been a senior economic analyst at the Reserve Bank of Australia, a Professor of Economics at Macquarie University, and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Lowy Institute, Sydney. From 2016 to 2021 he served as economic adviser to Myanmar’s democratic government led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. 

Following the military coup that took place in Myanmar in February 2021, Sean was imprisoned alongside Myanmar’s democratic leadership. After 650 days of incarceration and severe ill-treatment, he was finally released in November 2022. Sean has written extensively on macroeconomic policymaking, economic reform, and the role of financial institutions in economic development, with a special focus on Australia, Myanmar, and the Indo-Pacific.

Contact

• centres@soas.ac.uk