Dr Yvonne Khor

Dr.
Yvonne
Khor
is
a
Visiting
Fellow
at
NIICE.
She
is
currently
part
of
the
Asia
Pacific
Network
of
Experts
Against
Transnational
Organised
Crime,
working
with
the
Global
Initiative
Against
Transnational
Organised
Crime.
From
2023
to
2025,
she
was
the
Southeast
Asia
Regional
Program
Consultant
for
Forum
for
the
Future
and
from
2019
to
2023,
served
as
Researcher
on
Migration
Intermediaries
Work
package
at
Monash
University
Malaysia
under
the
UKRI‑GCRF
MIDEQ
Hub,
conducting
qualitative
fieldwork
on
the
Nepal–Malaysia
migration
corridor.
She
worked
in
collaboration
with
industry
partners,
such
as
the
Institute
for
Human
Rights
and
Business,
the
Dutch
International
Responsible
Business
Conduct.Her
research
interest
includes
migration
governance,
labour
mobility,
migration
intermediaries,
responsible
recruitment,
and
transnational
organised
crime.
She
has
published
extensively
at
several
reputed
journals
and
platforms.
Dr.
Khor
earned
her
PhD
from
the
China
Foreign
Affairs
University
(CFAU),
Beijing.
Her
dissertation
examined
migration
intermediaries
in
transnational
governance,
focusing
on
Nepali
workers
in
Malaysia.
She
holds
a
Master’s
degree
in
Security
and
Strategic
Analysis
from
the
National
University
of
Malaysia
(UKM).
She
is
an
alumna
of
the
American
Council
of
Young
Political
Leaders
(ACYPL)
and
the
Advanced
Training
Program
for
Young
Diplomatic
Talents
from
Belt
and
Road
Countries
(BRI).
She
is
an
active
participant
in
regional
academic
and
policy
forums,
including
CERC
Migration,
AAS‑in‑Asia,
the
Chinese
Sociological
Association,
the
ASEAN
Civil
Society
Conference/ASEAN
People’s
Forum
(ACSC/APF),
and
multiple
UN‑related
training
programmes.