Experience

Institute for Culture and Society (ICS)

• Australia
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Node Administrator and Project Officer, Centres of Excellence

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Western Sydney University node, Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society and Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology.

• Research Officer

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Research and research support on ICS projects, including budget development and research on ARC projects.

• Senior Research Officer

  • Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

  (Parental-leave replacement)* Member of research management team which supported ICS researchers in securing $1.8 million in ARC funding in 2020* Pre-award coordination of project management and research development* Building budgets for grant applications (Categories 1, 2 and 3)* Administrative support for ICS Research Director



Sinister Wisdom

• Editorial Board Member

  • Jun 2019 - Present



Yasmin Tambiah

• Sydney, Australia

• Freelance Researcher, Writer, Editor and Project Manager

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2022

  Researching, Writing, Editing, Proofreading Academic Writing; Creative Writing; Report Writing Research Development and Project Management • Authored ‘When South is North: redirecting the compass, reinvigorating Australian arts’, 4A Papers, Issue 3, November 2017, commissioned by the 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art • Provided substantive and structural editorial assistance on research report: N. Katjasungkana and S. Wieringa, ed. G. Poore, 'Creeping Criminalisation: Mapping of Indonesia’s National Laws And Regional Regulations That Violate Human Rights of Women and LGBTIQ People', New York: OutRight Action International, 2016 • Completed creative writing manuscript '(Un)Civil Wars' (prose, poetry and short fiction) Show less



University of Technology Sydney

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Officer, Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

  • Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Coordinated UTS Domestic and Family Violence Initiative

• Executive Officer, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students)

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Provided research support, reports and report summaries for select projects of the DVC (Education and Students), including the Academic Integrity Working Party • Coordinated development of successful EOI for cross-faculty transdisciplinary project



Institute for Culture and Society

• Western Sydney University

• Adjunct Fellow

  • May 2015 - May 2018



Australian Academy of the Humanities

• Sydney, Australia

• Project Manager, 'Australia's Diaspora Advantage'​, ACOLA Program: Securing Australia's Future

  • Jul 2015 - Dec 2015

  SAF11: Australia's Diaspora Advantage: Realising the potential for building transnational business networks with Asia Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) Australia's Asian business diasporas are a rich source of innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurialism. Project report available at: https://acola.org.au/wp/PDF/SAF11/SAF11%20full%20report.pdf • Managed project in collaboration with Senior Researcher (including liaising for ethics clearance with ACOLA, drafting contracts for consultants, and mapping research requirements) • Organised Expert Working Group meetings and compiled minutes • Maintained bibliographic database • Co-authored project’s interim report • Conducted research for project’s final report Show less



Western Sydney University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager, 'Smart Engagement with Asia', ACOLA Program: Securing Australia's Future

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2015

  SAF03: Smart Engagement with Asia: Leveraging language, research and cultureAustralian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA)Securing Australia's future relies on Australia's ensuring 'smart engagement' with countries in Asia. Leveraging language, research and cultural capabilities to build people-to-people networks between Australia and Asia offers a means to do so. Project report available at: https://acola.org.au/wp/PDF/SAF03/SAF03%20SMART%20ENGAGEMENT%20WITH%20ASIA%20-%20FINAL%20lo%20res.pdf• Managed project (including liaising with ACOLA for ethics clearance, hiring research assistants, compiling meeting minutes, and liaising with the Academy of the Humanities regarding budget and drafting contracts for consultants)• Facilitated communications between stakeholders and Expert Working Group• Organised meetings and roundtables• Supervised research assistants• Conducted research and maintained bibliographic database• Co-authored project’s interim and final reports Show less

• Senior Research Development Officer

  • Jun 2012 - Oct 2012



Yasmin Tambiah: Research, Research Management, Writing

• Sydney, Australia

• Independent Researcher & Writer

  • Feb 2012 - Nov 2012

  • Research assistance • Editing and proof reading • Research assistance • Editing and proof reading



University of Sydney

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Honorary Associate, Department of History

  • May 2009 - Apr 2012

  Developed manuscript on legal changes and their implications for sexual behaviours in postcolonial Trinidad & Tobago, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

• Executive Officer

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2010

  • Set up, managed and closed down university-level research support unit• Managed and hired staff



University of Sydney, Australia

• Research Institute for Humanities & Social Sciences

• Program Officer (Research Development)

  • Jan 2006 - Jun 2008

  • Organized research development trainings for researchers and HDR students • Managed grant application processes • Assisted researchers with ARC applications • Organized research development trainings for researchers and HDR students • Managed grant application processes • Assisted researchers with ARC applications



Macquarie University, Australia

• Anthropology

• Lecturer

  • Mar 2005 - Jun 2005

  Course: Culture and Human Rights • Taught second and third-year undergraduates and MA coursework students • Acting supervisor for MA thesis Course: Culture and Human Rights • Taught second and third-year undergraduates and MA coursework students • Acting supervisor for MA thesis



Centre for Feminist Legal Research, India

• Co-Director

  • 2002 - 2004

  • Developed research programme • Advised on research projects • Managed institution • Developed research programme • Advised on research projects • Managed institution



International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka

• Project Coordinator

  • 1997 - 2002

  Project: Women and Governance in South Asia: Re-imagining the State • Conceptualised, fund-raised for and managed five-country project on women’s participation in politics and governance Project: Women and Governance in South Asia: Re-imagining the State • Conceptualised, fund-raised for and managed five-country project on women’s participation in politics and governance



United Nations Development Programme, India

• Consultant

  • 2000 - 2000

  • Global review paper on Gender and Governance, with a focus on South Asia • Global review paper on Gender and Governance, with a focus on South Asia