About forgotten stories

Carole Reckinger is a writer, researcher, teacher and student. She is specialised in Southeast Asian Politics and is most interested in Burma, Indonesia, Timor and West Papua. She holds an MSc in International Politics from SOAS, and a BA in Development Studies and Southeast Asian Studies from the same university. She currently lives in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Some pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/matahari_lu/

She can be contacted under: carole81@gmail.com

Sara Gonzalez Devant is a freelance writer. She worked in Timor-Leste between 2005-2006. Her dissertation ‘Displacement in the 2006 Dili Conflict: Dynamics of an Ongoing Conflict’ won the Prize for best dissertation 2006-2007 at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. The paper is published as a Refugee Studies Centre Working Paper (January 2008 WP45).

During the humanitarian crisis in Timor-Leste in 2006 Ms. Gonzalez Devant volunteered for a Timorese NGO that worked with the displaced population. She also worked for the National Disasters Management Office during this time.

Sara Gonzalez Devant graduated with a distinction in MSc Forced Migration at the University of Oxford in 2007. She graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in BA (Hons) Law and Politics in 2005.

email: sara.gonzalez.devant@gmail.com

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