Dr. Grace Lee Hooi Yean is an Associate Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics with Monash University Malaysia. She is also the leader of the research cluster ‘Thriving Communities’ for the School of Business. The research cluster aims to shift marginalised communities towards becoming thriving communities. In addition, she is the principal investigator (PI) of the World Values Survey (WVS) for Malaysia (Wave 6 and Wave 7), and is one of the elected executive members of the WVSA (2022-2027).  

Her principal areas of interest are applied economics, experimental and behavioural economics. She has published numerous articles in top-tier academic journals, including Management Science, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Public Choice. As a supervisor of many honours and PhD students, she has been recognised for her outstanding contributions to teaching, earning awards such as Teaching Prizes, PVC's Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Research, the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Honours Supervision, and the Dean's Award for Equity, Diversity, and Social Inclusion Research Excellence. Prior to her academic profession, she was a business consultant in a multinational consultancy firm.