Sam RanyRany Sam has been a dedicated civil servant with the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport since 2007. Since 2017, he has served as the Vice-Rector of the National University of Battambang (NUBB), a prominent public university in northwes Cambodia. In this capacity, he oversees the Graduate School, Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Education, the Institute of Foreign Languages, and the Confucius Institute. Previously, he served as Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages from 2010 to 2017. He has served as the Director of the Confucius Institute at NUBB in Cambodia since 2019. Dr. Sam is an active member of several academic organizations, including the Southeast Asia Research Academy (SEARA), the Society of Transnational Academic Researchers (STAR) as a country director, and Responsible Borneo (REBORN). He earned his PhD in Education from the School of Educational Studies at the University of Science Malaysia in 2016. Additionally, he completed diplomas in public administration, leadership, and innovation programs at the Royal School of Administration in Cambodia in 2017 and 2022. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Law (LL.B. and LL.M.) from the Royal University of Law and Economics, completed in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Dr. Sam has authored approximately 100 academic papers and book chapters. He serves as project coordinator for multiple initiatives, including Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education, Korean ODA, USAID, and the World Bank-funded Higher Education Improvement Project (HEIP). His editorial roles include associate editor of Frontiers in Education (Higher Education) and Frontiers in Political Science, as well as editor for IGI Global book chapters. He has peer-reviewed over 100 manuscripts and book chapters published by leading academic publishers, including Springer Nature, Sage, Taylor & Francis, and Routledge. His research interests encompass legal studies, public policy and administration, educational history and cooperation, educational leadership and management, as well as various social research areas. Read More Read Less