Associate Professor Dr Gan Joo Ee

Associate Professor Dr Gan Joo Ee

  • Associate Professor
Centre for Commercial Law & Justice
  • ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Business School
SDGs Focus

Biography

Gan Joo-Ee specialises in socio-legal studies and empirically evaluates the impact of legal measures. Through a multi-disciplinary lens, she combines law, management, and economic concepts to examine state intervention, business resilience, government support, and other social or legal phenomena. In the field of protected areas, Joo-Ee explores tourism governance as a vehicle for protecting the environment and advancing the socio-economic well-being of the indigenous people. She is a member of the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), a network of volunteers who contribute to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Prior to joining academia, Joo-Ee was a solicitor specializing in corporate matters, in particular, franchising, agency, distributorship, logistics, regulatory compliance and licensing. She was also a legal editor of the Hong Kong Law Report & Digests. She is an accredited mediator of the Malaysian International Mediation Centre.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Taylor’s University (2017)
  • Master of Laws (LL.M), University of Cambridge (1996)
  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B (Hons)), Queen Mary University of London (1995)
  • Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya (1998)

Research Interests

  • Workplace Relations Law
  • Tourism and Hospitality Law
  • Tourism governance
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Teaching Areas

  • Workplace Relations Law
  • Business Law
  • Company Law
  • Tourism and Hospitality Law

Courses Taught

  • Strategic Management in the Hospitality and Service Industry
  • Contemporary Issues
  • Sustainable Tourism Development
  • Integrity and Anti-Corruption

Notable Publications

  1. 2018 - Gan, J. E. & Wong, B. T. Z. (2018). Comparing the self-reported data and observed behaviour of food waste separation: A study of the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality & Tourism, 7 (Special issue), 107-130.
  2. 2016 - Gan, J. E. (2016). Minimum wage and the hospitality industry in Malaysia: An analysis of employee perceptions. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 15(1), 29-44,
  3. 2014 - Gan, J.E. & Goh, H.H. (2014). Minimum wage and the service charge conundrum in the hotel industry. [2014] 5 Malayan Law Journal xcii - civ.

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Ministry of Higher Education’s Long Term Research Grant Scheme 2011 [LRGS grant no: JPT.S (BPKI)2000/09/01/015Jld.4(67)]. Value: RM9 million. Status: Co-researcher.
  2. International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Natural Resource Governance Framework (NRGF) Asia Scoping Work 2016. Status: Co-investigator. 
  3. Monash University Malaysia Business School Research Seed Grant no. B-5-19 (1 March 2019 – 29 November 2019) entitled: The social sustainability of indigenous tourism villages: A comparative study between Belum-Temengor, Perak and Padawan, Sarawak. Value: RM6,998.40. Status: Principal investigator.
  4. Monash Malaysia Education Award Grant 2020 for project (ID: 25052): ‘Transition as a rite of passage’. Value: RM10,000. Status: Co-researcher.
  5. Monash University Malaysia Learning and Teaching Research Grant 2021 for project (ID: 2101-0000000051): The Impact of Authentic Assessment on University Identification. Value: RM10,000. Status: Co-researcher.
  6. ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University Research Accelerator Grant Scheme 2024 for project (Grant code: GRTIN-RAG-SHSM-09-2024): The Institutional Quality of Malaysia’s Ecotourism Governance: Belum-Temengor as the Litmus Test. Value: RM29,130. Status: Principal investigator.
     

Professional Associations

  1. Admitted to the High Court of Malaya as an Advocate & Solicitor in 1998.
  2. Tourism Educators Association of Malaysia (TEAM) – member since 2014; Treasurer 2022-2025; Executive Committee 2021-2022; TEAM Journal of Hospitality & Tourism – managing editor from 2014 to 2017.
  3. Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) – member since 2018.
  4. Malaysian International Mediation Centre’s Panel of Mediators - member since 2019.
  5. Environmental Protection Society Malaysia – member since 2020, the auditor in 2022.
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