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Rayna Rusenko

Rayna Rusenko

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Countries of Expertise

Japan | Malaysia

Specialties

  • Addiction/Drugs/Drug Policy
  • Caste Discrimination/Persecution
  • Climate-Related Issues
  • Deportees/Criminal Deportees
  • Disability
  • Document Authentication
  • Ethnic Discrimination/Persecution
  • Gang-Related Violence/Non-State Actors
  • Gender-Based Violence (GBV)/Domestic Violence/Family Violence
  • Healthcare Access/Health Systems Capacity
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Journalist Persecution
  • LGBTQ
  • Likelihood Of Destitution/Homelessness
  • Mental Illness
  • Religious Discrimination/Persecution
  • Sexual Abuse/Assault
  • Tribal Discrimination/Persecution

About Rayna Rusenko

Dr. Rusenko is an expert on the transhistorical role of public policy in producing and maintaining inequalities, particularly as relates to poverty and homelessness in Japan and Malaysia. In their academic research, they employ historical and ethnographic methods to investigate the development, implementation, and street-level impacts of policies across multiple fields including housing, employment, welfare, policing, identification, urban planning, and property rights. They have 14 years of fieldwork experience in Japan and 5 years of fieldwork experience in Malaysia.

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