Profile Prof. Dr. Rasyikah Binti MD Khalid

Professor Dr Rasyikah Md Khalid is the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and an associate member of the Fuel Cell Institute UKM. She obtained her PhD from UKM, Masters of Law (LL.M) from Universiti Malaya, and Bachelor of Law (LL.B Hons) from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. In 2012 she completed three postgraduate courses in Building Resilience to Climate Change (BRCC) from the United Nations University (UNU) Tokyo and has been teaching BRCC courses online in UKM. In 2013, she was a visiting researcher at the UNESCO Center for Water Law, Policy and Science at the University of Dundee Scotland. She is a certified mediator of the Malaysian Mediator Centre, and has been consulted by ministries, federal and state agencies, the World Bank Group, and mass media on matters pertaining to environmental issues in the country. She is an active member of the Malaysia Water Association (MWA) and International Water Association (IWA). She was a Board member of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) from 2021 to 2024. She has been invited to speak at local and international seminars, and has published books with local and international publishers. She has been teaching and researching on water law, energy law, environmental governance, climate change, federalism, heritage law and sustainable development. She has been organizing environmental awareness programs for schools, community leaders and government officers throughout the country.