Aye Khaing is the Editor of Civics Now at Pandita. He is also a freelance writer cum translator, and a researcher. Before working with Pandita, he worked as an editor in Sabei Phyu Magazine, Nweni Magazine and Messenger Weekly News Journal during 2009-2011. In 2012, he actively took part in the monitoring process of by-election, in cooperation with the 88 Generations Peace and Open Society. He was also a founding member of the Open Myanmar Initiative (OMI), a leading parliamentary monitoring organization in Myanmar and subsequently worked as OMI’s Research Director till 2015. He has conducted quantitative research on parliamentary performance of the Union-level legislature in Myanmar during 2010-2014, which was published as reports from OMI. He also wrote a book, “Basic Concepts in Parliamentary Studies”, which was published in 2014. His writings include essays and articles on education, politics, international affairs, social issues, and literature.