Associates

Abdullah, Walid Jumblatt

Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University

Walid Jumblatt Abdullah works on state-Islam relations, and political parties and elections, with particular focus on Singapore and Malaysia. He has published works on race and inequality in Singapore.

Cheung, Hoi Shan

Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University

Cheung Hoi Shan is an Assistant Professor at the Psychology and Child & Human Development Department at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. Her research focuses on how parenting may contribute to children's development and adjustment in diverse cultural contexts, with implications for the design of culturally-sensitive interventions and policies that best support families. 

Chua, Vincent

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology,
National University of Singapore

Vincent Chua is Associate Professor at the NUS Department of Sociology & Anthropology. His research focuses on social networks with a focus on how social networks are critical levers of social mobility and inequality reproduction.

Ho, Jacqueline

Assistant Professor of Sociology,
Singapore Management University

Jacqueline Ho is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University. Her work begins with the premise that how we evaluate “merit” can both generate and legitimate inequality. In the context of growing critiques of meritocracy as an organising system, her work examines the processes that sustain or challenge evaluative practices in education systems. Jacqueline specialises in in-depth interviewing and brings a theoretical perspective informed by cultural sociology. Her research is focused primarily on the Singaporean education system. At SMU, she teaches Sociology of Education.

Ho, Moon-ho Ringo

Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University

Ringo Ho is Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University. He is an expert in the field of psychometrics and applied psychology. His current project examines topics on challenges and opportunities in lifelong learning, and mindsets towards employment and employability.

Kamaludeen Nasir

Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University

Kamaludeen Nasir is the associate editor of the “Social Stratification” section in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Other relevant publications include a co-authored book called The Future of Singapore: Population, Society and the Nature of the State and an article entitled 'Policing the Poor' and 'Poor Policing' in a Global City.

Kathiravelu, Laavanya

Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University

Laavanya Kathiravelu is Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Social Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research and teaching interests lie in the intersections between migration & citizenship, urban studies, and race and ethnicity. Drawing from Asia, her work seeks to broaden epistemological frameworks in the social sciences.

Naqvi, Ijlal

Associate Professor of Sociology,
Singapore Management University

Ijlal Naqvi is Associate Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University. He studies how governments work as well as the organization of participation. His book, Access to Power: Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan, was published by Oxford University Press in 2022.

Ng, Irene Y.H.

Professor, Department of Social Work,
National University of Singapore

Irene Y.H. Ng, a Professor in the Department of Social Work and the Social Service Research Centre in the National University of Singapore, is a poverty scholar whose recent research includes studying in-work poverty among the young; social safety nets in East Asia and digital poverty. 

Ng, Kok Hoe

Senior Research Fellow and Head, Social Inclusion Project,
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Ng Kok Hoe is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Social Inclusion Project and Case Insights Unit at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. He has done research on minimum income standards, homelessness and housing policy. He is the current President of HOME.

Pang, Natalie Lee San

Associate Professor, Department of Communications and New Media,
National University of Singapore

Natalie Pang is Head of the Communications and New Media Department (CNM), and thematic co-lead at the Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research and teaching lies at the intersection of technology and society.

Peng, Nathan

Assistant Professor of Political Science (Education),
Singapore Management University

Nathan Peng is an Assistant Professor of Political Science (Education) at Singapore Management University. His research focuses on using both qualitative and quantitative methodology to understand how to better alleviate poverty and inequality within and between nations.

Saxena, Akshar

Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University

Akshar Saxena is an economist who studies inequalities in healthcare access and the effect of financial policies and behavioural interventions on health, poverty, and equity. He has been a consultant to the World Bank, USAID, and the Government of Philippines, and previously worked in Ministry of Health, Singapore.

Setoh, Peipei

Peipei Setoh is Associate Professor in Psychology at the School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University and Senior Principal Scientist II at the Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star). She is also the Director of the Early Cognition Lab and lead of the GUSTO Social Science Team. As a developmental psychologist, her research goal is to see children thrive and achieve their potential. To achieve this, her research examines parenting and children’s developmental outcomes. Her research has been published in top academic journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Directions in Psychological Science, and Child Development.

Tan, Shin Bin

Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
National University of Singapore

Tan Shin Bin is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. Her research lies at the intersection between health and urban planning, and in particular on how built environment interventions and public policy can improve social equity, reduce health disparities and strengthen community health. She received her PhD in Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and was previously an urban planner at the Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore.

Teng, Siao See

Teng Siao See is a sociologist working at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice of the National Institute of Education. She has taught and researched at academic and think-tank settings and has led studies related to equity in education and intercultural education funded by competitive grants.

Theseira, Walter

Tilley, Jacqueline

Assistant Professor, Psychology and Child & Human Development Department, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University

Jacqueline Tilley is an Assistant Professor with the Psychology and Child & Human Development Department, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. Her research revolves around understanding how cultural context impacts youth mental health and treatment, with the goal of addressing mental health disparities.

Ye, Junjia

Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University

Ye Junjia is an Associate Professor in Geography at Nanyang Technological University. Her research and teaching interests lie at the intersections of migration studies, urban change, and labour dynamics in Southeast Asia. Much of her work weaves academic research with public engagement to address some of the key issues faced by low-waged migrant workers.

Zhan, Shaohua

Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University

Shaohua Zhan is an Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research interests include international migration, land politics, food security, social policy, and comparative historical research, with a focus on China and other East Asian nations. He is the author of China and Global Food Security (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and The Land Question in China: Agrarian Capitalism, Industrious Revolution, and East Asian Development (Routledge, 2019). His current projects focus on Indian and Chinese migrants in comparative perspective, transnational grandparenting, and China’s land and food issues.