This multi-disciplinary research project examines the conditions and consequences of community and institutional aspirations in urban Asia. Bringing together ten urban researchers working on 15 cities across 7 different countries in the region, the project begins from three foundational research questions: 1) What kind of cities and urban lives do community groups and institutions aspire to? 2) Where do these aspirations come from and in what ways are they, in turn, adapted for aspirational actions in different urban contexts? 3) In what ways are cities being reshaped and remade through the aspirational interactions of communities and institutions?

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PI: Tim Bunnell
NUS Team: Daniel Goh, Eric Thompson, Jamie Gillen, Elaine Ho, Kelvin Low, Peter Marolt, Michelle Miller, Rita Radawangi, Vineeta Sinha, Samantha Lim & Eli Elinoff

Funding Agency: Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 2
Project Duration: 2013 – 2016