Science, Technology and Society

Members

Name	Research Area
A/Prof CHANG, Jiat Hwee	Cluster Leader of Science, Technology and Society - History of Science and Technology, Air-Conditioning and Climate Modulation, Energy, Landscape, and Environment, Architecture and Urbanism, Singapore, GCC Countries, and Transnational Asia
A/Prof CLANCEY, Gregory	History and Anthropology of Science and Technology, Architecture and Cities, Natural Disaster: Japan
Dr GRAHAM, Connor	Information Systems and Internet Studies, Use of Everyday Technologies, Technologies of Leadership and the Role of Ethnography in Design, Death Studies
Dr KERR, Eric	Philosophy, Smart Cities, Internet Studies, Petroleum Engineering in SE Asia
Mr CHU, Hao Pei	Chinese Archival sources; Natural history; Socio-Political Impacts from Contemporary Translation(s) of Historical Events
Ms TOK, Jenne	urban ecology; human-animal interactions; successful human-animal coexistence
Ms CHENG, Belinda	Cultural Traditions and Values, Policy-making Process for Future Generations
Dr DePUY, Walker	Political ecology; STS; environmental governance; environmental justice; cultural anthropology
Dr KARIB, Fathun	Environmental History; Sociology of Environment and Disaster; Global Commodity Chains; Empire – Frontier Relations; Critical Agrarian Studies
Dr LAU, Yingshan	Climate Governance of Nature-Based Carbon Sinks in Southeast Asia, with a Focus on Forests
Dr MILLER, Michelle	Transboundary Governance, Environmental Commons, Decentralisation, Urban Change, Citizenship and Belonging
Dr QUEVEDO, Jay Mar D.	Community Perceptions of BC and Co-Benefits, BC Ecosystem Restorations as Nature-Based Solutions, BC Management Using Mixed-Method Approaches such as Perception Surveys, Participatory Mapping, Quantitative Analyses
Mr SHEHRYAR, Muhammad Naeem	Coastal Infrastructure
Dr CHER, Hui Yun	Mining industry; environmental governance; political economy; environmental history; Malaysia; Southeast Asia and China
Dr LAU, Justin Chun-Him	Waste; Circular economy; Care; Infrastructure; Feminist STS
Dr UDA, Saritha Kittie	Peatland and ecosystems; Environmental sciences; Biology education, and biology learning media; Ecosystem services valuation, institutional fit, and traditional ecological knowledge

Associates

Name	Department and Organisation
Prof David TAYLOR	Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
A/Prof Gerard SASGES	Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
A/Prof Helena VARKKEY	Department of International and Strategic Studies, University Malaya
Asst Prof Canay OZDEN-SCHILLING	Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore
Asst Prof Chaewon AHN	Division of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College
Asst Prof Elliott Edward PRASSE-FREEMAN	Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore
Asst Prof Dorothy TANG	Department of Architecture, College of Design and Engineering
Asst Prof Fiona WILLIAMSON	School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University
Asst Prof Naomi Clara HANAKATA	Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore
Asst Prof Tom OZDEN-SCHILLING	Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore
Dr Kathryn Lynn MUYSKENS	Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBME), National University of Singapore
Dr Robert COLE	WWF Greater Mekong, Thailand
Dr Sudatta RAY	Department of Geography, National University of Singapore

Former Members

Name	Research Area and Topics / Organisation While at ARI
Prof Aihwa ONG	Berkeley Department of Anthropology, University of California
Prof Gail DAVIES	Human Geography, Science and Technology Studies, Animal Studies, Changing Geographies of Biomedical Research
Prof Michael FISCHER	Anthropological Methods, Anthropology of the Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, Anthropology of Media Circuits with Foci of Regional Attention to the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, Anthropology of Religion
Prof Michele C. THOMPSON	Medical Education in Southeast Asia, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine, History of Science, Medicine and Technology, Comparative Colonialisms
Prof Venni Venkata KRISHNA	Science and Technology Policy Studies, History and Sociology of Science and Technology, Innovation Studies and Science, Higher Education and Research in Asia-Pacific, Energy and Environment Policies
A/Prof John PHILIPS	Animal Behaviour (Social Behaviours, Mate competition), Evolutionary Biology & Evolutionary Genomics, Field & Urban Wildlife Biology, Entomology
Asst Prof Manjari MAHAJAN	Science and Technology Studies, Development Studies, Anthropology, Global Health, Philanthrocapitalism, Digital Governance.
Dr Alfred MONTOYA	Intersection of Science, Technology and Society in the Governance of Epidemics in Southeast Asia (with special attention to HIV/AIDS in Vietnam)
Dr Ashawari CHAUDHURI	Agrarian studies, Environment, Conceptions and Experiences of Time, Theory from the South
Dr Catelijne COOPMANS	Social and Cultural Dynamics of Knowledge Production and Technological Innovation in Ophthalmology and Vision Research
Dr Catherine SMITH	Global Public Health, Shifting Patterns of Malaria
Dr Denisa KERA	History of Science, Emerging Technologies, Citizen Science Advocacy
Dr Dong Hyun SONG	Social Media Culture in East Asia within the Privacy and Security Concerns of the State’s Ideology
Dr Honghong TINN	Age of Revolutions in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Dr Dongxin ZOU	Modern Chinese history, PRC History, History of Medicine, Science, and Technology, Chinese Medicine, Medical Humanitarianism, Health Care in the Global South, China-Middle East & North African Relations, Oral History
Dr Ivan CROZIER	Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, History and Philosophy of Medicine, History and Philosophy of Science
Dr Jerome WHITINGTON	Climate Change and Green Energy Development as Sites for Exploring Human Futures, Environmental Anthropology, Laos and South East Asia
Dr John Paul DIMOIA	Modern Korean History
Dr Karen Marie MCNAMARA	Intersection of Pharmaceuticals and Traditional Medicine in Bangladesh, Neoliberal Governance and Care, Health Movements
Dr Margaret Ai Hua TAN	Pervasive/Wearable Computing History and Aesthetics, Philosophies of Technology and Critical Theory in New Media, Performance, Installation, and New Media Arts History and Practice, Feminist History/Theory in Art, Science and Technology
Dr Michitake ASO	History of Global Environment (Vietnamese and French Agriculture, Medicine, and Health in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries)
Dr Paul REDDISH	Social Effects of Collective Rituals
Dr Philip CHO	Comparing the Role of Popular Religion and Ritual in the Development of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Late-Imperial China and Early-Modern Europe. Contemporary Technical Development in China in the Context of Global Technological Systems, Data Networks, and Models
Dr Shekhar KRISHNAN	History of Technology, Social Theory and Anthropology, Urban Governance and Development, Digital Archives and Libraries, Geo-Spatial Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), South Asia and the Indian Ocean
Dr Shi Lin LOH	Science and Technology Studies, Radiology and Radiation in Japan’s First Atomic Age before Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Dr Sookyeong HONG	Dietary Health Based on “Natural” Regimens and Medical Holism in Modern Japan
Dr Sujit SIVASUNDARAM	Age of Revolutions in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Dr Tae-Ho KIM	Center for Korean Research and Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Dr Tamra LYSAGHT	Governance Models for Experimentation in Biomedical Innovation
Dr Yi ZHENG	Chinese Literature and Culture, Comparative Intellectual and Cultural History, Contemporary Chinese Culture and Society
Ms Grace CHONG	Integrating Culture and Nature in Heritage Conservation
Mr Hoang Nhat Huy DO	Cognitive Neuroscience, Speech and Music Cognition, Link between Religious Practices and Cognition
Mr Shamraz ANVER	Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Modeling
Ms Sorelle HENRICUS	Cognitive Neuroscience, Speech and Music Cognition, Link between Religious Practices and Cognition
Mr Muthukumar CHANDRASEKARAN	Analytics: Data, Text, Web Mining and Machine Learning

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