Management Board
Professor Tim Bunnell
Asia Research Institute
Director's Message
Now well into its third decade, the Asia Research Institute (ARI) is among the world’s foremost centres for academic research on Asia. By bringing together scholars working across the social sciences and humanities, and providing a platform for collaboration with other fields, the Institute forms a vital space for Asia-focused interdisciplinary research. The location of ARI at NUS, one of the Asia-Pacific region’s premier universities, and of NUS itself in Singapore – a long established hub for movements of people and ideas – provides us with an incomparable institutional and geographical home for research on Asia.
Professor Joanne Roberts
Board of Management
Chair's Message
The Asia Research Institute (ARI) has come a long way since it was first established in 2001. We are now one of the leading international research nodes for scholars in Asia, facilitating dialogue, building networks and producing world-class research on the Asian region, that is shared with the academic community and beyond.
In our present multi-polar world, the rising presence of Asia cannot be denied. This makes the study of the region even more essential as we seek to deal with the problems of today’s increasingly interconnected yet fragmented world.
Chair
Prof Joanne ROBERTS
President
Yale-NUS College
Ex Officio
Board Members
Prof Lynette J. CHUA
Professor and Vice Dean (Research)
Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Head of Studies, Law-Liberal Arts
Yale-NUS College
Prof Noah LIM
Director, Global Asia Institute
Provost's Chair Professor, NUS Business School
National University of Singapore
Prof Audrey YUE
Professor, Department of Communications
and New Media
National University of Singapore
Board Members
Prof Vineeta SINHA
Professor, Department of Sociology
National University of Singapore
Prof TEO Hock Hai
Director, Humanities and Social Sciences Research
Office of the Deputy President
(Research and Technology)
National University of Singapore
Prof Tan Puay Yok
Dean's Chair Professor
Department of Architecture
College of Design and Engineering
National University of Singapore
Chairman
Prof TAN Tai Yong
President
Singapore University of Social Sciences
Members
Prof Sunil AMRITH
Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History
Yale University
Prof Michele FORD
Professor of Southeast Asian Studies
The University of Sydney
Prof Kellee Sing TSAI
Dean, Humanities and Social Science
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Prof Steven VERTOVEC
Director
Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious
and Ethnic Diversity
Ms YEOH Chee Yan
Chairman
National Heritage Board
Prof Tim BUNNELL (ex-officio member)
Director, Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Director
Commitee Members
Prof Jamie DAVIDSON
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Prof Kenneth DEAN
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Prof Tim WINTER
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Prof Brenda YEOH FBA
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Assoc Prof Maitrii AUNG-THWIN
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Assoc Prof Jiat Hwee CHANG
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Dr Michel CHAMBON
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Dr Joppan GEORGE
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Dr LI Shumeng
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
Kishore MAHBUBANI
Kishore Mahbubani is a Distinguished Fellow at ARI for a period of three years effective 1 July 2019. He was with the Singapore Foreign Service for 33 years (1971-2004), where he served twice as Singapore's Ambassador to the United Nations and as Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1993-1998. He was also the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy from 2004-2017. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of seven books, including 'Can Asians Think?' His research interests are in the resurgence of Asia, ASEAN, public policies in Singapore, global geo-politics and global governance. He is now working on a book on US-China relations entitled 'Has China Won?'
He is located at AS8-07-16 and can be contacted at his e-mail address at kishore_mahbubani@nus.edu.sg
CHUA Beng Huat
Chua Beng Huat is Emeritus Professor. He had been Professor of Urban Studies at the Yale-NUS College and Professor, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. Professor Chua received his PhD from York University, Canada. He has previously served as Provost Chair Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Science (2009-2017), Research Leader, Cultural Studies in Asia Cluster, Asia Research Institute (2000-2015); Convenor of Cultural Studies Programmes (2008-2013) and Head of Department of Sociology (2009-2015), National University of Singapore. His publications include: The Golden Shoe: Building Singapore’s Financial District (1989), Communitarian Ideology and Democracy in Singapore (1995), Political Legitimacy and Housing: Stakeholding in Singapore (1997), Life is Not Complete without Shopping (2003), and as editor, Singapore Studies II: Critical Studies (1999). Beyond Singapore writings, he has edited several volumes on cultural politics in Asia, including Consumption in Asia: Lifestyles and Identities (2000), Communitarian Politics in Asia (2004), Elections as Popular Culture in Asia (2007). His most recent book, Liberalism Disavowed: Communitarianism and State Capitalism in Singapore (2017), was on the list of Best Books of 2018 by Foreign Affairs journal. He is the founding co-executive editor of the journal Inter-Asia Cultural Studies.
He is located at AS8-07-23 and can be contacted at his e-mail address at chuabenghuat@nus.edu.sg