Dr Jun Jie Woo, Senior Research Fellow in the Governance and Economy Department at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Jun Jie (JJ) is a Senior Lecturer at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in the National University of Singapore, where he was also previously Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies. Prior to joining NUS, Jun Jie was Assistant Professor and Programme Leader at the Education University of Hong Kong, where he led the formation of a Bachelor’s Degree programme in Policy Sciences and Management. Before that, he was Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, where he won the inaugural Community Research Fellowship for his service learning initiatives. From 2016 to 2017, he held the prestigious Rajawali Fellowship at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. His research interests include urban policy, economic development, and crisis management in Asia. He has published several books on Singapore’s development as a global financial centre. His research has also been published in leading SSCI journals. Jun Jie received his PhD from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He holds an MSc in International Political Economy from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University and a BSc (First Class Honours) in Economic and Management from the London School of Economics.