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A Message from the Dean
I am continually inspired by the dedication of our faculty and the curiosity and energy of our students who are preparing to lead in a world defined by deep and overlapping challenges. What excites me most about the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) is our shared commitment to shaping a better future through thoughtful, effective public policy across Asia and beyond.
Professor Joseph Liow
Dean and Wang Gungwu Professor in East Asian Affairs
I am continually inspired by the dedication of our faculty and the curiosity and energy of our students who are preparing to lead in a world defined by deep and overlapping challenges. What excites me most about the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) is our shared commitment to shaping a better future through thoughtful, effective public policy across Asia and beyond. In a world of profound transitions, from shifting great-power relations, accelerating technological, demographic and environmental pressures, and contested ideas about governance and the public good, our mission to develop leaders who approach complex societal challenges with rigour, integrity and compassion has never felt more important or urgent.
The support of our community helps bring this mission to life by ensuring that LKYSPP remains a place where ideas meet action. Your contributions allow us to enrich the student experience, create meaningful opportunities and maintain a vibrant environment where learning, discussion and innovation can flourish even as the global landscape evolves. Every gift provides our students and faculty with the support and tools they need to grow, explore and make a real impact. With your support, we can continue to instil a deep sense of public purpose in the next generation, preparing them to act thoughtfully and ethically in shaping societies and policies, with the boldness and conviction required to navigate the difficult choices of our time.
Looking ahead, I see immense opportunities for our School to strengthen regional resilience and address issues that touch lives, from climate change and social inclusion to technological change and regional cooperation. This is an exciting moment to be part of our community because the problems we face, while hard and often ambiguous, are also deeply meaningful. Together, we can give our students the experiences and inspiration they need not only to navigate a complex world but transform it for the better. I invite you to join us in this mission as we cultivate leaders, ideas and solutions that will have a lasting impact on our societies, across our region and the wider world.
The support of our community helps bring this mission to life by ensuring that LKYSPP remains a place where ideas meet action. Your contributions allow us to enrich the student experience, create meaningful opportunities and maintain a vibrant environment where learning, discussion and innovation can flourish even as the global landscape evolves. Every gift provides our students and faculty with the support and tools they need to grow, explore and make a real impact. With your support, we can continue to instil a deep sense of public purpose in the next generation, preparing them to act thoughtfully and ethically in shaping societies and policies, with the boldness and conviction required to navigate the difficult choices of our time.
Looking ahead, I see immense opportunities for our School to strengthen regional resilience and address issues that touch lives, from climate change and social inclusion to technological change and regional cooperation. This is an exciting moment to be part of our community because the problems we face, while hard and often ambiguous, are also deeply meaningful. Together, we can give our students the experiences and inspiration they need not only to navigate a complex world but transform it for the better. I invite you to join us in this mission as we cultivate leaders, ideas and solutions that will have a lasting impact on our societies, across our region and the wider world.
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Toshikazu Shiomi
Vice President
Corporate Strategy & Sustainability, Corporate Communications, Ocean Network Express
Tan Yi Wen (Singapore)
Master in Public Policy (2022/2024)
Recipient of Ocean Network Express Scholarship
Gaurav Pratap Singh (India)
Master in Public Administration (2020/2021)
Recipient of Kewalram Chanrai Scholarship
It is an absolute thrill for me to be the Wang Gungwu Chair in East Asian Affairs. Prof Wang Gungwu is a household name in the field of East Asian history and regional affairs. Even more impressive than his scholarly acumen and deep understanding of history is his humility and nurturing spirit, especially towards younger scholars. I have benefited so much from sitting at the feet of this master. I am also delighted that the contributions that Prof Wang has made have been recognised by generous donors who have contributed to the establishment of this prestigious Professorship. As the world takes a turn toward greater uncertainty, it is the qualities that Prof Wang embodies that must guide efforts to understand where we came from in order to know where we are going. It is in that spirit that this Professorship will enable me to pursue more ambitious and collaborative research, strengthen partnerships with scholars and institutions across the region, and support the next generation of researchers and policymakers, just as Prof Wang has done.
Professor Joseph Liow
Dean & Wang Gungwu Professor in East Asian Affairs
The Li Ka Shing endowed professorship has been a key enabler for my research on inequality and social mobility, and on great power competition and the new economic world order. The professorship has allowed me the space to rethink inequality as the critical social challenge, a narrative on which so much conventional wisdom has settled, or whether instead that narrative hides yet deeper problems and has been inappropriately identified in public conversation, and social and traditional media. At the same time, the world is undergoing a profound shift in the international system, shifting from the liberal, rules-based form it has taken for nearly a century: The professorship has given me unique opportunity to rethink the principles on which the international community has built our world order. As recipient of this professorship, I am privileged indeed to lead the work at the Lee Kuan Yew School drawing parallels between global issues and the local context in Singapore and ASEAN, that we might better navigate the challenges that lie ahead.
Professor Danny Quah
Director of Asia Competitiveness Institute and Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics
Although I grew up in Southeast Asia, I have spent much of my career as a political scientist in the U.S. and the U.K. I have always been interested in U.S. foreign policy (what I taught at Harvard and Oxford), the international relations of Aisa, and cognitive approaches to social science. As the LKS Professor in Political Science at the Lee Kuan Yew School, I am able to do more in-depth research in these areas, particularly the role of the U.S. in Asia, the rise of China and the responses of the Southeast Asian countries, while observing and trying to understand the tremendous economic and power shifts that we are taking place right before our eyes. In the midst of the current global coronavirus pandemic, we have seen how the souring relations between the U.S. and China have been aggravated further. This pandemic could not have come at a worse time for US-China relations: the mixture of geopolitical competition, trade frictions, and the ensuing blame game stemming from the global pandemic will undoubtedly pose serious challenges to the security and prosperity of Aisa and beyond.
Professor Khong Yuen Foong
Li Ka Shing Professor in Political Science