NUSS Professor in Behavioural Public Policy and Vice Provost (Student Life)
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469C Bukit Timah RoadLevel 3M, Oei Tiong Ham BuildingSingapore 259772
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Leong Ching's work lies in making sense of apparently irrational environmental behavior, whether in refusal to use recycled water, underinvesting in water utilities, or decision making in building dams and managing rivers. She uses narratives, perceptions and stories to understand collective public behavior as well as environmental identities. Her field research is focused on water institutions and governance in Asia.
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Environmental Identities
Institutional Change
Narratives of Water
Policy Communications
Recycled Drinking Water
Role of Emotions in Policy Making
Environmental identities
Policy communications
Governance Studies Project (MPA CORE)
Moral Reasoning and Policy Communications
Leong, C., Jin, L., Kim, D., Kim, J., Teo, Y. Y., & Ho, T. (2022). Assessing the impact of novelty and conformity on hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA technology. Communications Medicine, 2(1), 61.
Leong, C., & Howlett, M. (2020). Theorizing the behavioral state: Resolving the theory-practice paradox of policy sciences. Public Policy and Administration, 37(2), 203–225.
Leong, C., & Lebel, L. (2019). Can conformity overcome the yuck factor? Explaining the choice for recycled drinking water. Journal of Cleaner Production, 242, 118196.