Accolades
Faculty achievements Caroline Brassard Caroline authored a chapter entitled “Bhutan: Cautiously Cultivated Positive Perception” in Rising China: South Asian Perspectives, a book edited by the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and published by Routledge Publishers in December 2010. Caroline was also invited to join a UNESCAP panel of experts at the Policy Dialogue on Emerging Macroeconomic Policy Issues and Development Challenges in the ESCAP Region. Eduardo Araral Eduardo’s work was cited in the background papers for the 2011 World Development. He was appointed UNDP advisor to the Vietnamese government to help draft its 2011-2020 Socioeconomic Development Plan. Eduardo’s work with Wu Xun, Associate Professor at the LKY School and Rita Padawangi, Research Fellow at the Institute of Water Policy, was cited by the Asian Development Bank in its Evaluation Report of water policy. His work was also cited in the World Bank’s Appraisal Report for a major poverty alleviation project in the Philippines. Boyd Fuller & Vu Minh Khuong
Feedback among and impacts from multiple, concurrently applied policy approaches for promoting collaboration”, accepted in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Darryl S.L. Jarvis Darryl published the following: Jarvis, Darryl S.L. “Risk, Globalization and the State: A Critical Appraisal of Ulrich Beck and the World Risk Society Thesis,” in George Ritzer and Zeynep Atalay (eds.) Readings in Globalization: Key Concepts and Major Debates, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 271-280. Jarvis, Darryl S.L. (2010), “Race for the Money: International Financial Centres in Asia,” Journal of International Relations and Development, Volume 14, pp. 60-95. Jarvis, Darryl S.L. (2010), “Theorizing Risk and Uncertainty in Social Enquiry: Exploring the Contributions of Frank Knight,” History of Economics Review, No. 52, Summer, pp. 1-27. Jarvis, Darryl S.L., (2010), “Institutional Processes and Regulatory Risk: A Case Study of the Thai Energy Sector,” Regulation & Governance, 4, pp. 175-202. Suzaina Bte Abdul Kadir & Charles Adams
In November 2010, Suzaina and Charles were awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award for NUS Faculty. Paul Barter
Khuong and Boyd have had a paper titled “Exploring the dynamics of policy interaction:
In November 2010, Paul released the Final Consultant’s Report version of
Parking Policy in Asian Cities, a 93-page report funded by the Asian Development Bank, and which studied in depth the parking policies of 14 Asian cities. Wong Marn Heong In October 2010, Marn Heong jointly organised an event with Associate Professor Darryl Jarvis to launch a project that addresses customs efficiency within ASEAN as well as that between ASEAN and China. In November 2010, Marn Heong delivered a presentation on ‘ASEAN Competitiveness Perspectives from Singapore & ASEAN Business’ at a seminar organised by the Singapore Business Federation.
Students achievements Aarushi Sinha (MPP 2009/11, Editor-In-Chief, AJPA) & Naomi Jacob (MPP 2009/11, Adminstrator, AJPA)
Thanks to the dynamic duo of Aarushi and Naomi, the LKY School’s Asian Journal of Public Affairs (AJPA) is now partnering with the Journal of Public and International Affairs (JPIA) at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Tan Mei Xiu Denise (MPP 2010/12) Denise was awarded the Harwin Academic Excellence Award (Gold) for the first semester.
Fausto Valle (MPP 2009/11) Fausto was appointed as the Trade Commissioner of Ecuador to Singapore. Allen Lau (PhD student) Allen was invited as a speaker to the Graduate Institute of Public Policy (Feng Chia University, Taiwan). Allen spoke on the emergence of collaborative capacity through crisis learning. Leong Ching (PhD student) Leong Ching was awarded a Fellowship at Tsinghua University, China.