Carol Soon

Dr Carol Soon is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies where she heads the Society and Culture Department. She has a PhD in Communications and New Media from the National University of Singapore. Her research interests are in false information, digital literacy and inclusion, media regulation, new media and activism, and public engagement and deliberation. She has published her research in books and peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Asian Journal of Communication and Public Integrity. She worked with the Ministry of Health in 2017 on Singapore’s first Citizens’ Jury and is currently working with various government agencies on engaging citizens in co-creating policy solutions.

Carol is also Associate Director of the Asia Journalism Fellowship which is supported by Temasek Foundation. She is the Vice Chair of Singapore’s Media Literacy Council and a member of the Industry Advisory Panel for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. She sits on the Civil Service College-Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth Partnerships and Engagement Experts Panel. Carol has taught courses at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the University Scholars Programme at NUS.

In 2015, Carol received the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Excellence Award. She was also a recipient of the Australian Endeavour Award in 2012. Prior to joining academia, she worked in the corporate sector where she developed communication campaigns for profit and non-profit organisations. Carol is currently a volunteer mentor with Advisory SG and Voices of Asia.

Research Interests

Media regulation; digital inclusion; social media and politics; digital and public engagement; message design; Singapore as a digital village

Courses taught

• New media and politics, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore.
• Media, public opinion and public policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore.
• New media and policy communication, as part of the Public Sector Leadership and Management for Indian Revenue Service Officers, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, 1 April 2016.

Awards

• Research Excellence Award (2015). Awarded by Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
• Top Peer-Reviewed Paper (2013). Awarded by Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, Krems (Austria), 22–25 May 2013.
• Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship (2012). Awarded by the Australian Government, hosted by Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, August–December 2012.
• Graduate Students’ Teach Award (2011). Awarded by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
• Best Teaching Scholar (2010). Awarded by the Communications and New Media Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
• Best Teaching Scholar (2009). Awarded by the Communications and New Media Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.
• Fee Waiver Recipient (2009). Awarded by Association of Internet Researchers.