Kang Chen

Dr. Chen Kang is currently professor and director of Master in Public Administration and Management programme (MPAM) and Chinese Executive Education Programmes at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his B.Sc. in mathematics from Xiamen University in 1982, his M.Sc. in applied mathematics from Ohio University in 1984，and his Ph.D. in economics and applied mathematics from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1990. He worked at the World Bank’s Socialist Economies Reform Unit and subsequently taught at NUS and Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He was Head of the Economics Division at NTU from 1999 to 2005. He was also the Wang Yanan Chair Professor of Economics at Xiamen University from 2007 to 2012.

Dr. Chen has published widely on issues relating to macroeconomic modelling, economic reform and development, and the economic role of government in professional journals, including Journal of Comparative Economics, European Journal of Political Economy, China Economic Review, China Economic Quarterly, International Journal of Public Administration, and Economic Modelling. He is author of The Chinese Economy in Transition: Micro Changes and Macro Implications (Singapore University Press, 1995). His current research interests include behavioural economics, macroeconomic models, and China’s economic reform. Dr. Chen served as vice president of the Economic Society of Singapore and director of the East Asian Economic Association. He currently serves on the editorial board of the European Journal of Political Economy, the advisory board of China Economic Quarterly and World Economic Papers. Dr. Chen also served as a consultant to Asian Development Bank, Singapore Trade Development Board, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Singapore Tourism Board, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Housing & Development Board, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, and several multinational corporations.