Walter Theseira

Educational Qualifications

2009 Ph.D. (Applied Economics and Managerial Science), the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

2005 M.A. (International Relations), University of Chicago

2003 B.A. (Economics), University of Chicago

Academic and Professional Experience

2018 - Present Associate Professor, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2015 - 2018 Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2009 - 2015 Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University

Consultation and Executive Experience

2018 - Present Member, Research Advisor Panel, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore

2017 - Present Director, Singapore Taxi Academy

2017 - Present Research Consultant, Ministry of National Development, Singapore

2016 - Present Research Consultant, Economic Experts Group, Civil Service College, Singapore

2014 - 2015 Member, Advisory Committee on Moneylending, Ministry of Law, Government of Singapore

2013 - 2015 Research Consultant, Economist Service, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Government of Singapore

2011 - 2015 Resource Panel Member, Government Parliamentary Committee on Finance and Trade and Industry, 12th Parliament of Singapore

2011 - 2016 Co-Investigator / Consultant, Singapore Retirement and Health Study, Central Provident Fund Board, Singapore

Project-based consultancies with the Land Transport Authority (2013), Ministry of Finance (2011), and the World Bank (2006). Appointed to the JC Economics syllabus development committee and JC Economics resource panels for the Ministry of Education (2010, 2014)

Research Interests

Applied Microeconomics (Labour, Public, Transport), Behavioural Economics, Experimental Economics