Woo Jun Jie

Dr Woo Jun Jie is a Senior Research Fellow in the Governance and Economy Department at the Institute of Policy Studies.

His research interests include urban policy, economic development, and crisis management in Asia. He has published several books on Singapore’s development as a global financial centre. His research has also been published in leading SSCI journals.

Prior to joining IPS, Jun Jie was Assistant Professor and Programme Leader at the Education University of Hong Kong, where he led the formation of a Bachelor’s Degree programme in Policy Sciences and Management. Before that, he was Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, where he won the inaugural Community Research Fellowship for his service learning initiatives.

As Rajawali Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University, Jun Jie studied policy co-creation in Boston’s technology sector. His interest in tech and urban policy was picked up during his stint as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technological and Design.

Jun Jie received his PhD from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He holds an MSc in International Political Economy from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University and a BSc (First Class Honours) in Economic and Management from the London School of Economics.

Research Interest

Singapore Governance; Urban Policy; Smart Cities; Crisis Management; Financial Regulation

Courses Taught

• Leadership in Higher Education, Education University of Hong Kong
• Global Cities: Policy and Politics, Nanyang Technological University
• Global Financial Centres, Nanyang Technological University
• Singapore’s Foreign Policy, Nanyang Technological University
• Politics of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University
• Making Sense of Politics, Nanyang Technological University

Awards

• Ken Young Prize for Best Article published in Policy & Politics (2015)
• National University of Singapore Research Scholarship (2010 – 2014)