Singapore Research Nexus Event: Smart Citizenship in and Beyond Singapore
April 28, 2021
The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Division, NUS invites you to a Virtual Event featuring recent research on Smart Citizenship in and beyond Singapore.
Academics from NUS and beyond will present their studies on the themes of 1) ‘Smart’ Technologies: Risks, Participation, and Responsibility; 2) Data Privacy, Security, and Collaboration; and 3) Labour Market Interventions, Outcomes, and Inequality.
Date: Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Time: 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM (SGT)
Registration at Zoom: https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkf-uurzsiGtVtU5y5RB9tvZORdDlmOnKF
Please register early through the link above. After registering, you will receive through email a Zoom link that contains instructions on joining the session (please also ensure to check your junk mail). If you do not receive the confirmation email within two working days, please email nexus@nus.edu.sg. You are free to join and leave the session at a time of your convenience. Should you wish to re-join the session, please use the same unique Zoom link used to enter the session.
Please note that this online event may be recorded by the Singapore Research Nexus.
Schedule
| 12 MAY 2021 (Wednesday) | |
| 09:30 – 09:40 | REGISTRATION |
| 09:40 – 09:45 | WELCOME REMARKS |
| Eric Kerr | Lecturer and Director of Student Affairs, Tembusu College | |
| 09:45 – 11:20 | PANEL 1 – ‘SMART’ TECHNOLOGIES: RISKS, PARTICIPATION, AND RESPONSIBILITY |
| 09:45 – 09:50 | Introduction of Researchers Eric Kerr | Lecturer and Director of Student Affairs, Tembusu College |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Smart Urbanism and its Contexts of Participation in Singapore and South Asia (TBC) Diganta Das | Associate Professor, NIE Humanities and Social Studies Education |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Volunteered geographic information and its role in disaster and crisis management Yan Yingwei | Lecturer, NUS Geography |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | The history of Civic Tech in Singapore: An Actor-Network Analysis Weiyu Zhang | Associate Professor, NUS Communications and New Media |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Q & A |
| 11:20 – 11:35 | TEA BREAK |
| 11:35 – 13:10 | PANEL 2 – DATA PRIVACY, SECURITY, AND COLLABORATION |
| 11:35 – 11:40 | Introduction of Researchers Ozan Kuru | Assistant Professor, NUS Communications and New Media |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Data Privacy Concerns among University Students (TBC) Kokil Jaidka | Assistant Professor, NUS Communications and New Media |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Denizens of the data-fied city Hallam Stevens | Associate Professor, NTU History |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Citizen in the smart city: Data privacy, purpose and emerging notions of citizenry Natalie Pang | Senior Lecturer, NUS Communications and New Media |
| 12:40 – 13:10 | Q & A |
| 13:10 – 14:10 | LUNCH |
| 14:10 – 16:30 | PANEL 3 – LABOUR MARKET INTERVENTIONS, OUTCOMES, AND INEQUALITY |
| 14:10 – 14:15 | Introduction of Researchers Elvin Ong | Assistant Professor, NUS Political Science |
| 14:15 – 14:35 | Universal Digital Access and Full Digital Inclusion (TBC) Irene Y. H. Ng | Associate Professor, NUS Social Work |
| 14:35 – 14:55 | Making ‘Digital Work’ Work: An Embodied and Grounded Approach to Digital Transformation Thijs Willems | Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities |
| 14:55 – 15:15 | Enhancing Smart Citizenship and Digital Transformation in a Post-Covid-19 World: Opportunities and Challenges for Singapore Brigid Trenerry | Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities |
| 15:15 – 15:35 | Bring Political Economy Back to Algorithmic Analysis Angela Ke Li | Assistant Professor, NUS Communications and New Media |
| 15:35 – 15:55 | Towards a unified framework for digital literacy in Singapore Chew Han Ei | Senior Research Fellow, IPS Social Lab |
| 15:55 – 16:25 | Q & A |
| 16:25 – 16:30 | CLOSING REMARKS |
| Elvin Ong | Assistant Professor, NUS Political Science | |