Smart Citizenship in and beyond Singapore, 12 May 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

 

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