Gillian Koh

Senior Research Fellow

 

 

 

  Research Interests

Politics and governance, state-society relations, public consultation, development of civil society in Singapore

   

E-Mail

Telephone

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gillian.koh@nus.edu.sg  

(65) 6516 8369

(65) 6763 6033

CURRENT POSITIONS

Short CVShort Version

  • Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies

  • Publications Co-ordinator, Institute of Policy Studies

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PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies

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EDUCATION

PhD, Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, (1995); MA, Third World Studies, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, (1990); BA, National University of Singapore, Singapore (1988).

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Civil Society: civil society in Singapore, civil society in Asia

  • Public Consultation: Political and Civic Attitudes
  • Social Cohesion
  • Corporate Governance

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MAJOR PROJECTS 
  • IPS Fourth Young Singaporeans Conference 2002 on The Singapore Identity in a Changing World, 8 - 9 Nov 2002

  • Improving Governance in the Public and Private Sectors: An Implementation Agenda for East Asia, a Roundtable Discussion organised with The World Bank and Transparency International, 12 - 13 July 2002

  • Multisectoral Partnerships for Urban, Rural and Social Development in Asia, CAFO (Conference of Asian Foundations and Organisations) - IPS Open Symposium, 27 Sep 2001

  • IPS Third Young Singaporeans Conference on Science, Technology and Society: New Frontiers", 21 - 22 Jul 2000

  • IPS Forum on "Civil Society Developments", 8 May 2000

  • Survey of Civil Society Organisations, Mar - Nov 2000

  • Conference on Civil Society on Harnessing State-Society Synergies, 6 - 7 May 1998

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MAJOR PPUBLICATIONS 

Books/Reports: 

Report: IPS Forum on the Casino Proposal

Gillian Koh, 10 January 2005

 

State-Society Relations in Singapore

Gillian Koh & Ooi Giok Ling, eds. Singapore: IPS & Oxford University Press, 2000

 

Singapore 21 Vision: Moving Forward

Gillian Koh, Report on conference co-organised with the National Trades Union Congress, Singapore National Employers Federation, & People’s Association, 31 July 1999

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Book Chapters/Journal Articles:

The Relationship between State and Civil Society in Singapore: Clarifying Concepts, Assessing the Ground

Gillian Koh & Ooi Giok Ling, in Lee Hock Guan, ed.,Civil Society in Southeast Asia (tentative title). Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (forthcoming)

 

Singapore: A Home, A Nation?

Gillian Koh & Ooi Giok Ling, in Southeast Asian Affairs. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002

 

Survey of Political Participation in Singapore

Ooi Giok Ling, Tan Ern Ser, & Gillian Koh, in Asia Pacific Journal of Political Science, Vol 7 No.2, 1999

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Speeches and Articles:

Meeting that second bottom line

Article by Gillian Koh, Today, 12 April 2007

 

GE 2006: The other answers to what voters care about

Article by Gillian Koh, The Straits Times, 3 June 2006

 

The answers that will come May 6

Article by Gillian Koh, Today, 5 May 2006

 

PM Lee, second year and beyond

Article by Gillian Koh, Today, 20-21 August 2005

 

Make code of conduct law

Article by Gillian Koh, The Straits Times, 15 July 2005

 

Casino debate: Laying out all the cards

Article by Gillian Koh, The Straits Times, 14 January 2005

 

Issues Come Before Stars

Article by Gillian Koh, The Straits Times, 13 August 2004

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Others:

Prospects for Multisectoral Partnerships in Singapore - A Case Study

Gillian Koh & Alvin Tan. Manila: CAFO (Conference of Asian Foundations and Organisations) on "Multisectoral Partnerships" (forthcoming)

Public Consultation

Gillian Koh, lecture presented to the Institute of Public Administration, 12 Jun 2002

Public Consultation

Gillian Koh, lecture presented at the Singapore Prisons Department Strategy Planning Retreat, 4 Dec 2001

Public Consultation

Gillian Koh, lecture presented at Riau State Officials Study Tour, Institute of Public Administration, Civil Service College, 25 Oct 2001

Civil Society in Singapore

Gillian Koh, lecture presented to The World Bank, Strategic Planning Meeting with Country Coordinators from the Asian Region, 20 Jun 2001

Civil Society in Singapore

Gillian Koh, lecture presented to the International Y’s Men Club of Singapore, 25 Apr 2001

Mandarin, Masses and Mnemonic Devices: An Inquiry into the State of Social Capital between the Government and Civil Society in Singapore

Joint Project with Dr Tan Tay Keong, Masters in Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore (NUS), Jan 2000 - mid-2001

The Role of the Intellectual and Civil Society

Gillian Koh, chairman, PAC Fair Seminar organised by The Working Committee, 18 Sep 1999

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

  • Council Member of National Youth Council, 1997-1999

  • Member, Singapore 21 Subject Committee on Consultation and Consensus vs Decisiveness and Quick Action, 1997 - 1998

Dr Koh was on no-pay leave from 1998 - mid 1999 and from November 2002 - June 2004.

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