Nathan PENG
Assistant Professor of Political Science (Education)
nathanpeng@smu.edu.sg
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Research Areas
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- School of Social Sciences
- Democracy, Governance & Development
- Political Science
- Political Economy
- Public Policy
- Sustainability, Equity & Public Policy
Strategic Priorities
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- Growth in Asia
- Sustainable Living
Nathan’s research is dedicated to alleviating poverty and inequality in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Singapore and Indonesia. His work aims to help us better understand the forces influencing inequality, underdevelopment, and poverty, as well as their consequences. He also studies how political, social, and economic forces interact to determine the long-term developmental potential of a country. To do this, he employs both qualitative and quantitative methodology, switching between interviews, survey experiments, geospatial analysis, clustering, and various regression techniques depending on the specific research question. Prior to his academic calling, he spent five years in public policy as part of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Social and Family Development in Singapore working on similar issues of economic strategy, helping the poor, and lowering inequality.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Social Science, Singapore Management University, 2011
Research Interests
- Development and Poverty Alleviation
- Public Policy
- Comparative Politics