Current positions
- 2026–27 NUS Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
- 2019– Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Architecture, NUS
- 2017– Associate, Asia Research Institute, NUS
Previous positions
- 2025–26 Deputy Head (Research), Department of Architecture, NUS
- 2022–26 Associate Professor (Joint Appointment), NUS College
- 2023–25 Deputy Head (Graduate Studies), Department of Architecture, NUS
- 2021–22 Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala University
- 2017–22 Associate Director, Master of Urban Planning Programme, NUS
- 2016 Visiting Scholar, University of Macau
- 2013–19 Assistant Professor, NUS
- 2014 Visiting Scholar-in-Residence, Yale University
- 2003–05 Executive Architect, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore
Education
- 2012 PhD in Architecture (Designated Emphasis in Global Metropolitan Studies), University of California, Berkeley
- 2007 MA (Architecture), National University of Singapore
- 2001 BArch (First Class Honours), University of New South Wales
Fellowships and awards
- 2026 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
- 2026 Fellow (declined), Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.
- 2025 International Collaborator, Benjamin Meaker Annual Awards, University of Bristol, for research on “Gambling Harm and Urban Growth” with Prof. Agnes Nairn
- 2021–22 Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study.
- 2021–22 Senior Core Fellow (declined), Central European University Institute for Advanced Study
- 2019 Visiting Scholar, Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (EU-funded teaching exchange), Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
- 2019 Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship: New Paradigms Grant, Social Science Research Council, New York
- 2017 Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship, NUS, providing one semester of research leave
- 2017 Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, New York
- 2016 Teaching Excellence Award, NUS School of Design and Environment
- 2016 Visiting Fellowship, University of Macau (host: Assoc. Prof. Tim Simpson)
- 2014 Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Junior Scholar Grant (to fund a six-month visiting scholarship at Yale University)
- 2011–12 Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, UC Berkeley
- 2011 Resident Fellowship, Center for Gaming Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- 2010–11 Pacific Rim Advanced Graduate Research Fellowship, University of California
Editorial and professional service
- Editorial Board, Journal of Macau Studies (2026–28)
- Associate Editor, Critical Gambling Studies (2022–)
- Editor, Across the Global South: Built Environments in Critical Perspective, NUS Press book series (2022–)
- International Advisory Board, Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms (2022–)
- Chairman, NUS Baba House Architecture Conservation Committee (2023–5)
- Examination Committee, Singapore Institute of Certified Planners (2021–24)
- Reviewer for IJURR, Environment and Planning A, Planning Theory & Practice, Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Studies, Planning Perspectives, and university presses including NUS, Hong Kong and Hawai’i