SNEF Research Advisory Panel (RAP)

The formation of the Research Advisory Panel (RAP) arose from SNEF’s identification of a critical lack of systemic, forward-looking research from the employer’s perspective in the national labour market discourse.

To better enable SNEF to champion employers’ interests with data-driven insights, SNEF has established RAP, consisting of 5 distinguished academics who will provide expertise and independent insights to guide SNEF’s research agenda and better enable SNEF to champion employers’ interests with data-driven insights.

RAP will:

• Inform and Strengthen Research Direction: Identify future workforce trends and critical areas of study.
• Ensure Research Rigour: Collaborate with SNEF to scope research initiatives with robust methodologies and actionable insights.
• Enhance Advocacy: Provide independent perspectives to support data-driven recommendations that benefit both employers and workers.

SNEF RAP is anchored by its distinguished members, who bring diverse expertise from Singapore’s leading universities:  

• Dr. Hoon Hian Teck  
  Professor of Economics, Singapore Management University (SMU) 
  Research interests: Macroeconomics, International Economics and Development and Growth 
• Dr. Kim Seonghoon 
  Associate Professor of Economics, SMU; Deputy Director, Centre for Research on Successful Ageing (ROSA); Amazon Scholar 
  Research interests: Health Economics, Labour Economics and Public Economics 
• Dr. Ravi Chandran 
  Associate Professor, Strategy & Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) 
  Research interests: Employment Law 
• Dr. Ivan Png 
  Distinguished Professor & Professor of Strategy and Policy, Economics, and Information Systems and Analytics, NUS 
  Research Interests: Economics of productivity and Economics of innovation 
• Dr. Kang Yang Trevor Yu 
  Associate Professor, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 
  Research Interests: Business Transformation (Organisational Psychology)