Rebecca Grace Tan

Rebecca Grace Tan is a Lecturer in Political Science at the National University of Singapore. Her research examines Singaporean politics with focus on migration, citizenship, and multiculturalism governance.

Education:

• PhD in Politics, University of Bristol
• MA in Law, Development & Globalisation, SOAS
• BSocSci (Hons) in Political Science, NUS

Her doctoral dissertation analyzed how grassroots volunteers facilitate integration of newly naturalized citizens in Singapore. Current work interrogates liberal assumptions in multicultural theory through Singapore's non-liberal context.

Tan teaches courses on Singapore politics, human rights, and global migration. She employs qualitative methods including ethnography to study state-society relations and identity politics in Singapore.