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Dr. Connor Graham is a Senior Lecturer at Tembusu College and Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. He holds a joint appointment in the Science, Technology, and Society Cluster. His research focuses on intersections between people and information technologies, particularly visual technologies in family life, healthcare, and digital mortality. Graham’s work explores how digital tools shape memorialization practices, death rituals, and human-technology relationships.
He earned his PhD from the University of Melbourne (Australia). His teaching excellence is recognized through multiple awards including the Residential Colleges Teaching Excellence Award (2013/14 to 2022/23). Graham’s interdisciplinary approach combines ethnography with design studies, addressing topics like Singapore’s Smart Nation infrastructure and traditional Chinese cemetery politics.
His research spans digital sociology, cultural probes, and public space evolution in urban contexts. Graham co-leads projects such as the Living Avatars Network, merging traditional ethnography with real-time digital tools. He advises on technology’s role in mundane practices like family photo-sharing and smoking cessation support through blogs.
