Nathan PENG

Nathan PENG serves as an Assistant Professor of Political Science (Education) at the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, where his research centers on poverty and inequality dynamics in Southeast Asia with specific focus on Singapore and Indonesia.

Education:

• Bachelor of Social Science, Singapore Management University, 2011

Research Interests:

• Development and Poverty Alleviation
• Public Policy
• Comparative Politics
• Political Economy
• International Relations
• Contemporary Asian Societies
• Society, Environment & Sustainability
• Human Development, Well-being & Ageing

Prior to academia, he accumulated five years of public policy experience within Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Social and Family Development, directly addressing economic strategy formulation, poverty reduction initiatives, and inequality mitigation programs that inform his scholarly work on developmental trajectories.