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Dr

Norman Vasu

Senior Lecturer

NUS College

  • Senior Lecturer
    NUS College

BIO

I’m the Director of the Global Pathways Programme and Pillar Head of the Global Experience course at NUSC.

I’m the author of Diasporas in Multiculturalism: Managing Difference (2004); co-author of Singapore Chronicles: Multiracialism (2018); editor of Social Resilience in Singapore: Reflections from the London Bombings (2007); and co-editor of Nations, National Narratives, and Communities in the Asia Pacific (2013), Immigration in Singapore (2014), and DRUMS Distortions, Rumours, Untruths, Misinformation, and Smears (2019).

I’ve been a Fulbright Fellow, Arizona State University (2012); Senior Research Fellow, Takshashila Institution, India (2017), and Research Fellow, Daniel K Inouye Asian-Pacific Center for Security Studies (2018).

Prior to joining NUSC, I was a Senior Fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (2005-2022) where I held positions such as Coordinator, Social Resilience Programme and Deputy Head, Centre of Excellence for National Security.

My education involved a canter around Britain: MA (Hons) Politics and Philosophy, University of Glasgow (1998); MSc (Econ) International Relations, London School of Economics (1999), and PhD International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (2004).

I love lamp.