LSE-Singapore Management University Research Projects
The LSE-SMU joint seed fund was designed to support cutting-edge research that tackles the world's most urgent challenges. Focused on Urban Sustainability, AI and the Future of Work, and Longevity and Healthy Ageing, this strategic initiative supports ambitious research that generates knowledge, informs policy, and lays the foundations for long-term partnership and external funding opportunities.
The projects awarded to LSE and SMU scholars are listed below.
Urban Sustainability
Data Centre Urbanism in Comparative Perspective: Infrastructural Pathways, Cloud Capital, and Sustainability Transition in Johor, Singapore and London
Professor Hyun Bang Shin, Geography and Environment, LSE
Professor Andrew Stokols, Integrative Studies, SMU
Professor Orlando Woods, Urban Institute, SMU
AI and the Future of Work
Outsourcing the Leader Self: Generative AI, Agency, and Identity in Leadership Work
Professor Niranjan Janardhanan, Management, LSE
Professor Burak Oc, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Longevity and Healthy Ageing
Valuing Ageing in Place: A Discrete Choice Experiment on Housing and Care Preferences Among Older Singaporeans
Professor Joan Costa-Font, Health Policy, LSE
Professor Seonghoon Kim, Economics, SMU