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Lily Kong

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Lily Kong

PPA(P)
江莉莉
Born
Singapore
OccupationGeographer
AwardsPublic Administration Medal (Silver)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College London
National University of Singapore
Academic work
DisciplineGeography
Sub-disciplineCultural geography
InstitutionsSingapore Management University
National University of Singapore
Main interests
  • religion
  • cultural policy and creative economy
  • national identity
  • globalisation and migration
  • social construction of nature and the environment

Lily L.L. Kong PPA(P) is a Singaporean geographer currently serving as president of the Singapore Management University (SMU). She is the first female and Singaporean academic to helm a Singapore university. Prior joining SMU, she was a faculty member at the Department of Geography of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and had held various senior managerial positions at NUS.[1][2][3][4]

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Career

Kong graduated in 1986 from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a bachelor's degree (honours) and obtained a M.A. from NUS in 1988. She then went on to complete a Ph.D. in Geography at University College London in 1991.[5][citation needed] A cultural geographer by training,[6] she became a faculty member in the NUS Department of Geography in 1991 and served as the Dean of NUS's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences from 2000 to 2003. She also held other senior managerial positions in NUS, including Dean of the University Scholars Programme, Vice Provost (Education), Vice Provost (Academic Personnel) Acting Executive Vice President (Academic Affairs) of the Yale-NUS College, Director of the Asia Research Institute, and Vice-President (University and Global Relations).[4]

In September 2015, Kong joined Singapore Management University (SMU) as Provost and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Social Sciences.[7] At the start of 2019, she succeeded Belgian academic Arnoud De Meyer as President of SMU, becoming the first woman and also the first Singaporean academic to helm SMU.[2][3]

As President of SMU, Kong has focused on enhancing the quality of the university's students and faculty, developing educational programmes, growing the impact of the university's research, and reforming the university's sexual harassment policy.[2][8][9]

Kong has also been a member of Singapore's Public Service Commission since January 2009.[3]

In September 2020, Kong was announced as one of the 25 outstanding female leaders in the Asia-Pacific region according to Forbes' list of 2020 Asia’s Power Businesswomen.[10]

Research

Kong has served as an editor or member of international editorial advisory boards for over 15 journals, including Social and Cultural Geography and Dialogues in Human Geography. She is also a series editor of Pacific Rim Geographies: Studies on Contemporary Culture, Environment, Cities and Development (Routledge), Co-Chief Editor of the ARI-Springer Asia Series, and Book Series Advisor for The Politics of Popular Culture in Asia Pacific (University of Illinois Press and Hong Kong University Press). She also has 19 books and monographs to her name, as well as over 150 papers in international refereed journals and chapters in books. Her research interests include religion, cultural policy and creative economy, national identity, globalisation and migration, and the social construction of nature and the environment.[4][11]

Awards

Kong is a recipient of the following awards:[3][4][7]

Singaporean awards
International awards
  • Honorary Doctor of Science, Loughborough University
  • Commonwealth Fellowship Award
  • Fulbright Fellowship Award
  • Association of American Geographers Robert Stoddard Award for Distinguished Service (Geography of Religion and Belief Systems)

References

  1. ^ Sharma, Yojana. "Universities overhaul sexual harassment rules after outcry". University World News. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Davie, Sandra (3 April 2018). "Social scientist Lily Kong to become first Singaporean academic to helm SMU". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Professor Lily Kong". Public Service Commission, Singapore. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Lily Kong" (PDF). Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ^ Auto, Hermes (24 January 2022). "The university and the city | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. ^ Chandran, Rina (3 January 2019). "No rest for the dead: Singapore digs up graves for highways". Reuters. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Prof Lily Kong". Agency for Science, Technology and Research. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. ^ Otsuka, Hana (26 April 2019). "Sexual misconduct policies: local vs overseas universities – The Independent News". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  9. ^ Kan, Francis (5 December 2018). "Setting the scene for the new year". The Business Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  10. ^ Forbes Press Releases. "Forbes Asia's Power Businesswomen List Spotlights 25 Outstanding Female Leaders". Forbes.
  11. ^ "SMU Appoints Professor Lily Kong as Fifth President". Singapore Management University. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  12. ^ "President's Profile". www.smu.edu.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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