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Kenneth Paul Tan is a tenured Professor of Politics, Film, and Cultural Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. His work examines governance, politics, culture, and communication, with a focus on Singapore and Hong Kong. Working across political science, sociology, cultural and media studies, and film, he has written on questions of power, legitimacy, identity, inequality, public discourse, and cultural politics. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge. Since 2021, he has been listed annually among the world’s top 2% of scientists in the Stanford/Elsevier database of top-cited scientists.
He was previously a tenured faculty member at the National University of Singapore, where he was Vice Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy from 2012 to 2017. He also taught in Political Science and the University Scholars Programme, where he held a range of academic leadership roles.
A multiple award-winning educator, he has received the Outstanding Educator Award, NUS’s highest recognition for teaching, and the Performance Award for Research Supervision at Hong Kong Baptist University. He has supervised doctoral research across politics, governance, media, culture, and communication.
His international engagements have included visiting or honorary appointments at Harvard, Georgetown (Fulbright), Sciences Po, INSEAD, the University of Duisburg-Essen, the Australian National University, Griffith University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Hong Kong.
His work extends beyond the university. He was the founding Chair of the Asian Film Archive, chaired the Board of Directors of major theatre company The Necessary Stage, and served on the advisory boards of the National Museum of Singapore and Singapore’s National Arts Council. His research and commentary have been featured and cited in international media including the BBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, and the South China Morning Post.
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