Conferences and publications

2010: Globalization and World Cities: Creative Economy and the City 28 April, Loughborough University, England
2010: Presentation of Workshop Paper titled- Singapore: Global City for the Arts for Whom?
2010: 6th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, August, Jyväskylä, Finland
2010: Presentation of Conference Paper titled- Creating Legacies: The Forced Integrating of Sport and Urban Cultural Policy in the London 2012 Olympics
2008: 5th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research August, Istanbul, Turkey
2008: Presentation of Conference Paper titled- Creating a Field of Global Production: Bourdieu and Singapore as Global City of the Arts

Upcoming (2012) publication in the International Journal of Cultural Policy’s Special Issue on Cultural Policy in Asia
2005: TODAY Singapore (Mediacorp Press), Singapore: Feature Article- 'Wanted: A Real Singapore Icon; What is a truly Singaporean Icon?'
This article examines the lack of icons that truly define Singapore. The response to this article by readers led the Deputy Editor of the Arts and Cultural Section to launch the Cultural Icon Series where readers were invited to nominate Singapore who they felt were worthy of being called 'Icons'.
2005: TODAY Singapore (Mediacorp Press), Singapore: Feature Article- Art for All But Is it All for Art?
This article examines the contentious relationship Singapore theatre has had with censorship via the staging of Quills a play by Pullitzer Prize Winner Doug Wright which contains full frontal nudity.